The Privileges Committee of parliament has scheduled Monday, July 23, to hold the second public hearing on the allegations of contempt brought against Assin Central Member of Parliament, Kennedy Agyepong by Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak.
The first hearing in June ended inconclusively after three MPs from the Central Region on the Committee recused themselves over possible bias.
The MPs are Gomoa Central MP, Naana Eyiah Quansah; Agona West MP, Cynthia Morrison and Upper Denkyira West MP, Samuel Nsowah-Djan.
The three have subsequently been replaced on the committee from the Majority.
The replacements are Yaw Buaben Asamoah, Adentan MP; Yaw Maama Afful, Jaman South MP; and Nana Akua Afriyie, Ablekuma North MP.
The Assin Central MP has a prima facie case of alleged contempt of parliament to answer for comments made deemed derogatory to the image of the leadership of the house and the house itself.
Muntaka reports Kennedy Agyapong
The Minority Chief Whip, Muntaka Mubarak, filed a motion accusing Kennedy Agyapong of making contemptuous public comments about the House. Mr. Agyeapong was subsequently summoned to appear before Parliament’s Privileges Committee which addresses such matters.
Muntaka Mubarak, who subsequently engaged in a fierce media war with Kennedy Agyapong over the matter, appeared before the committee to give evidence to back his claims to get Mr. Agyapong sanctioned.
The committee subsequently established a prima facie case against Mr. Agyapong, hence his appointment with the committee.
Muntaka Mubarak had earlier said in a Citi News interview that he believes Kennedy Agyapong must be suspended for his utterances.
Source: Citi
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At the end of it all, parliament will only confirm the claims of Kennedy that "they are USE**LESS). The moment I heard some members of the privileges committee step aside, then I knew they'll perform again. Complete waste!
bobostone, please note that he was elected and cannot be dismissed. Only his constituents can vote him out or he resigns
nothing meaningful will happen
He must be dismissed not suspended because Ken Agyapong is not honorable to be in the chamber as an honorable parliamentarian who makes laws for the nation. He's shown time and again that he's unfit to be called an MP so the committee must DISMISS him outright from the chamber or be made to sign a four year bond to be of good behavior which when breached will cause him to be kicked out of the chamber without delay.
It has taken a whole parliament several weeks to deal with one person, Ken agyepong and they call themselves honorables. If it were black rasta and professor doodoo they would have by now finished dealing with them. Parliamentarians in Ghana are all rubber stamps. And we pay these use.less bunch huge sums of money each month. Its soooooo sad.