Tag Archives: PARLIAMENT

There was some drama on the Majority side of parliament during the budget reading in regard to seating places for Members of Parliament. Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West constituency, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful and Member of Parliament for Atwima Mponu, Isaac Kwame Asiamah were captured fighting over a seat in the chamber. During budget reading, Ministers of …

Parliament has announced a raft of stringent security measures such as mandatory body scan for everybody including the speaker of Parliament. The House through the Marshall’s office is also considering the idea of banning the use of mobile phones by journalists in the press gallery. This idea is however vehemently …

Members of Parliament return to the House to continue their work on bills and other documents before it. Today’s sitting will be the 11th sitting of the 3rd Meeting of the Second Session of the 8th Parliament which resumed on October 25, 2022. The House is expected to debate and vote on the removal …

A Nigerian man has been accused of being behind the leak of a sex tape involving Zanele Sifuba, the Speaker of the ANC Free State legislature. It was alleged that the young Nigerian male released Sifuba’s sex tape after she allegedly refused to pay R300 000 which is equivalent to 244,106.78 (GHS) blackmail …

A sitting of the French Parliament was suspended after a Black lawmaker was asked by another to “return to Africa.” NUPES MP Carlos Martens Bilongo was on his feet making a submission when the yet-to-be-identified colleague said to be of the far-right bloc yelled at him. A visibly shocked Bilongo, …

Members of Kenya’s National Assembly engaged in a near-fight on Thursday evening, October 6, over which party has the majority in the legislature. The decision by Speaker Moses Wetang’ula to declare the ruling Kenya Kwanza coalition as having the majority as against the Azimio La Umoja-One Kenya coalition, triggered the …

GhanaWeb chanced on an old video that shows when Ghana’s Parliament House was first opened in 1960. This was during the presidency of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president. The 4 minutes-0 seconds video shared by British Pathé on YouTube showed the president, plus several not-readily identifiable dignitaries, gathering at the …

Parliament is sitting for the last time for the second session of the eighth parliament. The sitting is expected to, among other things, decide the fate of the Member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa Safo. The decision of the House is to determine whether or not she should be ejected for extended …

The Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, in fulfilment of section 28 of the Public Financial Management Act, 2016 (Act 921), is presenting to parliament a review of the government’s 2022 Fiscal Policy. This fulfils the annual constitutional ritual for the finance minister to present to parliament a review of the budget …

KNUST SRC Parliament Council is set to probe further into the School Representative Council’s Executives trip to South Africa. The School’s Parliament Council was petitioned by leaders of Coalition of Concerned Students, KNUST, to provide immediate investigation into the SRC Executives travel to South Africa in somewhere July,2022. In a …