KMA defies court order over Kejetia Terminal

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anna germany köln 12 years ago

fredco is choping the traders money wawaa like as presdent Kfour did

fredco is choping the traders money wawaa like as presdent Kfour did
OSEI KOFI, SUAME 12 years ago

What at all is wrong with some of you? Is Kumasi not part of Ghana? The judge who has sat on this case and ruled in favour of these criminals to continue to milk the country into their pockets should be ashamed of himself.I u ...
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What at all is wrong with some of you? Is Kumasi not part of Ghana? The judge who has sat on this case and ruled in favour of these criminals to continue to milk the country into their pockets should be ashamed of himself.I urge the KMA not to handover the management to them.I also urge the government to intervene and take the terminal from these croocks.Is the foolish judge listening to what the Assembly is saying that they made three times what those croocks were making? Shame on some of you in this country.You people do not deserve to be part of the human race.Greedy bastards.
Thomas 12 years ago

I'm no friend of Fredco but I am a friend of the law and in order for the people to respect the law, the authorities must do likewise. Maybe the judge was bribed. That stuff happens all the time and in that case evidence ne ...
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I'm no friend of Fredco but I am a friend of the law and in order for the people to respect the law, the authorities must do likewise. Maybe the judge was bribed. That stuff happens all the time and in that case evidence needs to be presented, a case adjudicated, and the judge imprisoned. But maybe the judge is an honest person. Maybe the judge also loves the law and was compelled to rule as s/he did because the KMA put on a weak case, or its evidence was shaky. A mere accusation that the KMA was being bilked is not the same as proof that it was being bilked. Maybe the judge told the KMA to allow the court to examine its bank statements for the time in question which the KMA refused for fear the judge would learn of illegal deposits. In that (not entirely implausible) case, even if the KMA's accusations were true, its evidence would not have proven that truth and it would have lost. Don't be too quick to condemn the judge without knowing all the facts. Where is Ghana's glorious free press in all this? Why isn't it conducting some investigative journalism and trying to learn the real truth in this sordid saga?
Nipany3 12 years ago

Says it all. Reading through this 'stinking' reportage, you are left in no doubt that,the piece was done with a single purpose,and that is to needlessly malign the Metro Assembly.
Having made this observation, I would urge P ...
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Says it all. Reading through this 'stinking' reportage, you are left in no doubt that,the piece was done with a single purpose,and that is to needlessly malign the Metro Assembly.
Having made this observation, I would urge Pres Mahama to give serious consideration to candidates nominated to occupy key and sensitive positions in his administration.
Asembeba dabi 12 years ago

Kma want to push the court case so that theyn ve got what they want

Kma want to push the court case so that theyn ve got what they want
dankaloma 12 years ago

Well said Osei and May God bless you.This so called judge is corrupt and most of his shady dealings takes place at his residence through his court clerks and big money do change hands all the time.

Well said Osei and May God bless you.This so called judge is corrupt and most of his shady dealings takes place at his residence through his court clerks and big money do change hands all the time.
NAKED 12 years ago

Mali at first glance seems a most unlikely place for the NATO powers, led by a neo-colonialist French government of Socialist President Francois Hollande (and quietly backed to the hilt by the Obama Administration), to launch ...
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Mali at first glance seems a most unlikely place for the NATO powers, led by a neo-colonialist French government of Socialist President Francois Hollande (and quietly backed to the hilt by the Obama Administration), to launch what is being called by some a new Thirty Years’ War Against Terrorism.

Mali, with a population of some 12 million, and a landmass three and a half times the size of Germany, is a land-locked largely Saharan Desert country in the center of western Africa, bordered by Algeria to its north, Mauritania to its west, Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Niger to its southern part. People I know who have spent time there before the recent US-led efforts at destabilization called it one of the most peaceful and beautiful places on earth, the home of Timbuktu. Its people are some ninety percent Muslim of varying persuasions. It has a rural subsistence agriculture and adult illiteracy of nearly 50%. Yet this country is suddenly the center of a new global “war on terror.”

