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I miss the stage, but will bounce back this year-Kunta Kinte
He used to be one of the finest fast growing music talents in Ghana, but unfortunately, his rise to the top was cut short by ill-health.
Many music lovers were heartbroken of his predicament which, Kunta Kinte: known in private life as Kwaku Nsiah Amankwah was getting to the prime of his career when this unfortunate situation happened.
This doused the musical flames of a music duo dubbed Bradez, comprising Kunta Kinte and his elder Brother, FloKing stone.
Though Kunta has healed from the mild stroke, some traces which still make his mobility a challenge, has taken him off the cameras and active music for some time now.
This notwithstanding, he told The Spectator in an interview that he would bounce back this year with an album.
Kunta Kinte said that he missed stage performance, but had worked on the quiet, recorded with the likes of Kofi Kinaata, Kabum, Floking Stone and Okyeame Kwame among others, and very soon his fans who have been yearning for his return would be served with an album that would stand the test of time.
“Very soon, my fans will see me in 2021 with an album,” he stressed and added that he was patiently working to ensure the much awaited project with a lot of quality.
Though he tried bouncing back to active music in 2015 with a new single dubbed ‘Resurrection of Kunta,” things did not work as expected.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
The Member of Parliament for Nsawam Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh Dompreh, has expressed concern over delays in the release of the District Assemblies Common Fund, warning that the situation is stalling development across the country.
On his facebook page, he described as a matter of urgent national importance, the Minority Chief Whip pointed to what he sees as a growing crisis of unpaid contractors, abandoned projects, and halted infrastructure works in many districts.
He noted that several communities are grappling with half completed schools, unfinished health facilities, abandoned markets, deteriorating roads, and stalled sanitation projects.
According to him, many contractors who have executed projects for district assemblies have not been paid, forcing some construction firms to demobilise from sites while workers lose their jobs.
He stressed that the District Assemblies Common Fund is not a discretionary allocation but a constitutional requirement under Article 252 of the 1992 Constitution, intended to support development at the local level.
In his view, years of delayed releases and accumulated arrears have weakened district development financing and disrupted projects meant to improve living conditions in communities.
He further argued that some payments made in recent years were largely the settlement of old debts rather than funding for new or ongoing projects, a situation he believes has affected contractor confidence and local economic activity.
He described the issue as more than a budgetary challenge, characterising it as a development emergency and a governance concern.
He therefore urged the appropriate authorities to pay outstanding DACF arrears, settle contractors who have completed their work, and ensure that transfers to districts are automatic and predictable.
He maintained that decentralisation can only succeed when district assemblies receive adequate and timely funding to carry out development projects.
He emphasised that stalled projects directly affect ordinary citizens, since they rely on such infrastructure for education, healthcare, transportation, sanitation, and economic activities.
He called for renewed attention to grassroots development, insisting that national progress should not be concentrated only in major cities but extended to all communities.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Richard Appiah, the footballer who killed two children and stored part of their bodies in a fridge at Abesim in the Bono Region in 2021 has been handed a lifetime sentence.
This was after a five member panel of judges at the Accra High Court returned a verdict of guilty against the convict.
Appiah, 32, also a draughtsman would spend the rest of his life in prison after he was convicted of murder.
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BY MALIK SULLEMANA
