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Akadu Mensema 11 years ago

You think corruption is aonly about stealing money. It is about witchunting the type and you Kpega kpegalized Akufo-Addo!

You think corruption is aonly about stealing money. It is about witchunting the type and you Kpega kpegalized Akufo-Addo!
Ken Ntiamoa 11 years ago

As Christian and God-fearing a nation as we profess to be, I am amazed at the level of corruption reported in the country. All we have to do is to follow the ten commandments and the country would be fine. I guess we are huma ...
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As Christian and God-fearing a nation as we profess to be, I am amazed at the level of corruption reported in the country. All we have to do is to follow the ten commandments and the country would be fine. I guess we are human in deed. We hate laws. We could not abide by a single rule --"Do not eat from the fruit of this tree." How then would any one expect us to abide ten rules, let alone a whole huge national constitution.

Ken
RINGO 11 years ago

This is a very good lesson and food for thought for all Ghanaians,especially the self-centered corrupt politicians.Unfortunately,what works in the WHITEMAN'S country does not work in BLACK Africa.Is something genetically wron ...
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This is a very good lesson and food for thought for all Ghanaians,especially the self-centered corrupt politicians.Unfortunately,what works in the WHITEMAN'S country does not work in BLACK Africa.Is something genetically wrong with the BLACKMAN ? We need answers.
Carol 11 years ago

Great piece. In the States, a governor was recorded trying to sell Obama's vacate seat & was convicted & jailed 14yrs for corruption. In Omo Ghana however, a politician, even when caught stealing or involved in other dubious ...
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Great piece. In the States, a governor was recorded trying to sell Obama's vacate seat & was convicted & jailed 14yrs for corruption. In Omo Ghana however, a politician, even when caught stealing or involved in other dubious crime, never get punished or held accountable. The average citizen involved in petty crime however, gets stiffer punishment. No wonder we can't move forward as a nation because corruption is what's hindering Ghana's progress.
Carol 11 years ago

Great piece. In the States, a governor was recorded trying to sell Obama's vacate seat & was convicted & jailed 14yrs for corruption. In Omo Ghana however, a politician, even when caught stealing or involved in other dubious ...
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Great piece. In the States, a governor was recorded trying to sell Obama's vacate seat & was convicted & jailed 14yrs for corruption. In Omo Ghana however, a politician, even when caught stealing or involved in other dubious crime, never get punished or held accountable. The average citizen involved in petty crime however, gets stiffer punishment. No wonder we can't move forward as a nation because corruption is what's hindering Ghana's progress.
Ghfuo, change ur thinking 11 years ago

U think Obama is not corrupt? Was bush jr and sell not corrupt? There is a bigger agenda here. In this north Carolina mayor was targeted by the republicans and he fell victim to their constant, persistent gifts. Someone had a ...
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U think Obama is not corrupt? Was bush jr and sell not corrupt? There is a bigger agenda here. In this north Carolina mayor was targeted by the republicans and he fell victim to their constant, persistent gifts. Someone had an agenda Dats all....no politicians is a saint
Joseph 11 years ago

This man-woman is out of touch with reality.He is a big fool.

This man-woman is out of touch with reality.He is a big fool.
Abeeku Mensah 11 years ago

Corruption comes in various forms and shapes but in Ghana they always end up having monetary value linkages. When tribalism and nepotism becomes the one qualification needed for national job postings via politics and politica ...
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Corruption comes in various forms and shapes but in Ghana they always end up having monetary value linkages. When tribalism and nepotism becomes the one qualification needed for national job postings via politics and political parties they become linked to exchange of money for services not rendered at some point. When political party affiliation (in Ghana party memberships are clearly aligned with tribal lineage) is the driver for obtaining job with the national government and not competence, the rewards from employment and political connection is still money. Obtaining money without justifiable work or services is still stealing monetary resource. In Ghana there is nothing that is done for love of a person, community or country but for the love of money. To not know these simple truths is to be a mindless Ghanaian or ex-Ghanaian.
DAN 11 years ago

but look at the drunkend secret services agents sent back to usa from amsterdam!

but look at the drunkend secret services agents sent back to usa from amsterdam!
General 11 years ago

Rule of Law in America only applies to the rich and powerful. The CIA spies on the Senate. The Wall Street thieves get a big bailout at the back of the people yet none of those criminals see a day in jail. The government s ...
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Rule of Law in America only applies to the rich and powerful. The CIA spies on the Senate. The Wall Street thieves get a big bailout at the back of the people yet none of those criminals see a day in jail. The government spies on every one in the country against the constitution. If you think Ghana has something to learn from the U.S then you are delusional. Ghana is retrogressing because some of you assume the American way is exemplary. What happened to Cheney and Halliburton when they bribed Nigerian officials? That was against U.S law but nothing happened. Give us a break with this kid write up.

