I am wondering if it is worth fighting for the interests of the Kumawuman people.
Some of the recent actions by some of the inhabitants of Kumawu are disgusting.
These actions are enough to put off even our Most and Ever patient God Almighty. But
for the sake of the poor who have become subjected to the most vulnerable and
exploitable traditional and governmental systems in place, I will rather intensify
the battle. I will take the fight to the very doorsteps of those enemies of progress
according as directed by God Almighty.
Not long ago, many were those complaining about the District Chief Executive's utter
display of nonchalance and total incompetence. They were clamouring him out of
office. They had come to conclude he could not make heads or tails of his job
requirements. Truly, he was a waste of space and resources when judged in terms of
his job description in line with the President's "Better Ghana" agenda delivery
policies. Luckily, the people's outcry for change reached the listening ears of
President Mills. President Mills after careful consideration decided to elbow the
non-performing DCE out. Barely had the DCE been disgracefully discharged of his
duties when the same mouths that had called for his dismissal started questioning
why? They have since been pointing accusing fingers at one Kwasi Koduah a.k.a Kasco
as the sole instigator of the DCE's dismissal.
If truly this named person has been able to cause the dismissal of the DCE for being
incompetent, then he has my blessings and support. Is President Mills not on record
to have said in the latter part of last year that 2011 will be a year of action? How
did Ghanaians understand that? Why then should a poor man in the person of Kasco be
blamed when a non-performing, corrupt, arrogant or myopic MCE or DEC gets the sack?
Is this Koduah not Ama Senu and Afua Konadu's brother? I understand this guy is
trying harder to ensure the Kumawu/Konongo/Kwahu water project actually gets off the
ground. Does such a person merit condemnation or commendation? I leave it to the
individual Kumawuman citizens to battle it out with their own conscience to come out
with a sensible answer.
A few others are those still supporting the "Sikadicious" Kumawuhemaa who is
pillaging Kumawuman like a barbarian from another planet. There are certain
individuals who only pass absurd comments on my investigative publications on Kumawu
chieftaincy dispute. Their debilitating comments interspersed with threats and
portrayal of folly make me giggle involuntarily. How funny, weak-minded, visionless
and selfish I think such individuals are. Kumawuman, especially Kumawu, has been
ruined all because of the visionless selfish aspirations of certain individuals of
whom figures principally the current Kumawu queen. For how long should you sit with
arms folded around the chest, lackadaisically yawning as though nothing is amiss?
Until Kumawuman gets pipe borne water, proper public toilets, people cease
defecating in the nearby bushes and their backyards, the youth gets job, I shall
lambast the incompetent traditional rulers who are pursuing insatiable quest for
wealth at the expense of their needy subjects.
Unfortunately, some people are seen to be playing God in the Kumawu chieftaincy
case. They think to wield the ultimate power. They think without their final word or
permission, Kumawuman citizens can weep as much as they like, they can never have
their way in the Kumawuman case. The sufferings of the people are not their concern
but how to milk Kumawuman dry or satisfy their libidos. To those people holding onto
such persuasions I say, they are deceiving themselves and they will surely incur the
wrath of God. Read Acts 12:21-22 "On the appointed day Herod, wearing his royal
robes, sat on his throne and delivered a public address to the people. And the
people gave a shout, [saying, It is] the voice of a god, and not of a man.
Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck
him down, and he was eaten by worms and died" Do we learn any lesson from this
biblical incident? And if we do, how can it be related to the slow tactics way the
Kumawuman case is being conducted with the need for incessantly kowtowing to a
certain person playing God?
Why do people become jealous when others are praised for their good deeds? Did the
late Kofi Sarpong a.k.a Thousand, not about twenty years ago donate sixteen to
twenty bags of maize to Kumawu Tweneboa Kodua Secondary School? How great he became
in the eyes of the students for this act of philanthropy. How many of us could have
done that, as poor as he was? He deserves praise. If your Kumawuhemaa with her
friends and family could show such concern for people, Kumawu may not be as
dilapidated as it is now. Those who think Thousand was a licensed gambler who is not
worthy of their praise are just being light-minded. Anyway, Thousand will be buried
on 10th February 2011. I wish many will attend his burial/funeral to pay him their
last respect. He was the Pride of Kumawu, I reiterate. I am currently in Ghana and
will surely be present at his funeral to bid him adieu.
Finally, I assure the Kumawuman citizens the world over that no matter how long it
takes; the God's appointed One will rule Kumawuman. As God chose Saul and David, so
has He chosen someone after his Heart from the Ananangya royal family. Do you still
wait patiently for the Overlord of Asanteman to continue to play his dubious role of
God while people die from preventable diseases which a far-sighted Omanhene can help
prevent?
Ignorance is bliss. In the Kumawuman chieftaincy case, no one can play ignorance.
The royal history has been told. Everyone now knows who the true royals are. They
are neither the Ankaases nor the Adomako Pims but rather the Ananangyas and the
Odumases. The Adomako Pims should publish their side of the Kumawuman royal history
and stop buzzing my ears with unnecessary demands to prove who they are in line with
Kumawu paramountcy.
John Fosu
