Trump will have his day in court

What many forget is that former President Trump was the first occupant of the Oval Office to be beholden to a foreign power - who also used the presidency to increase his net worth blatantly.

Some Americans have been executed for trading U.S. secrets for cash from foreign powers. We must never ignore that fact.

The United States of America is a great nation with a system underpinned by the rule of law and is a free society guided by its Constitution.

No American is above the law in what is the bastion of freedom in a world fraught with dangerous adversaries of liberty, both internally and externally. The rule of law matters in a democracy for a reason: to prevent tyrannical-rule. Full stop. Trump will have his day in court. That is as it should be. Case closed. Haaba.

What Mother Ghana needs is an NDC that fights for ordinary people

Now that our bankrupted  country sits atop a ticking social-time-bomb, what Mother Ghana desperately needs at the moment, is a National Democratic Congress (NDC), which fights for ordinary people. Full stop. Case closed. Hmmm, ey3nsem  piiii,  oooo,  Ghanafuor.

In that light, it is vital that instead of seeing the latest shenanigans in Parliament, as an egregious-betrayal, and an unpardonable-abomination,  it would rather help focus minds more sharply, if those who regard the National NDC, as a mass party inspired by Fl. Lt. J. J. Rawlings (as a vehicle to fight for Mother Ghana's best interests and ensure the welfare and well-being of ordinary Ghanaians), saw the astonishing results of the latest ministerial appointment vetting confirmation vote-casting, in Parliament, differently, and in creative fashion. Simple. Cool.

They must see what has happened in Parliament, as a fresh-start-opportunity for the NDC - to enable it give more brilliant young-achiever-types (in the mould of the Francis Xavvier Sosus and Zenator Agyeman-Rawlings), across Ghana, the opportunity to help repurpose the NDC: from being a party of gravy-train-fatcats, to one that rather seeks the national interest at all material times (which is whatever is in the best interests of ordinary people at any given point in time in our history), oooo, Ghanafuor. Yoooooooo...

Feeling let down, and disappointed, by the treachery of those NDC MPs who voted with New Patriotic Party (NPP), parliamentarians, to approve the President's latest ministerial nominees, won't help the masses, koraaa, oooo, Ghanafuor. No. No. No.

What Mother Ghana needs, now that our country sits atop a ticking social-time-bomb, is an NDC that fights for the well-being of the masses - not one that when push comes to shove, constantly roots for the fatcats gang-raping Mother Ghana so brutally, ooooo, Ghanafuor. Enough is enough. Yoooooooo...

Why Ghana must not build a nuclear power plant

Ghana's hard-of-hearing, greed-filled elites want to foist a nuclear power plant, on Mother Ghana. Amazing. 

The question a wise and aspirational African people ought to ponder over is: If even super-wealthy and efficiently-run Japan, is still struggling and failing to deal with consequences of the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, why should we think that we can handle a similar disaster, were one to occur here too, after an earthquake, I ask, dear critical-reader? Hmmm, ey3nsem piiiii, oooo. Yooooooo...

Nuclear waste remains radioactive and hence incredibly dangerous for thousands of years.

If as a society we can't even handle landfill sites for household and industrial waste, and are notorious for not having a world-class maintenance-culture (and we won't even mention how rampant high-level corruption results in the variation of designs for major public procurement infrastructure projects, to make up for fat-brown-envelope kickbacks), let us not saddle future generations with what is bound to end up as an unmitigated disaster of unimaginable proportions, ooooo, Ghanafuor.

We must not allow elite-nokofio-culture to lead us to this hellish-future, koraaaa, oooooo, Ghanafuor. Enough is enough. We must rather focus on incentivising private sector renewable energy players to power Ghana with 100 percent emission-free clean power - and stop the lunacy of planning to build a nuclear power plant in Ghana (a laughable elite-floated self-enrichment-idea if ever there was one, lol). Yooooooo...

Why Ghanaians must fight to protect press freedom and freedom of expression at all costs

We must fight to protect press freedom and our right to express ourselves freely, within reason, oooo, Ghanafuor. Yoooooo. It is in that light that I am sharing this conversation with an old acquaintance of mine, about the Sikakrom Black Kettle Vs Black Cooking Pot case, dear critical-reader:

Old acquaintance to me: "Kofi, As we descend into the land of Kafka, on top of being bankrupt, the question to ponder over, as wise and aspirational Africans, is: Does Pepe Papanas' alleged investigative-terrorism pale into insignificance - when compared to the terrorism of the rent-seeking state-capture big-thieves-in-high-places participating in the brutal gang-rape of Mother Ghana, annaa?"