On January 20 Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron announced his country’s curious resolve to dedicate itself to deal with “the terrorism threat” in Mali and north Africa. Cameron declared, “It will require a response that is about years, even decades, rather than months, and it requires a response that…has an absolutely iron resolve…” [1] Britain in its colonial heyday never had a stake in Mali. Until it won independence in 1960, Mali was a French colony.

On January 11, after more than a year of behind-the-scenes pressure on the neighboring Algeria to get them entangled in an invasion of its neighbor Mali, Hollande decided to make a direct French military intervention with US backing. His government launched air strikes in the rebel-held north of Mali against a fanatical Salafist band of jihadist cutthroats calling itself Al-Qaeda in the Islamic-Mahgreb (AQIM). The pretext for the seemingly swift French action was a military move by a tiny group of Islamic Jihadists of the Tuareg people, Asnar Dine, affiliated with the larger AQIM. On January 10 Asnar Dine – backed by other Islamist groups – attacked the southern town of Konna. That marked the first time since the Tuareg rebellion in early 2012 that Jihadist rebels moved out of traditional Tuareg territory in the northern desert to spread Islamic law to the south of Mali.

As French journalist Thierry Meyssan noted, French forces were remarkably well prepared: “The transitional President, Dioncounda Traore, declared a state of emergency and called to France for help. Paris intervened within hours to prevent the fall of the capital, Bamako. Far-sightedly, the Elysée had already pre-positioned in Mali troops from the 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (“the Colonials”) and the 13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment, helicopters from the COS (Special Operations Command), three Mirage 2000D’s, two Mirage F-1’s, three C135’s, a C130 Hercules and a C160 Transall.” [2] What a convenient coincidence.

By January 21 US Air Force transport planes began delivering hundreds of French elite soldiers and military equipment to Mali, ostensibly to roll back what we were told was an out-of-control terrorist advance south towards the Mali capital. [3] French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told media the number of its ‘boots on the ground’ in Mali had reached 2,000, adding that “around 4,000 troops will be mobilized for this operation,” in Mali and outside bases. [4]

But there are strong indications the French agenda in Mali is anything but humanitarian. In a France 5 TV interview, Le Drian carelessly admitted, “The goal is the total reconquest of Mali. We will not leave any pockets.” And President Francois Hollande said French troops would remain in the region long enough “to defeat terrorism.” The United States, Canada, Britain, Belgium, Germany and Denmark have all said they would support the French operation against Mali. [5]

Mali itself, like much of Africa is rich in raw materials. It has large reserves of gold, uranium and most recently, though western oil companies try to hide it, of oil, lots of oil. The French preferred to ignore Mali’s vast resources, keeping it a poor subsistence agriculture country. Under the deposed democratically-elected President Amadou Toumani Toure, for the first time the government initiated a systematic mapping of the vast wealth under its soil. According to Mamadou Igor Diarra, previous mining minister, Malian soil contains copper, uranium, phosphate, bauxite, gems and in particular, a large percentage of gold in addition to oil and gas. Thus, Mali is one of the countries in the world with the most raw materials. With its gold mining, the country is already one of the leading exploiters directly behind South Africa and Ghana. [6] Two thirds of France’s electricity is from nuclear power and sources of new uranium are essential. Presently, France draws significant uranium imports from neighboring Niger.

Now the picture gets a little complex.

According to usually reliable former US military experts with direct familiarity with the region, speaking on condition of anonymity, US and NATO Special Forces actually trained the same “terrorist” bands now justifying a neo-colonial US-backed invasion of Mali by France. The major question is why would Washington and Paris train the terrorists they are now acting to destroy in a “war on terror?” Were they really surprised at the lack of NATO loyalty from their trainees? And what is behind AFRICOM’s American-backed French takeover of Mali?
Don Blunt 12 years ago

Don't use the presence of natural resources as excuse to defend what the so called jihardists (or whatever you may want to call them) unnecessarily destroyed in that beautiful country.
It takes people without brains to dest ...
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Don't use the presence of natural resources as excuse to defend what the so called jihardists (or whatever you may want to call them) unnecessarily destroyed in that beautiful country.
It takes people without brains to destroy ancient buildings "In The Name Of ALLAH". That Allah must be really fucked-up, or extremely useless to permit such atrocities in his name.
What did you gain for demolishing homes of defenseless women and whole villages?
Did you not want to kill those whole people, to claim the resources you talk about for yourselves? There would have been more than enough for the twelve million inhabitants, but greedy idiots hiding behing masks of "Allah"(my foot) think you can take the whole world for fools.
You have nothing to do with Allah. How much bribe have you received from the Chinese?
NAKED 12 years ago

