Pandemonium broke at the Mataheko Police Station Park in the Ablekuma Central Constituency where the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is conducting parliamentary primary, after delegates abandoned voting and followed someone with a violet bag. The bag contains small sealed envelopes. A delegate, who sought anonymity, told the Ghana News Agency that the envelopes contained money for delegates, who voted for a particular aspirant. Scores of delegates, including the elderly and persons with disability, about an hour into the election, deserted the voting and went after the 'Manager' of the bag. Quickly, a long queue was formed ,with jostling and shoving for the money. It is not clear, which candidate is giving out the money. However, the tent under, which the money is being shared has the image of Mr Collins Amoah, one of the four aspirants. A total of 1,571 delegates are expected to vote to elect one of the four aspirants to represent the Party in the parliamentary election next year. The aspirants are Mr Jef ferson, Sackey, a Presidential Staffer, Mr Ebenezer Nartey, a former Member of Parliament, Mr Collins Amoah and Mr Larry Angered Adjei. Source: Ghana News Agency Mau Summit – In a tragic incident at Mau Summit along the Nakuru-Kericho highway, five individuals, including a child, perished in a road accident involving a matatu and a trailer. The accident, which occurred on Saturday morning, also left ten others injured. These individuals were promptly transported to Molo and Londiani sub-county hospitals for medical treatment.
According to Kenya News Agency, the Kuresoi North sub-county police commander, the accident transpired when the driver of the 16-seater matatu attempted to overtake the trailer but lost control and collided with the vehicle's rear. Gathenge confirmed that the matatu driver is among those who sustained serious injuries in the accident.
The deceased, four men and a child, were taken to the mortuary at Molo sub-county hospital, where they await postmortem and identification procedures. Meanwhile, the damaged matatu was moved to the Mau Summit police station.
In light of this incident, Gathenge has called on motorists to exercise greater vigilance and strictly adhere to traffic regulations to prevent similar accidents in the future.