The Attorney-General (A-G) and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has sworn in the Board of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), with a pledge to support the office to spearhead a strong anti-corruption agency. He said the OSP, which is mandated to prosecute corruption and corruption-related offences in a manner devoid of the […]
The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) has launched a corruption league table to compile a list of the most-to-least corrupt institutions and organisations in the public sector. The corruption league table, according to the Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng, was an important intervention to drive down corruption in the public sector. The project, christened, the […]
The Special Prosecutor, Mr Kissi Agyebeng, has dropped all charges against Bawku Central MP, Mr Mahama Ayariga, in connection with an alleged tax evasion over some purchase of vehicles. Mr Agyebeng filed a nolle prosequi at the Accra High Court Monday [October 11] morning to discontinue the case. He told the court, presided over by […]
The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyabeng, has declared that he will go after election officials who tempered with results in the presidential and parliamentary polls. According to him, the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is cloned with powers to prosecute presiding and returning officers who forge election results. Speaking to Nana Aba Anamoah on Starr Chat […]
The Chairman of the Appointments Committee of Parliament Joseph Osei Wusu has said the committee was satisfied with the answers provided by the Special Prosecutor nominee Kissi Agyebeng. To that end, he said the Committee has by a consensus approved Mr Agyebeng after his successful vetting on Thursday July 22. The report is expected to be laid […]
Parliament’s Appointments Committee will, today, Thursday, vet Kissi Agyebeng for the position of Special Prosecutor. The vetting process chaired by Chairman Joseph Osei Owusu is scheduled for 10 am at Parliament’s Committee rooms 1&2 on the administration block. According to JoyNews’ Parliamentary correspondent, Joseph Opoku Gakpo, the Committee’s agenda is “to consider the President’s nomination […]
A legal practitioner, and Chairman of the Electronic Communications Tribunal, Mr Kissi Agyebeng is expected to be nominated as the next Special Prosecutor (SP). Sources have told the Daily Graphic that barring any unforeseen circumstances, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo will soon announce the nomination of Mr Agyebeng as the anti-corruption czar. When approved by […]
Kissi Agyebeng, a prominent private legal practitioner, says the government has not erred in its decision to ask the Auditor General, Daniel Yaw Domelevo, to take leave owed him, spanning 2017 through to 2020. The government’s decision to ask Domelevo to take his accumulated leave of 167 working days has sparked controversy, particularly within the opposition National […]