Mali at first glance seems a most unlikely place for the NATO powers, led by a neo-colonialist French government of Socialist President Francois Hollande (and quietly backed to the hilt by the Obama Administration), to launch ...
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Mali at first glance seems a most unlikely place for the NATO powers, led by a neo-colonialist French government of Socialist President Francois Hollande (and quietly backed to the hilt by the Obama Administration), to launch what is being called by some a new Thirty Years’ War Against Terrorism.

Mali, with a population of some 12 million, and a landmass three and a half times the size of Germany, is a land-locked largely Saharan Desert country in the center of western Africa, bordered by Algeria to its north, Mauritania to its west, Senegal, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Niger to its southern part. People I know who have spent time there before the recent US-led efforts at destabilization called it one of the most peaceful and beautiful places on earth, the home of Timbuktu. Its people are some ninety percent Muslim of varying persuasions. It has a rural subsistence agriculture and adult illiteracy of nearly 50%. Yet this country is suddenly the center of a new global “war on terror.”

On January 20 Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron announced his country’s curious resolve to dedicate itself to deal with “the terrorism threat” in Mali and north Africa. Cameron declared, “It will require a response that is about years, even decades, rather than months, and it requires a response that…has an absolutely iron resolve…” [1] Britain in its colonial heyday never had a stake in Mali. Until it won independence in 1960, Mali was a French colony.

On January 11, after more than a year of behind-the-scenes pressure on the neighboring Algeria to get them entangled in an invasion of its neighbor Mali, Hollande decided to make a direct French military intervention with US backing. His government launched air strikes in the rebel-held north of Mali against a fanatical Salafist band of jihadist cutthroats calling itself Al-Qaeda in the Islamic-Mahgreb (AQIM). The pretext for the seemingly swift French action was a military move by a tiny group of Islamic Jihadists of the Tuareg people, Asnar Dine, affiliated with the larger AQIM. On January 10 Asnar Dine – backed by other Islamist groups – attacked the southern town of Konna. That marked the first time since the Tuareg rebellion in early 2012 that Jihadist rebels moved out of traditional Tuareg territory in the northern desert to spread Islamic law to the south of Mali.

As French journalist Thierry Meyssan noted, French forces were remarkably well prepared: “The transitional President, Dioncounda Traore, declared a state of emergency and called to France for help. Paris intervened within hours to prevent the fall of the capital, Bamako. Far-sightedly, the Elysée had already pre-positioned in Mali troops from the 1st Marine Infantry Parachute Regiment (“the Colonials”) and the 13th Parachute Dragoon Regiment, helicopters from the COS (Special Operations Command), three Mirage 2000D’s, two Mirage F-1’s, three C135’s, a C130 Hercules and a C160 Transall.” [2] What a convenient coincidence.

By January 21 US Air Force transport planes began delivering hundreds of French elite soldiers and military equipment to Mali, ostensibly to roll back what we were told was an out-of-control terrorist advance south towards the Mali capital. [3] French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told media the number of its ‘boots on the ground’ in Mali had reached 2,000, adding that “around 4,000 troops will be mobilized for this operation,” in Mali and outside bases. [4]

But there are strong indications the French agenda in Mali is anything but humanitarian. In a France 5 TV interview, Le Drian carelessly admitted, “The goal is the total reconquest of Mali. We will not leave any pockets.” And President Francois Hollande said French troops would remain in the region long enough “to defeat terrorism.” The United States, Canada, Britain, Belgium, Germany and Denmark have all said they would support the French operation against Mali. [5]

Mali itself, like much of Africa is rich in raw materials. It has large reserves of gold, uranium and most recently, though western oil companies try to hide it, of oil, lots of oil. The French preferred to ignore Mali’s vast resources, keeping it a poor subsistence agriculture country. Under the deposed democratically-elected President Amadou Toumani Toure, for the first time the government initiated a systematic mapping of the vast wealth under its soil. According to Mamadou Igor Diarra, previous mining minister, Malian soil contains copper, uranium, phosphate, bauxite, gems and in particular, a large percentage of gold in addition to oil and gas. Thus, Mali is one of the countries in the world with the most raw materials. With its gold mining, the country is already one of the leading exploiters directly behind South Africa and Ghana. [6] Two thirds of France’s electricity is from nuclear power and sources of new uranium are essential. Presently, France draws significant uranium imports from neighboring Niger.

