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The Member of Parliament for Akwatia in the Eastern Region, Ernest Kumi, has been confirmed dead. His passing was officially verified on Monday, July 7, 2025, by Dr. Mahama Tiah Kabiru, MP for Walewale, in a statement to 3News’ parliamentary correspondent. He was 40 years old. Ernest Kumi emerged as a prominent figure in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) after winning the Akwatia parliamentary seat in the 2024 general elections. He secured 19,269 votes to defeat the National Democratic Congress (NDC) candidate, Henry Yiadom Boakye, who garnered 17,206 votes. Kumi had previously made headlines in 2023 when he unseated former MP Ama Sey in the NPP primaries. His short time in Parliament was marked by both political promise and legal controversy. Following the 2024 elections, a legal dis...

Ernest Yaw Kumi: Supreme Court stays sentencing of Akwatia MP in contempt case The Supreme Court, by a 4-1 majority decision, has placed a stay of proceedings on the Koforidua High Court’s sentencing of the Member of Parliament (MP) for Akwatia, Ernest Yaw Kumi, following his conviction for contempt. This stay will remain in effect until a motion seeking to quash the ruling is determined. Justice Gabriel Pwamang was the sole dissenting judge, while Justices Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu, Ernest Gaewu, Henry Anthony Kwofie, and Richard Adjei-Frimpong ruled in favour of the stay. Earlier, the Supreme Court had fixed March 12, 2025, to decide whether or not to hear the convicted MP’s motion seeking to set aside an injunction barring him from holding himself as an MP without first purg...

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Akwatia MP Ernest Kumi Confirmed Dead

Ernest Yaw Kumi: Supreme Court stays sentencing of Akwatia MP in contempt case