My response: Nothing, but nothing, can end undercover truth-seeking, in Sikakrom, oooo, Massa - for, truth's electric armoured-mobility-ride, can withstand even hydrogen bomb blasts, oooo, wai, lol. In any case, integrity can neither be bought nor intimidated, whatever the score. End of story. Full stop.

Finally, dear critical-reader, here is the summation of Sikakrom's bush-telegraph's consensus vox pop viewpoint:

Incredible end to the Sikakrom Black Kettle Vs Black Cooking Pot case - in which the defendant, an alleged serial molester of underage delectable-young-females, known to be forever breaking all the data protection laws on Sikakrom's Statue Book, on top of publicly admitting to paying for harming-harmful-information; setting up honey-traps for those he targets, and hacking phones for same, etc., etc., won (temporary?) vindication that ought to be appealed against by Pepe Papanas, sharpish, to ensure press freedom and freedom of expression in the fight against nation-wrecking high-level corruption in Sikakrom. We must fight to protect press freedom and the right to freedom of expression at all costs, oooo, Ghanafuor. Full stop. Case closed. Yoooooo...

The Electoral Commission must not attempt to rig the 2024 polls

Under no circumstances must Ghana's Electoral Commission attempt to rig the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections, oooo, Ghanafuor. They will have the blood of hundreds of thousands on their hands, were they to attempt any rigging, in the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections.  Yooooooo...

For the sake of Mother Ghana, it is vital that the EC's current leadership, understand clearly, that at the end of the day, in the final analysis, the verdict of history can neither be procured through intimidation nor the distribution of fat-brown-envelopes full of dosh, oooo, Ghanafuor. Yooooooo...

Given the situation which the vast majority of Ghanaians are now grappling with (as they struggle to cope with, and survive galloping inflation), it would be most unfortunate, and unwise, for senior public servants appointed to supervise elections,to continue business as usual, and allow themselves to be manipulated by a government of the day, as has been the case since the inception of constitutional rule, in 1992, in Ghana's 4th Republic.
 
Surely, the current crop of the top brass of the EC, ought to know better (in a country reeling from an unprecedented cost-of-living crisis, which sits atop a ticking social time bomb), and ensure that their actions will place them firmly on the right side of history, by organising genuinely free and fair elections nationwide in December 2024: a moral imperative in a nation bankrupted by leaders ostensibly elected to transform the nation into a prosperous and equitable society, but who have ended up wrecking our national economy through excessive borrowing?

In that light, under no circumstances must the EC attempt to rig the 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections, oooo, Ghanafuor - as it would be tantamount to pouring kerosene on a smoldering fire. Enough really is enough, oooo. Full stop. Case closed. A word to the wise. Yooooooooo...

A quick note to Lauriana Leydet - co-founder Kunbis Social Impact

Hello Lauriana,

I am a writer, as well as an environmental and human rights activist, who speaks truth to power, in Ghana, through opinion pieces.

Research  by us for a book ("Moringa/B-BOVID: A Case Study In How Not To Do Social Impact Investing"), shows that your post-Moringa business track record is solid and impressive.  Bravo.

It might interest you to know that, as we speak,  virtually the whole of Moringa's C-suit executives have decamped to establish Shared Wood - after Issa Oueodrago exposed Moringa as  greenwashing-carpetbaggers from France, with an egregious company culture bedrocked on end-justifies-the-means corporate-criminality, using the reputation of the Rothschilds to cloak the dark ends they seek.

Lauriana, you could redeem what represents an unfortunate  blot on your otherwise stellar post-Moringa reputation, by telling Issa's lawyer, Thaddeus Sory,  how Moringa cheated Issa,  using the Director's account of 4.9 million cedis to represent the whole value of B-BOVID, thereby ignoring both the tangible & intangible values of B-BOVID, a unique profit-sharing organic agrisector  company empowering its value-chain's oil palm smallholder farmer-stakeholders to bootstrap their way to financial independence, worth far in excess of 15 -25  million cedis at the time.

That confession by you, will enable Issa to finally regain control of B-BOVID, and open the way for Kunbis to extend its Global South footprint, to Ghana, working in close collaboration with Issa. Above all, do remember that similar sharp-practice  creative-valuations triggered an investigation of the Trump Organisation, by prosecutors in New York City.  

Thanks.  