Now the picture gets a little complex.

According to usually reliable former US military experts with direct familiarity with the region, speaking on condition of anonymity, US and NATO Special Forces actually trained the same “terrorist” bands now justifying a neo-colonial US-backed invasion of Mali by France. The major question is why would Washington and Paris train the terrorists they are now acting to destroy in a “war on terror?” Were they really surprised at the lack of NATO loyalty from their trainees? And what is behind AFRICOM’s American-backed French takeover of Mali?
Thomas 12 years ago

This is an outrage! How can Ghanaian authorities expect the citizens to respect the rule of law when those same authorities publicly flout the law? I don't care whether Fredco or the KMA ultimately prevails (though I rathe ...
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This is an outrage! How can Ghanaian authorities expect the citizens to respect the rule of law when those same authorities publicly flout the law? I don't care whether Fredco or the KMA ultimately prevails (though I rather think Fredco is owned and operated by a bunch of crooks, but then, isn't the entire government, too?), but the ruling on the ground - indeed, TWO rulings - have ordered the KMA to vacate the bus terminal. It matters not a tinker's damn that the KMA has filed an appeal. A filing is akin to an application, analogous to a job application, perhaps. Just because one has submitted a job application doesn't give one the rights to draw a salary and accrue the other benefits of such employment. Similarly, filing an appeal doesn't give the KMA the right to possession. The KMA might have asked an appellate court for emergency relief, staying the lower court's order until such time as the appeal may conveniently be heard - thus preserving the rule of law - but the KMA chose no such path. Instead, it is comporting itself like a 200 lb. gorilla, like the land guards so abhorred the length and breadth of this great nation, using its muscle to simply take what it wants, ignoring the law with impunity. For shame, KMA! For shame.

And Mahama! Where have you been hile your lackeys so flagrantly violate the laws? Why haven't you sent in your army, or at least an Accra contingent of the police's Armored Car Division, to wrest control of the bus terminal from the grasping claws of these criminals? Why haven't you come to arrest the entire body of the KMA for defying not one, but two, written and published court orders? For shame on you as well. None of you deserve to be in office. All of you deserve prison.

Inquisitive 12 years ago

Be careful of what you say because these Ghanaian journalists don't investigate stories but depend on hear say.Most of the times they just listen to one side of the story and don't even bother to check the facts from the oth ...
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Be careful of what you say because these Ghanaian journalists don't investigate stories but depend on hear say.Most of the times they just listen to one side of the story and don't even bother to check the facts from the other side and start to draw conclusions.The last paragraph of your statement is also undemocratic and is even more worst than what you think KMA is doing.
Don Blunt 12 years ago

Why does KMA file an appeal to the law courts of Ghana, whem LMA does not respect the rulings of a Court?
Will KMA continue appealing, until someone rules to their advantage? And will KMA then expect their oponents to respe ...
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Why does KMA file an appeal to the law courts of Ghana, whem LMA does not respect the rulings of a Court?
Will KMA continue appealing, until someone rules to their advantage? And will KMA then expect their oponents to respect that ruling?
I reserve my comments
Nipany3 12 years ago

Media Outlets to show the names of Reporters who file particular stories.
Reading through this piece, it is apparent that the authour hasdeliberately slanted his/her story to cast the KMA in a very bad light.
How can the KM ...
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Media Outlets to show the names of Reporters who file particular stories.
Reading through this piece, it is apparent that the authour hasdeliberately slanted his/her story to cast the KMA in a very bad light.
How can the KMA be said to be indiffferent if certain appeal processes have been initiated,and that a hearing date has been assigned for the case? Why does this lazy build his/her story solely on "reports" whose authors are never identified? Shame on tv3network.com. I can pick up a whiff of 'soli' about this stinking story,and it is unfortunate.
Yaw Kusi 12 years ago

