…. “SƐ̃Ɛ̃ KUTUU , SƐ̃Ɛ̃ BAN” KENNEDY AGYAPONG’S CAMPAIGN ….
Those who cannot honor the party that made them cannot be trusted to honor the nation they seek to lead. You cannot rise under a system, prosper within it, and then pretend you were only its victim. How can a common “Visa Agent” be made so rich by gimmifoɔ Krɔŋkrɔŋ party? Leadership begins with honesty about where you came from and who made your rise possible. Kennedy Agyapong must not be allowed to pull fast one on delegates, because he is not smarter than anybody in the party. His days of using politricks for his advantage: changing contract terms last minutes, switching terms to get a better deal or using his own media stations to intimidate ministers and CEOs he helped appoint, especially when they refused to approve contracts benefiting him, his wives, cocubines and children, are all over.
What Kennedy Agyapong must know is Gratitude and Apology in politics are civility and not servility. These are institutional memory of sobriety and human piety that Hon Kennedy Agyepong doesn’t possess. It is an acknowledgment that leadership is enabled by systems, sacrifices, and collective trust not merely personal grit. When an individual’s rise in wealth, influence, and public prominence coincides overwhelmingly with the tenure of an NPP government, it becomes intellectually dishonest to later recast oneself as merely a victim of that same system.
If the NPP government then, created a system that was irredeemably corrupt, then Kennedy Agyapong and Naa Torshie must explain to delegates how one’s own extraordinary success within it. If the system enabled that success, then blanket delegitimization of the party and government becomes an act of opportunism, not reform. Which calls for this unavoidable question delegates must ask: “HON KENNEDY AGYEPONG, WE’RE YOU A VICTIM, or WERE YOU A BENEFICIARY?” “SIR , YOU CANNOT CREDIBLY BE BOTH”. Then they will know that Kennedy Agyepong’s and Naa Torshie’s political ambitions are about “SƐ̃Ɛ̃ KUTUU , SƐ̃Ɛ̃ BAN .”
A party seeking to renew itself must be wary of leaders who build ambition by tearing down the very institutions that conferred wealth and legitimacy upon them. Reform rooted in resentment is not reform; it is rupture. And rupture, when dressed up as courage, ultimately leaves both party and nation poorer. I think this time round delegates must hold Kennedy Agyapong accountable and must not allow an avenue to escape this question. This is the only means that delegates may understand the classic Ghanaian street commentary….”SƐ̃Ɛ̃ KUTUU , SƐ̃Ɛ̃ BAN ” meaning when people act tough but expose themselves to drama of self inflicted.
That’s not all, also it will be an object lesson to businessmen, visa agents or other members who once benifited within the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and will later become aspirants, not to posture as aggrieved outsiders or moral crusaders, even as their political relevance, access, and material ascent were nurtured under the very government and party structures they now routinely denigrate. This sort of contradiction is not trivial; it is a profound moral and political inconsistency. Plenty noise. Zero clarity. Full confusion. “Sɛ̃ɛ̃ Kutuu, Sɛ̃ɛ̃ Ban.” as a Contradiction at the Heart of Kennedy Agyapong’s Campaign.
Leadership ambition within a governing party is not just a contest of what one has done for his party. It is, first and foremost, a test of character of gratitude and loyalty to the party, restraint, fidelity to institutions, and respect for collective responsibility. Delegates must look beyond the shouting and ask a simple question: is this leadership or confusion? Because what is unfolding before us is sheer disorder, indiscipline and “SƐ̃Ɛ̃ KUTUU , SƐ̃Ɛ̃ BAN .”
Osɔfo Nii Naate Atswele Agbo Nartey