Kind regards,

Kofi.

WhatsApp number:+233576564600.

Tel: +233558852619 & +233277453109.

Is the COCOBOD unwittingly failing Mother Ghana?

Relax, Counsel. At age 70, Kofi Thompson knows by now that such projects take time - and don't always follow a straight line,  so to speak.  

What matters is that you are still committed to the project  -  and that Kofi Thompson  still thrives, healthwise,  lol. Do therefore take all the time you need - so that we get it right first time: when we finally make our move.

Hopefully,  you do see the point that by not aiming for, and planning for, an industry conversion that transforms Ghana into the world's biggest producer of organic cocoa, the COCOBOD is unwittingly  failing its value-chain's  smallholder farmer-stakeholders egregiously, and ought therefore to be prodded to act to protect the future of the cocoa industry. Now. Not tomorrow. Full stop.

Finally, to reiterate my main point: There is no question that the COCOBOD's current leadership need to understand clearly that  in a post-pandemic world, in which health-conscious consumers are opting, increasingly,  for organic cocoa products  -  instead of the cadmium-residue-laden ones coming out of producer-nations such as Ghana - by not planning for Ghana to become the world's biggest producer of traceable organic cocoa beans, they are unwittingly failing Mother Ghana.  Case closed. Full stop. Yooooooo...

Democracy better than military rule

President Akufo-Addo  leads  a government that many Ghanaians now regard as the most corrupt regime,  ever, thus far, in our country's chequered  history, since we gained our independence in 1957.

Be that as it may,  that is no reason for adventurers in our midst, to seek enforced regime-change in Ghana.

For their information, any such unconstitutional intervention, will be vigorously opposed, by those of us who believe that remaining a democratic society that elects its rulers every four years, is the best way to ensure a stable and free society for wise and aspirational Africans, such as Ghana's mostly peace-loving citizenry, oooo, Ghanafuor. Despite its many faults, democracy is a better system of government, than military rule, oooo, Ghanafuor. Yooooooo...

It doesn't make sense for the IMF to bail out debt-distressed nations like Ghana without demanding passage of anti-corruption legislation to protect public funds

It simply doesn't make sense for the IMF to continue bailing out debt-distressed nations, being bled dry by corrupt state-capture rent-seeking ruling-elites, without demanding anti-curruption legislation, being put into place to protect public funds.

Needed new legislation in debt-distressed nations such as Ghana include: Giving the Auditor-General prosecutorial powers; indemnifying whistleblowers from prosecution and rewarding them with 35 percent of recovered stolen public funds made possible by their whistleblowing; publicly publishing declaration of asset forms before assumption of office and immediately after the tenures of high public officials (such as government ministers), and their spouses, ends; and banning mining in forest reserves.

Ditto passage of new legislation banning payments of fees of any kind to sector regulatory bodies, by media houses, to protect the right of all Ghanaians to freely express their opinions, guaranteed by the 1992 Constitution. Non payment of fees to sector regulatory bodies have been used to ban anti-regime  media entities in the  past.
 
Ghana - where a sly and greed-filled powerful few, are robbing their country with total impunity, while a mostly-cowed population look on helplessly - is a case in point. For the IMF to bail Ghana out without the above-mentioned new legislation being passed under certificates of urgency, by Parliament, would be like fetching water in an expensive wicker basket, ooooo, Ghanafuor. Yoooooooo...

Father Joop Visser: Happy Independence Day anniversary to you and your Ghanaian kinsfolk of the Songhor Lagoon salt-winning communities

Happy Independence Day anniversary to you and your Ghanaian kinsfolk of the Songhor Lagoon salt-winning communities, Father Joop Visser. As we celebrate this auspicious day, it strikes  one that perhaps your hopes for a win-win ESG-bedrocked outcome, for your Ghanaian kinsfolk in the Ada Songhor Lagoon indigenous Ga Dangbe salt-winning communities, might now  be possible, oooo, Sage.

One has a strong feeling that if they were  to appeal to the dynamic minister for lands and natural resources, Hon.   Samuel Abu Jinapor, to  broker a new renegotiated win-win agreement with a now-chastened Daniel Makorley, they may actually finally get a new deal they can live peacefully with.

As it happens, Daniel Makorley   lost a case recently, which was heard at one of the Land Courts in Accra. After the judgment was pronounced, he told the media that losing the case had made him understand clearly now that no one is above the law in Ghana.