Our judges must be honest and pro-active. If a private company is stealing the people's money, and a development-oriented Mayor tries to rectify this situation, will a judge, under the guise of rule of law order KMA to suppor ...
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Our judges must be honest and pro-active. If a private company is stealing the people's money, and a development-oriented Mayor tries to rectify this situation, will a judge, under the guise of rule of law order KMA to support the rot by giving the terminal back to Fredco to continue the thievery? Is that what we want to do to this country? Some of our judges have become so politically minded they are ready to throw this country into chaos. One day, there may be the PEOPLE'S REVOLUTION in this country due to the fact that people are being encouraged by the huhudious judgments coming from some of our courts to shortchange this dear nation of ours. God bless Kojo Bonsu and the patriotic members of the KMA.
kweku baako 12 years ago

Freda darko is very corrupt. They should investigate this so called judge. He has been paid. This woman use to bribe kofi jumah and Patricia apiagyei. Kma DHS not leave.

Freda darko is very corrupt. They should investigate this so called judge. He has been paid. This woman use to bribe kofi jumah and Patricia apiagyei. Kma DHS not leave.
Kwasi Osei 12 years ago

Corrupt Freda Darko has corrupted Judge Amo Yartey and this TV3 reporter and God will punish them for that. Mayor Kojo Bonsu should fight on

Corrupt Freda Darko has corrupted Judge Amo Yartey and this TV3 reporter and God will punish them for that. Mayor Kojo Bonsu should fight on
Kwasi Osei 12 years ago

Corrupt Freda Darko has corrupted Judge Amo Yartey and this TV3 reporter and God will punish them for that. Mayor Kojo Bonsu should fight on

Corrupt Freda Darko has corrupted Judge Amo Yartey and this TV3 reporter and God will punish them for that. Mayor Kojo Bonsu should fight on
This world 12 years ago

Akwasi Osei is among those issuing fake ticket on the terminal your diabolic will come out soon

Akwasi Osei is among those issuing fake ticket on the terminal your diabolic will come out soon
Kwasi Osei 12 years ago

Corrupt Freda Darko has corrupted Judge Amo Yartey and this TV3 reporter and God will punish them for that. Mayor Kojo Bonsu should fight on

Corrupt Freda Darko has corrupted Judge Amo Yartey and this TV3 reporter and God will punish them for that. Mayor Kojo Bonsu should fight on
This world 12 years ago

Kwasi Osei is among the hungry people whom kma. Pay them to ,lie to. Kumasi people

Kwasi Osei is among the hungry people whom kma. Pay them to ,lie to. Kumasi people

Asaaaaaaaaaa 12 years ago

Akwasi Osei is engineering the fake. Ticket selling at kejetia

Akwasi Osei is engineering the fake. Ticket selling at kejetia
Asembeba dabi 12 years ago

Osei Kofi suame fake ticket supervisor at kejetia terminal all your underground work will soon come out

Osei Kofi suame fake ticket supervisor at kejetia terminal all your underground work will soon come out
Chuck Wayo - Washington DC 12 years ago

This is why Osei-Tutu assisted in bribing the judges so that he can lobby Mahama to appoint Kojo Bonsu as head of the city council. Now they can engage in their thievery and criminal acts with impunity. Mahama cannot do "foko ...
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This is why Osei-Tutu assisted in bribing the judges so that he can lobby Mahama to appoint Kojo Bonsu as head of the city council. Now they can engage in their thievery and criminal acts with impunity. Mahama cannot do "foko " and K'dua's Mafia will turn Oseikrom into a banana state. Kumasi would become another country within Ghana, where Kweku Dua and his mafia will terrorize residents while impotent law enforcement people look on helplessly.
Asembeba dabi 12 years ago

Kojo Bonsu is nown using soldiers tortured Kumasi people at kejetia terminal using some media to cover up but our leaders are there blinding their eyes and ears as if nothing happen

Kojo Bonsu is nown using soldiers tortured Kumasi people at kejetia terminal using some media to cover up but our leaders are there blinding their eyes and ears as if nothing happen

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