Kwasi Kwarteng
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When Shamima Muslim suggested that anyone who disagrees with President Mahama's decision to assess the flood situation by helicopter should "go and swim in the floodwaters," I politely reminded her that, given her experience in journalism and government, such a remark falls short of the democratic values we should uphold and that in a constitutional democracy, citizens and the opposition have every right to question government decisions without being insulted.
Kwasi Kwarteng23,894 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat
Earlier today, I responded to concerns about my absence from the NPP’s Policy Committees.
Kwasi Kwarteng39,209 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten
The scenes of an MP ordering a bank and private businesses to shut down in the name of a national clean-up raise two fundamental questions of Where she derives that authority & who empowered her to enforce presidential directives. A presidential appeal for a national clean-up is not a military decree that authorises MPs to compel compliance from citizens or private institutions. The constitutional duty of an MP of is to make laws and hold the Executive accountable & not to enforce executive directives. No serious country relies on periodic clean-up exercises as its sanitation strategy. I have never believed that occasional communal labour is the answer to Ghana's chronic waste management crisis or perennial flooding. slogans about building a cleanliness culture don’t exist anywhere in the world. No country has such a culture. What those countries rather have are sanitation budgets, sanitation personnel, effective sanitation institutions and the political will to enforce sanitation laws. Clean environments are built on systems, not volunteerism. Finally, we must stop confusing populism with public policy. Effective waste management is a professional public service planned, funded and executed by institutions with the technical capacity backed by consistent enforcement of sanitation laws. Ghana deserves institutional competence & sanitation policies over symbolic gestures and political optics!
Kwasi Kwarteng19,927 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat
This flood footage is not from last year. It was recorded on the very morning the Greater Accra Regional Minister was honoured as the "Best Performing Regional Minister." My argument is not that she did not deserve recognition simply because of the floods. The flooding crisis in Accra predates her tenure, and she cannot reasonably be held responsible for every challenge that has accumulated over decades. The real concern is one of judgment, timing, wisdom and leadership. At a time when residents are struggling with non-functional traffic lights, dark streets due to faulty streetlights, deplorable roads, inconsistent power supply, and recurring floods, one would have expected a greater exercise of wisdom and a better appreciation of the public mood. Unfortunately, this is a Minister whose previous public conduct and pronouncements have repeatedly raised questions about her sense of judgment and discernment.
Kwasi Kwarteng18,935 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten
The claim by Felix Kwakye Ofosu that Luanda Airport in Angola lacks RA3 certification is false. The Air Cargo Terminal at Dr. António Agostinho Neto International Airport in Luanda obtained RA3 certification following an audit conducted between October 9 and 11, 2024. This certification is crucial for air cargo terminals outside the European Union, as it confirms that their operations comply with international safety and quality standards. The certification was officially granted on December 19, 2023, authorizing the airport to commence cargo operations. highlight
Kwasi Kwarteng29,557 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
1. Dr. Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s attempt to dismiss religion as a factor in the 2024 elections by claiming he “outperformed 236 Christian NPP parliamentary candidates” is logically weak, overly simplistic, utterly deceptive, and completely untenable. 2. First, the basis of the comparison itself is false & faulty. DMB’s true competitor was John Mahama, a Christian presidential candidate. Therefore the proper and proportional measure is presidential versus presidential, not presidential versus parliamentary. Juxtaposing himself against his own party’s Christian PCs is misleading, as it confuses two distinct contests; one national and one local, each shaped by entirely different dynamics. 3. Moreover, a presidential and Parliamentary elections are fundamentally different. Presidential contests are shaped by national narratives and broad perceptions of leadership, while parliamentary elections depend on constituency-level factors. Indeed, the fact that 345,465 voters supported our PCs yet rejected Dr. Bawumia at the Presidential level proves this point. Hence collapsing these categories only reduces a complex electoral process into one simplistic conclusion only serves to distort the reality of voter behavior. 4. The data referenced itself does not support his argument. Out of 236 NPP Christian PCs and 215 NDC Christian PCs; at least 91% of the parliamentary contests were Christian versus Christian. In such a scenario, religion is effectively neutralized as a deciding factor, leaving the candidates’ popularity, incumbency, and party strength as the real variables/determinants. To suggest that outperforming some Christian PCs proves religion was irrelevant ignores both context & electoral logic. 5. Finally, the very fact that DMB chose to measure himself against Christian PCs within his own party suggests more of a rhetorical maneuver than an empirical and honest analysis of the data. And I dare say that if religion were inconsequential, the natural comparison would have been to his direct rival, JM, and not his own PCs who in the end outperformed him by a margin of 345,465 votes.
Kwasi Kwarteng14,826 Aufrufe • vor 10 Monaten
Earlier on JoyNews, I indicated to the host that in the spirit of respect and solidarity for our departed brother, Hon. Ernest Yaw Kumi, the Ken Ohene Agyapong’s camp wishes to humbly refrains from making any form of suggestive or campaign-related comments at this time. Accordingly, I humbly requested to be excused from making any comments on the survey or polls by the Sanity Africa group
Kwasi Kwarteng14,567 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
The NDC’s promise to establish a Women’s Bank is, at best, comparable to creating an agency with features similar to MASLOC. Allocating GHC 51 million for the establishment of a bank is unrealistic, considering that the minimum capital requirement for setting up a bank in Ghana is GHC 400 million. Therefore, the promise to create a Women’s Bank is impractical and cannot be taken seriously.
Kwasi Kwarteng14,283 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
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