Tag Archives: KMA

Tricycle operators on Wednesday August 2, 2023 protested and blocked some roads in the Kumasi Metropolis of the Ashanti Region leading to a gridlock in parts of the Central Business District. The tricycle operators said they were protesting against the directive by the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly KMA, to ban them …

The Chief Executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Samuel Pyne has been criticised by the Kumasi Traditional Council (KTC) over the growing indiscipline by traders in the Ashanti regional capital. Hawkers have invaded the pavements in the Central Business District (CBD) with their goods blocking the streets and impeding …

The Paramount Chief of Bantama in the Ashanti Region, Baffour Owusu Amankwatia VI, has bemoaned the rampant mounting of kiosks and containers causing congestion within the Kumasi metropolis. According to the paramount chief, the development has turned the once blooming city of Kumasi which was referred to as the Garden …

Residents at Santasi in the Kumasi Metropolis in the Ashanti region are up in arms with the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly KMA for erecting containers in the middle of an access road in the area. According to them, the construction of containers on that particular access road that leads to houses …

There is a viral video of a suspected city guard with the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly assaulting a trader at the Kejetia Market. Video of the incident sighted by GhanaWeb shows the supposed city guard brutalising the helpless middle-aged woman by kicking her around. According to a report by Oyerepafmonline.com, the …

The Mayor of Kumasi, Hon Samuel Pyne says the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) is devising proactive measures to shore up revenue to attend to numerous projects it plans to carry out. Speaking on Garden City TV Thursday morning, Hon Pyne revealed that the Assembly was currently spending 70% of its …

The Mayor for the Kumasi, Hon Samuel Pyne has commissioned two classroom block facilities for the Fankyenebra and Daaban-Apraman communities in the Nhyiaeso Sub-Metro. At the Fankyenebra community, the Mayor cut the tape to officially unveil a six-unit classroom block with an office for the Fankyenebra MA Basic School. The …

At least seven trader unions at the Kumasi Kejetia market have directed their members to shut down their shops after the Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG, took the trading hub off the national grid due to a GHC5 million debt. Wednesday’s crackdown by the power distributor has affected business at …

A civil Servant with the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Owusu Sekyere, has been disqualified from contesting in the Manhyia South NPP chairmanship race. Ashanti Regional NPP First Vice Chairman, Kwabena Nsenkyire, petitioned the NPP Vetting Committee that Owusu Sekyere is a civil servant and therefore, cannot contest. The NPP vetting …

Traders and hawkers selling along the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) roundabout have vowed to resist any attempts by the Kumasi City authorities to evict them. They said until a suitable place is allocated to them, no amount of pressure and intimidation from both the Kumasi city and KATH authorities …