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General
Parliamentary committee to resume public hearings on anti-gay bill
The bill, known as the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021 has generated debates all over the country and beyond
DL News29 November 2021
Courts
Kennedy Agyapong files defamation suit against Kevin Taylor and his media company
Kevin Taylor is the founder of Loud Silence Media (LSM) and also hosts a program on LSM via its YouTube Channel, Loud Silence TV, and Facebook Platform, ‘With all due respect – Loud Silence Media.
DL News16 November 2021
General
Saneh Institute, 3 MPs push for Bill to jail witch hunters
“I have also been a victim of Voodoo practice. If you look carefully at my face, you’ll see marks and these are Voodoo marks. They are marks from a shrine,”
DL News15 November 2021
General
No licence for cannabis business yet — Narcotics Control Commission
Anybody who then engages in the cultivation of the recreational cannabis, which normally has a higher THC content, will be dealt with
DL News2 November 2021
General
Ban on tricycles on highways problematic; it needs legal backing – Minority
The Regional Minister, Henry Quartey, announced the ban as part of making the roads safer and ensuring law and order in the national capital.
CITINEWSROOM27 October 2021
General
Account for price stabilization levy— Think tank
President Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo recently gave an executive approval for the PSRL which is currently GHp16 for gasoline and GHp14 for Diesel, to be reduced to zero
Graphic Online21 October 2021
General
Release of information mandatory under RTI — Sarpong Boateng
“A draft legislative instrument (LI) is currently being worked on to be laid before Parliament to that effect which will allow some level of private institutions to be incorporated in the LI to allow people to access information from those...
Graphic Online20 October 2021
General
LGBTQI+ activities morally repugnant and must be stopped – Titus-Glover
“If I were in the Chamber, I would have led the crusade for the passage of the bill, because we won’t accept any foreign culture imposition,” the former MP said.
DL News15 October 2021
Courts
Ritual Murder Case: Invite my client or expunge former Ashiaman MP’s name in the facts – Lawyer
Mr. Koblah Senanu, lawyer for the MP, Alfred Agbesi, said his client name should be expunged in the facts and the Police must apologize to the MP.
DL News29 September 2021
General
SIGA develops “Corporate Governance Code” for SOE September 8, 2021 21
Mr. Asamoah Boateng bemoaned the fact that state Agencies were governed by a complicated leadership web that involves Parliament, Ministries, Regulatory Commissions, Boards, and others.
DL News8 September 2021
Courts
Land guard gets four years for defrauding MP, woman over land
Chief Inspector Benneh said on October 10, 2019, Police visited the land in question with the complainant and saw a fence wall built around the land.
DL News19 August 2021
Crime
Collins Dauda, 4 others granted $322m bail, plead not guilty over Saglemi Housing Project
The court presided over by Ms Comfort Tsaiame ordered all the accused person to deposit their Ghanaian passports at the court’s registry.
DL News5 August 2021
General
Review asset declarations laws – Kyei Mensah Bonsu
The Minority Leader, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, advised the Special Prosecutor to also focus on the prosecution of corrupt heads of public institutions.
DL News2 August 2021
Africa
Sierra Leone parliament passes bill to abolish death penalty
The bill now awaits presidential assent from President Julius Maada Bio.
DL News26 July 2021
General
Draft anti-LGBT Bill to be laid before Parliament [PDF]
The bill, properly titled the “Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021” intends to “provide for proper human sexual rights and Ghanaian family values
DL News23 July 2021
General
Appointments Committee recommends Kissi Agyebeng for Special Prosecutor
The former Special Prosecutor, Mr. Amidu had cited interferences from the Presidency in his resignation letter, claiming that his office was not allowed to pursue its mandate in the way it had been promised
DL News23 July 2021
General
Kissi Agyebeng to be vetted as Special Prosecutor today
Mr. Agyebeng was nominated by the Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame on April 16 according to section 13(3) of Act 959.
DL News22 July 2021
Crime
Police to provide security for NDC’s Tuesday demonstration
The Police had earlier expressed its unwillingness to provide security for mass protestors in view of the threat such activities posed as COVID-19 super spreaders
DL News4 July 2021
Courts
Order to produce citizenship renunciation: Jomoro MP appeals
The Court of Appeal is expected to sit on Monday, July 26, 2021, for the MP’s counsel to move the motion on the stay of execution.
DL News2 July 2021
Crime
Alleged killers of Mfantsiman MP sentenced 20 years for robbery
The robbery incident occurred weeks after the MP was deceased when he was returning home from a campaign trip in October 2020.
DL News30 June 2021