Tag Archives: KYEI MENSAH BONSU

Former Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has criticized former President John Mahama‘s manifesto promise to scrap taxes on betting, calling it “unacceptable.” Former President John Dramani Mahama has pledged to eliminate the betting tax and the Electronic Levy (E-Levy) if he wins the 2024 elections. At a National Democratic Congress (NDC) …

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Majority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu cited insurrection comments by Captain Smart during a press conference in mid-week. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, taking his turn at the Ministerial Press Briefing at the Ministry of Information in Accra was addressing the role of the press in advancing Ghana’s democracy …

Majority Leader and Minister of Presidential Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has stated that Ghana’s legislature has more lawmakers than required in his opinion. Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu adds that the country can do with 200 Members of Parliament lamenting how increments of the numbers have been tainted with political considerations. He was responding to a question …

Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has bemoaned the embarrassing manner in which the Speaker of Parliament Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin ordered Finance Minister Ken Ofori -Atta out of the parliamentary chamber. He likens it to an order given to a lamb stating that under the standing orders, the finance minister is a member of …

• Sam Goerge accuses Majority Leader of introducing partisan politics into the LGBTQ+ conversation • He challenges the Suame MP to tell Ghanaians why only one NPP MP signed the bill • Sam Goerge and his colleagues are advocating for LGBTQ+ activities to be criminalised Samuel Nartey George, has challenged …

The decision of the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Honourable Alban Sumani Kingsford Bagbin to reject the content of a letter dated August 31, 2021, written to Parliament and served on the Clerk of Parliament by a bailiff from the Law Court Complex in Accra has led to disagreement among the …

•Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu is not impressed with the current crop of players at Kotoko •He believes the club’s standard has dropped •Asante Kotoko finished second in the just-ended GPL season Prominent Kumasi Asante Kotoko fan, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has said when pitted against previous Kotoko teams, the current players will not get anywhere …

In an effort to achieve direly needed fiscal consolidation while at the same time providing equally greatly needed stimulus to the economy, the President Nana Akufo-Addo administration has unveiled 2021 national budget proposals that comprise a curious combination of tax rebates and newly introduced levies. While the new levies have …

A common defence put up by the leadership of the New Patriotic Party’s caucus for their inability to retain Professor Aaron Mike Oquaye as Speaker of Parliament is that they had to reach a compromise with the NDC caucus just for peace to prevail and for the smooth swearing-in of …

Majority Leader in Parliment and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Hon. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu has said, he will not hesitate to accept invitation to lead the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in future as running-mate or in any capacity.   “If they see the need and ask me to do so, I will.  …