Nemesis 11 years ago

Stupid fool, uneducated idiot, you can't call this a kid's write-up. You are entitled to your opinion. If you don't agree with him, you decently advance your argument. Don't wade into this dirty culture of insult. I'm even su ...
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Stupid fool, uneducated idiot, you can't call this a kid's write-up. You are entitled to your opinion. If you don't agree with him, you decently advance your argument. Don't wade into this dirty culture of insult. I'm even sure there is nobody in your entire family who can write as good as this. I think there are many good lessons, that as a very corrupt country, Ghana can draw from the American example. Corruption has become a norm in Ghana. We must weed it out.
Ghfuo, change ur thinking 11 years ago

The law only protects the rich, whites and highly connected. Just recently, a female Kennedy was charged with crashing her car under drug overdose in ny. She was acquitted and walked out freeeeeee! Had it been you Orme. Wat d ...
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The law only protects the rich, whites and highly connected. Just recently, a female Kennedy was charged with crashing her car under drug overdose in ny. She was acquitted and walked out freeeeeee! Had it been you Orme. Wat do you think would have happened? The news said she overdosed on prescription medications and drove her car. Bullshit...I'm very sire she was highly on cocaine and drove her car and crashed it. U hve.ministers.for no idea wat these white ppl get away with...
Balderash 11 years ago

If kid stuff is so insulting to you what about 'naive'. I suppose you are one of those numerous semi-literate who is so lost in knowing right from truth. Why does Ghana need any lecture on how to govern based on America? I ...
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If kid stuff is so insulting to you what about 'naive'. I suppose you are one of those numerous semi-literate who is so lost in knowing right from truth. Why does Ghana need any lecture on how to govern based on America? I suppose you want us to go invading other countries and stealing their wealth? The only stupid fool is you. Twat!
mensah abrampa 11 years ago

The system for fighting corruption in the USA is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination but that's not enough reason to excuse the do-nothing attitude of state institutions in Ghana. No one expects perfection from ghan ...
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The system for fighting corruption in the USA is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination but that's not enough reason to excuse the do-nothing attitude of state institutions in Ghana. No one expects perfection from ghanaians but we're doing nothing for God's sake. If we can at least do one half of what the US and other advanced nations do in regard to fighting corruption we will be in a far better shape. We can even go a step further learning the best practices everywhere and not just from the USA. What we cannot do is throw our hands up in the air and refuse to do something. Mediocrity has been our bed fellow for far too long.
k9 11 years ago

Doctor,remember chief justice may be the one better buttress corruption in our country today when Atta took over as president how many judicial system let go otherwise discharged for no wrong doing just because of technical r ...
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Doctor,remember chief justice may be the one better buttress corruption in our country today when Atta took over as president how many judicial system let go otherwise discharged for no wrong doing just because of technical reason in filling court document by the prosecutors in all high profile cases. I meant past minister of state in NPP administration you know. so to me nobody cares to steal anyway bcos at end they will go free by Wood.
MR TEXAS COWBOY 11 years ago

NOBODY ABOVE THE LAW IN US EVEN THE PRESIDENT .

NOBODY ABOVE THE LAW IN US EVEN THE PRESIDENT .
Truth 11 years ago

Hey, Bokor. Don't fooled by this event from Charlot. Remember you are comparing A DEVELOPED country with an UNDERDEVELOPED one. It is pity this always happens to BLACK mayors and not WHITE. Take a clue from this. Your guess i ...
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Hey, Bokor. Don't fooled by this event from Charlot. Remember you are comparing A DEVELOPED country with an UNDERDEVELOPED one. It is pity this always happens to BLACK mayors and not WHITE. Take a clue from this. Your guess is as good as mine.
Kwame 11 years ago

Dr. Micheal J.K. Bokor we all watched last week when the U.S. President, Barack Obama give award to some Negroes who served in Viet Nam and were not awarded like their fellow white citizens because in 1975 Negroes in the U.S. ...
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Dr. Micheal J.K. Bokor we all watched last week when the U.S. President, Barack Obama give award to some Negroes who served in Viet Nam and were not awarded like their fellow white citizens because in 1975 Negroes in the U.S. were considered to be animals less than the white man's dog.
You mean to say that socioeconomic discrimination against people just because of the colour of their skin. Supporting fascist, apartheid and Zionist regimes is not corruption. Corruption is defined by an American Dictionary to be the act of corruption or the state of being corrupt, moral perversion,depravity, putrefactive,decay rottenness, Bribery perversion of integrity and lies.
In 1966 the U.S. government bribed some military and police officers to overthrow the government of the CPP led by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah and that is corruption.
The U.S. involvement in Afghanistan where it goes to protect the opium market is corruption. Policies under which opposition members can visit the US president and tell him lies which are used to overthrow presidents elected under the process of universal adult suffrage is the most corrupt thing that anybody can do. The military intervention in Iraq was full of corruption. The Hugo Chavez videos, Syrian chemical bomb issue which were acts done by the US, just to mention few are all full of corruption.
The most corrupt government in the world in the U.S. because it has the power to protect and enforce its corrupt acts. The neocolonial system is in itself corruption. Dr. Michael Bokor on this point you are totally wrong. You raised an empty sack knowing well that it can not stand.
MINOR CASE 11 years ago

You are off at a tangent regarding the import of what Dr. Borkor has written. The thrust of his article is fighting corruption in the USA not it's global activities . The USA has global interests to protect and will do all ...
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You are off at a tangent regarding the import of what Dr. Borkor has written. The thrust of his article is fighting corruption in the USA not it's global activities . The USA has global interests to protect and will do all it can to protect them and so do other advanced nations . The problem with Ghana is there are no laws to help reduce corruption . They have laws to punish small time criminals like goat and chicken thieves , these laws are religiously implemented with stiff penalties ( in some cases 20 years in jail.) but not with stealing gov't money or receiving bribes. Have you ever heard of anybody going to jail for soliciting bribe ? That is what Dr. Borkor is talking about. What a nation.
KOFI AGYAPONG 11 years ago

Why compare elephant and a rat?