It's hard to to believe, but Makorley actually went on to inform the media that he saluted the judge who found for the plaintiff who sued him for encroaching on his building plot at East Legon (or thereabouts).

It is in light of that that one feels that perhaps Makorley might now be amenable to a win-win solution, along the very lines that former President  Rawlings always felt was the best option for all the Ada  Songhor Lagoon stakeholders, and for Mother Ghana's longterm benefit.

So, all things being equal, perhaps your long-held-dream of a just and equitable deal, bedrocked on ESG principles, for the indegenous Ga Dangbe of the Ada Songhor Lagoon salt-winning communities, will no longer be  an impossible dream, Sage. Happy Independence Day anniversary to you and your marvellous Ghanaian kinsfolk, of the Songhor Lagoon salt-winning communities, Father Joop Visser!

A no-brainer, not rocket science: world's lowest personal and business tax rates will transform Ghana into a prosperous and equitable society

Members of Ghana's political class need to understand clearly that it is private entrepreneurs who will transform Ghana into a prosperous and equitable society - not governments of the day - going forward into the future. Full stop.

All that our nation's current cohort of hardworking and innovative younger generation of green economy entrepreneurs need, and require, is a Ghana that has the world's lowest personal and business tax rates - and guarantees 100 percent repatriation of profits for the foreign investors who fund their projects. Simple. Case closed. Full stop.

Surely, that's not beyond the realms of possibility, anaaaa, Ghanafuo? Haaba.

Furthermore, why is such a policy not a no-brainer amongst our ruling-elites?

Surely, setting the world's lowest personal and business tax rates, ought to be doable in a society that is full of wise and aspirational Africans - lucky to live in a beautiful country, with an amazing talent-pool: which no one who sets foot in, will fail to be impressed by?

Let's make Ghana a welcoming African nation with the world's lowest personal and business tax rates - and release the boundless energies of the most talented and gifted amongst its younger generations: empowering them to transform our Motherland into one of the planet Earth's most prosperous and equitable societies, wai, Ghanafuo. That is a no-brainer, ooooo -  not rocket science, koraaaa. Yoooooooo...

It will be tragic for Ghana if the IMF fails to wring vital anti-corruption reforms out of our hard-of-hearing ruling-elites

Ghana has the potential to become one of the wealthiest societies on the surface of the planet Earth. Yet, she  is currently  debt-distressed - and unable to meet interest payments on her massive debt mountain.

As we speak, Ghana has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund  (IMF), for a bailout amounting to US$3 billion - contingent upon debt forgivance arranged for it by the Paris Club group of nations.

If the dominant-elements amongst Ghana's ruling-elites were honest, principled and dedicated to providing generational-levelling-up opportunities to empower base-of-the-pyramid demographics, as well as abhorrent of high-level corruption,  Ghana wouldn't have come to the sorry pass she is now in.

In light of the above defect in the character of the dominate elements amongst Ghana's  ruling elites,  before extending any help to Ghana, the IMF, China and all her other foreign creditors, must demand the following reforms designed to end egregious high-level grand-larceny:

1) Passage of legislation by Parliament giving the Auditor General prosecutorial powers.

2) Passage of new legislation making it mandatory for all high-level  public sector appointees (and their spouses) to publicly publish their assets before assumption  of office, and immediately after their tenures end.

3) Passage of new legislation banning mining in all Ghana's forest reserves and cancelling all issued exploratory gold mining licenses in forest reserves.

4) Passage of new legislation to end statutory-requirement of payments by media houses of monetary fees to sector regulatory bodies, because it impedes freedom of expression  in Ghana, and is often used to muzzle anti-regime media entities and media professionals, by corrupt elements in Ghana.

5) Passing new legislation to end sole-sourcing in public procurement to  make it a clear-cut-illegality in public administration and nation-building.

6) Passage of new legislation indemnifying whistleblowers, whose revelations, and exposure, of nation-wrecking-corruption, results in prosecutions and recovery of stolen public funds.

Ghana is being destroyed by its greed-filled and hard-of-hearing ruling elites, whose impunity needs to end, if the nation is to prosper. In short, without the above-mentioned  reforms being carried out urgently, Ghana's creditors must let her stew in her own juice.

There is no question that high-level is impoverishing Ghana. Demanding an end to high-level corruption is the best way Ghana's creditors can help save her from ruination. It will be tragic for Ghana if the IMF and her other foreign creditors fail to wring vital anti-corruption reforms out of our greed-filled and hard-of-hearing ruling-elites. Enough is enough. Full stop. Case closed.