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Parliament has convened for the second meeting of the fourth meeting of this year to consider a number of businesses for the day. Among the major discussions, the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, is expected to deliver his verdict on the fate of the Member of Parliament for Dome Kwabenya, Sarah Adwoa …

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, was booed a week ago when she mounted the stage at the Global Citizen Festival to deliver some remarks. Social media videos showed the California lawmaker, dressed in all white top and trousers with matching scarf, being booed as she …

In a world where women are the marginalized group in the gender equation, there have been several stories of women beating the odds and writing their names in history by achieving high feats. Ghana’s history is filled with such women whose efforts and work have helped shape the country in …

Traditional Rulers in the Nadowli/Kaleo District of the Upper West Region have appealed to the Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Seth Amoama, to consider restoring the military attachment to the Office of the Speaker of Parliament. At a press conference at Kaleo, the traditional rulers from the five paramountcy and …

Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, has challenged the Speaker’s decision to refer three Members of Parliament to the Privileges Committee for absenteeism. The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagin, did so on April 5, 2022. His direction is in line with Article 97 (1) (c) of the 1992 Constitution and Order 17 of the …

Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has apologized to some members of Parliament whose names were marked absent on March 29, 2022. His apologies come after some 8 members of parliament complained about their names being captured as absent when they were actually present in the House the day the E-Levy bill …

Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah, has been pronounced dead on Sunday, March 20, 2022. He died in a Seattle hospital at the age of 57 with local media outlets reporting that he died from cancer. He had recently been rushed for medical treatment with news going rival days ago …

The Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin has urged the applicant of the petition to the Supreme Court for a ruling on the voting rights of a Deputy Speaker, Justice Abdulai to go for a review. In a unanimous decision on Wednesday, March 9, 2022, a seven-member panel of the Supreme …

Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, Member of Parliament for the South Dayi Constituency, has shared a video of First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, affirming that he loses his vote whenever he presides over the House. Dafeamekpor shared the 37-seconds clip which captures Osei-Owusu, alias Joe Wise, as stating thus: “Honourable Members, …

The Supreme Court has ruled that Deputy Speakers of Parliament have the right to vote in decision making while presiding over proceedings in the House. In a unanimous decision, the apex court, presided over by a seven-member panel led by Justice Jones Dotse held that upon a true and proper …