{"id":447658,"date":"2017-12-16T10:51:35","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T10:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/16\/tears-flow-as-family-friends-sympathisers-file-past-remains-of-kaba\/"},"modified":"2017-12-16T10:51:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T10:51:35","slug":"tears-flow-as-family-friends-sympathisers-file-past-remains-of-kaba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/16\/tears-flow-as-family-friends-sympathisers-file-past-remains-of-kaba\/","title":{"rendered":"Tears flow as family, friends, sympathisers file past remains of KABA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday, 16 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-16<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/70559147.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mourners KABA\" title=\"Mourners KABA\" width=\"295\" height=\"160\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Kaba died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on November 18<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513421495_138_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Clad in black and red, scores of sympathizers are in tears as they bid farewell to seasoned journalist Kwadwo Asare Baffour Acheampong. <\/p>\n<p>KABA as he was affectionately called until his death had risen steadily in rank at the Multimedia Group where he worked as a Broadcast Journalist and also endeared himself to the hearts of several more who watched and listened to his programs across the country.<\/p>\n<p>He was presenter of late afternoon programme &#8216;Eko sii sen&#8217; on Asempa FM as well as sit-in host of Adom FM&#8217;s &#8216;Dwaso Nsem&#8217; programme and Adom TV&#8217;s &#8216;Badwam&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>KABA died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on Saturday, November 18 and was survived by a wife and a 7-month-old daughter.<\/p>\n<p>A wake keeping ceremony was held for him at his home on Friday December 15, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>KABA joined Asempa FM in 2008 as a service provider and became full time in August 2009. Prior to joining the Multimedia Group, KABA had worked with Top Radio from 2004-2008.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcaster was a trained teacher at the University of Cape Coast after which he moved to the Ghana Institute of Journalism for Communications Studies.<\/p>\n<p>He later enrolled at the University of Ghana to study Political Science. 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