Ayariga In Contempt of Parliament
The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga has been found guilty of contempt of Parliament, following investigations into bribery allegations against the Appointments Committee. The...
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Joe Ghartey Committee Rubbishes Ayariga’s Bribery Claims
The Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga has been found guilty of contempt of Parliament, following investigations into bribery allegations against the Appointments Committee. The...
EC Commissioners Don’t Trust Each Other – Parliament Told
The Majority Leader in Parliament has revealed a deep-seated mistrust among commissioners at the Electoral Commission (EC), which he says is negatively affecting its operations. Presenting the 2017...
MPs Yet To Receive Report On Ayariga Bribery Scandal On Final Day of Sitting
Members of Parliament are concerned about the apparent delay in the release of committee report about bribery allegations against members of the Appointment Committee of Parliament. Even though the...
Anxiety Peaks In Parliament Over Joe Ghartey Committee Report
The atmosphere in Ghana’s Parliament Wednesday was tensed after a committee that investigated a bribery allegation laid its report. Joy News’ Parliamentary Correspondent, Joseph Opoku Gakpo said...
Kenya Court Orders Parliament To Pass Gender Quota
Kenya's High Court on Wednesday gave parliament 60 days to enact legislation that would make it obligatory to have more female lawmakers, or face dissolution. Kenya's 2010 constitution requires that...
Parliament Likely To Extend Sitting To Next Week
Parliament will most likely extend sitting beyond the scheduled date for MPs to rise on Thursday, March 30, according to indications from Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu. Speaking to the...
Kwabena Owusu Aduomi Appears Before Appointments Committee
Parliament Appointments Committee has resumed its sitting to vet some ministers of state and deputy ministers of the President. The deputy Minister-designate of Roads and Highways Ministry Kwabena...
Ghartey Lays 50-Page Bribery Report But Parliament To Debate It Tomorrow
Parliament on Wednesday received the report of a five-member committee that investigated a bribery allegations against some members of parliament’s Appointment Committee. The chairman of the ad hoc...
Godfred Dame Appears Before Appointments Committee
Parliament Appointments Committee has resumed its sitting to vet some ministers of state and deputy ministers of the President. The deputy minister-designate of Office of Attorney General and...
Minority Leader Jabs Kwaku Kwarteng
MINORITY Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, has questioned why the ministry of finance is, on its own, writing to companies and revoking tax exemptions granted by Parliament. Mr. Iddrisu believes such an...
Let Go Your Push For 10m Pension Benefits – Lawyer To Former MPs
A private legal practitioner has implored the 40 former Members of Parliament seeking some 10million cedis pension benefits from government, to let go their demands. The 40 former MPs, who served in...
Let Go Your Push For 10million Pension Benefits – Lawyer To Former MPs
A private legal practitioner has implored the 40 former Members of Parliament seeking some 10million cedis pension benefits from government, to let go their demands. The 40 former MPs, who served in...
Ghartey Committee Report Out Today
The five-member ad hoc committee investigating the bribery scandal that hit the Appointments Committee of Parliament will present its report to Parliament today. The chairman of the committee, Joe...
Parliamentary Bribery Scandal
Even before the Joe Ghartey-led committee investigating the bribery scandal that rocked Parliament’s Appointments Committee makes public its findings, Member of Parliament for Bekwai and first...
Minority Leader Jabs Kweku Kwarteng Over Tax Exemptions
The Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu is questioning why the Ministry of Finance is, on its own, writing to companies and revoking tax exemptions granted by Parliament. Iddrisu believes such an action...
40 Ex MPs Sue For Nearly Ghc10m Pension Cash
Forty (40) former Members of Parliament, who served under the Kufuor Administration, have sued the Attorney-General and the Ministry of Finance over pensions owed them, demanding at least GHc...
Joe Ghartey Committee To Present Report This Week
The Parliament committee investigating bribery the allegations made against the Chairman and some members of the Appointments Committee will present its report on Wednesday. According to the Acting...
Minister Assures Presidency, Parliament of Adequate Security
The Minister of the Interior, Mr Ambrose Dery, has assured the Presidency and Parliament that the security agencies are committed to employing effective measures to protect the security of the...
It’s Been Difficult Working With My Accusers On Appointment Committee – Osei Owusu
Chairman of Parliament’s Appointment Committee says working with Minority members of the Committee who accused him of facilitating an attempt to bribe them has been difficult. Joseph Osei Owusu...