Why compare elephant and a rat?

KWABENA OHEMENG,LONDON 11 years ago

Are you serious describing democracy in America as the best?Democracy in America is oligarchical democracy which allows only the rich and powerful to get to the top of politics.The lobbying system also makes it a corrupt poli ...
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Are you serious describing democracy in America as the best?Democracy in America is oligarchical democracy which allows only the rich and powerful to get to the top of politics.The lobbying system also makes it a corrupt political system which lines the pockets of members of the senate and congress with millions of dollars.And you have forgotten about the starvation wages being paid to so many workers in America almost turning America into a sweat shop nation.Delve deep into why certain countries are poor in the world and you will realize that exploitation of their resources,especially oil by America has made them poorer.Typical examples are what Libya was before Gaddafi came to power and how Venezuela was before Chavez took over power.
Nemi Kwesi Nemi, MD - USA 11 years ago

Kwabena, everyone by nature aspires to improve his or her situtaion or status - financially, socially, economically, basic freedom and equality. That is what the US Democracy is all about.

Humans as we are, we were not ...
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Kwabena, everyone by nature aspires to improve his or her situtaion or status - financially, socially, economically, basic freedom and equality. That is what the US Democracy is all about.

Humans as we are, we were not "created equal". The reason being that you may be born poor, with a different color or ven from a particular tribe or race and these attributes may stack against you in the quest for the goals that I mention.

In the US, institutions have been set up to ensure, facilitate and protect these goals irrespective of these attributes; it may not be perfect.

You may note that the "more equal" people do already have edges above and all you need to do is focus and work on becoming part of the "more equal" within the democratic sense.

In the examples that you gave for Libya and Venezuela, only a select and few could be approved to be "more equal" by the the powers that be. As a way to keep the "not equal" in check, propaganda which demonizes the "more equal" in the West are used to make them feel that it is okay to lack and stay in one's situtation. Do you know how flamboyant Ghaddafi's sons lived?. Meanwhile, innocent people could not even mention the name of Ghaddafi in certain normal contexts. Take our own Ghana. 20 years ago, no one in Ghana could say that Rawlings was this or that. Thru the dispensation of democracy, we now can make comments on Mahama without any fear. In both eras, there was and is corruption. At least, I am free to say so but couldn't say so 20 years back. I would have been made to vanished.

I will die for Democracy than to live in the shadows of Ghaddafi and Chavez and not having the freedom to better myself.
MINOR CASE 11 years ago

There is no heaven any where in this world . The American system is not perfect but it is the best on this planet .

There is no heaven any where in this world . The American system is not perfect but it is the best on this planet .
Abek 11 years ago

you are definitely right. With Corrupt legal advisers like Micheal Artur Dadzie Cape Coast and Gustaff Addington in Cape coast who steal court papers and manufacture their own to win cases. Also they steal from the estates of ...
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you are definitely right. With Corrupt legal advisers like Micheal Artur Dadzie Cape Coast and Gustaff Addington in Cape coast who steal court papers and manufacture their own to win cases. Also they steal from the estates of deceased people they write WILLS for and the legal system is not able to punish them and they are still practicing in the county is not only a waste of judicial bench but a shame to the legal system in Ghana. Greed and corruption is why Africa will forever remain poor.
Whatever 11 years ago

Borkor should know that Ghanaians in collective drive away corruption, these same foreigners, US and the likes will come and seek to bribe our leaders for them to implement GMOs and the rest.

Borkor should know that Ghanaians in collective drive away corruption, these same foreigners, US and the likes will come and seek to bribe our leaders for them to implement GMOs and the rest.
Ben - USA 11 years ago

There rule of law doesn't work in Ghana oo bro.Boko. its this dibi na mindi bi all the way from the top of the hierarchy that has trickled down to the lowest of the institution. If the one who will take the action is himself ...
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There rule of law doesn't work in Ghana oo bro.Boko. its this dibi na mindi bi all the way from the top of the hierarchy that has trickled down to the lowest of the institution. If the one who will take the action is himself a partaker then he will not.
For those of you who do not know what our dear friend is talking about in regards to how corruption is dealt with in the US,Ghana will be far better if just half of the institutional practice in the US are emulated where you will even account for campaign money and how it was spent. Stop the negative comment if you have no idea of what the hon. Dr Boko is talking about and research it to see the truth.

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