Your honor….

What an awesome week! For me, there were lots of great, fun moments this week and I’m sure most people had equal or even better experiences. However, the funniest moment (and I’m sure all my Ghana people will agree with me) was Sammy Awuku’s appearance in court.
Sammy Awuku is a member of the opposition NPP who went on air to make certain statements that the Supreme Court found contemptuous. True, there were even worse statements made by members of the NDC (and I pray they all get punished), however his was the only statement that was aimed at the judges and was truly contemptuous. Looking at the man standing before the judge in court, it was hard to recognise him as the same person who talks on radio with so much vim and vigour.

Bond Bullying

So UK has decided that people from certain “high risk” countries are to pay £3000 in order to get a six month visa. Such countries include Pakistan, Nigeria, India and my homeland Ghana among others. While I accept that they are a sovereign nation and have the right to make any laws they wish, I feel this is very discriminatory and insulting. After an attempt to strong-arm developing nations to adopt gay rights (another issue I may come to later), this is…….I’m out of words.

Hindsight

I recently had the opportunity to read a few portions of Arthur Kennedy’s book, “Chasing the elephant into the bush”, and I ask myself why there was no landslide victory for the NPP?
For those of you who don’t know him, Arthur Kennedy is a member of the NPP who stood for the flagbearership of the party and lost……quite miserably. His book was written after the NPP was voted out of office in 2008. Now after what I read I must say that in Ghana, Arthur Kennedy is to hindsight what Ben Ephson is to foresight (in my opinion). I suppose the members of his party saw this book as a mocking ‘I told you so’ rather than constructive criticism of actions taken collectively by a party of which he is a very active member. I can’t review the book as I haven’t read all of it, but from what I’ve read so far, this is my opinion.

Ex Gratia

Last week, the government thought it wise to pay the ex gratia of former ministers instead of addressing similar concerns of teachers and lecturers who had gone on strike for weeks. This i felt was very insensitive considering the fact thatJunior High School students were preparing for their BECE. However, one member of the main opposition actually defended the government over this action which I felt was very hypocritical. I assume the reason he did this was simply because he was among the former ministers to be paid. I strongly believe the government has got it’s priorities wrong. God save Ghana.

Building Ghana

I really appreciate the assistance the Chinese provide our government. However, I believe we should be wary of over reliance. One of my worst fears is waking up one day to a Ghana that isn’t suitable for Ghanaians.

One Democratic Joke

Ghana @56

Did this on Independence Day. No caption needed.

The silly thing about drugs

I did this a little while ago. PSA for the Daily Dispatch after Chris Brown encouraged Ghanaian youth to smoke weed.

The Bias of Western Media

I find it disheartening that Africa is used by Western Media as the poster child of hunger and hopelessness. The stereotype of skinny mothers and starving children is really getting old. As if this is not enough, they report the most negative and sometimes inaccurate things about Africa, making it look like Africa is a dark place….which it is not. Check out this article by Kobby Graham

Ayews miss out

This Sunday, the Black Stars gave their Sudanese counterparts a 4-0 thrashing. However the Ayew brothers missed this game for reasons one can only speculate.