IMPENDING BY-ELECTION-KUMAWU IN PERSPECTIVE AS RULING NPP ROLLS UP SLEEVE

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 The ruling New Patriotic Party, NPP has opened Nomination for aspirants for its Candidate for the impending By-Election at Kumawu in the Ashanti region. 

The Nomination, which opened Tuesday April 11, will close on Friday April 14 after which the party will vet the aspirants to eventually select its Parliamentary Candidate for the election which date is yet to be fixed by the Electoral Commission. 

The by-election at Kumawu has become necessary following the official declaration of the seat vacant by the Speaker of Parliament as a result of the death of the Member of Parliament for the Constituency, Mr. Philip Basoah last month. 

The late Mr. Basoah won the Parliamentary elections during the 2020 national polls with a votes tally of 14 thousand, 960 representing 51 point-one percent beating his closest challenger, Mr. kwaku Duah, an Independent Candidate, who had 11 thousand, 698 of the votes representing 39 point-nine-six percent while the NDC's candidate, Mr. Bernard Opoku Marfo, polled two thousand, 439 votes. 

Mr. Bosoah managed to sail through the close contest  from the Independent Candidate who is said to have broken ranks with the NPP. 

Mr. Bosoah, a former District Chief Executive for Sekyere Kumawu when it was carved out from the Sekyere East district, held the Kumawu seat for two terms and was hoping to contest the seat again at the next primaries.

 Kumawu has remained a fairly stronghold of the governing NPP since 1996 when the party returned to participate in that el election having boycotted the previous polls on allegation of election rigging by the then PNDC which was steering transitioning of governance from a military rule to the 4th Republic.

 Kumawu, predominantly an agricultural producing area, shares geographical borders with Sekyere East, Sekyere Central and Sekyere Afram Plains Constituencies in the Ashanti region  as well as Afram Plains North Constituency in the Eastern region. 

Aside from it being a politically vibrant geographical enclave, Kumawu is also traditionally an important part Asantemanas it is one of the traditional areas which rulers gave themselves up for sacrifices to help the Asantes defeat the Denkyiras in the famous Feyiase War.

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