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Minister of Sanitation Cecilia Abena Dapaah (3rd right) with KMA Boss Osei Assibey-Antwi (3rd left) and others after the presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n

KUMASI METROPOLITAN Assembly (KMA) is the proud winner of a staggering \u00a3400,000 ca"},"modified":"2019-07-26T14:24:17","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T14:24:17","slug":"kma-wins-400000-sanitation-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/26\/kma-wins-400000-sanitation-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"KMA Wins \u00a3400,000 Sanitation Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Minister of Sanitation Cecilia Abena Dapaah (3rd right) with KMA Boss Osei Assibey-Antwi (3rd left) and others after the presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n

KUMASI METROPOLITAN Assembly (KMA) is the proud winner of a staggering \u00a3400,000 cash prize, for excelling at the \u2018Sanitation Challenge for Ghana\u2019 contest.<\/p>\n

The competition was mainly to determine which metropolitan, municipal and district assembly (MMDA) in the country was implementing modern and innovative strategies in solving liquid waste problems.<\/p>\n

Funded by the UKAID, virtually all the MMDAs in the country were eligible to participate in the competition.<\/p>\n

Nanumba North Municipal Assembly took home \u00a3280,000; Afutu Municipal Assembly with \u00a3250,000; Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly and Kwahu East District Assembly had \u00a3150,000.<\/p>\n

The competition started in 2015 with 128 MMDAs submitting their proposals and after some analyses were made, 48 MMDAs were shortlisted for stage-two of the contest.<\/p>\n

After several rounds of the competition, the number of the MMDAs that were competing for top prize was cut down to 15 in the final-stage for another assessment.<\/p>\n

The KMA, headed by Osei Assibey-Antwi, eventually emerged as winners during a colourful ceremony in Accra on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The whopping \u00a3400,000 cash prize is to enable the KMA to continue to implement more sanitation-related programmes to help improve the lives of the people.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Sanitation Challenge for Ghana\u2019 contest was themed: \u2018Rewarding Excellence Liquid Waste Management, a Contest for MMDAs and Private Partners\u2019.<\/p>\n

Significantly, the KMA\u2019s sanitation partners, who also competed for top honours in other categories of the competition, also emerged as winners in their own rights.<\/p>\n

They included the Clean Team Ghana Limited, TriMark Aquaculture Centre and Training Research and Networking for Development (TREND).<\/p>\n

The KMA boss, who was highly elated after winning the maiden contest, lauded the organisers \u201cfor having passion for sanitation issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Besides, he applauded the staff of KMA and the private firms, which acted as partners of the assembly, for contributing to help the KMA to achieve such a feat.<\/p>\n

Mr. Assibey-Antwi stated that the assembly would not become swollen headed after winning the competition; he promised to sustain the momentum to keep Kumasi clean.<\/p>\n

The KMA boss, on behalf of the assembly, promised to use the cash prize to further improve liquid sanitation issues in the metropolis.<\/p>\n

The Sanitation Challenge for Ghana Competition is a UKAID funded project, which is implemented by IMC Worldwide and IRC Ghana.<\/p>\n

It is basically aimed at creating competition among all the MMDAs to design and implement innovative strategies in solving liquid waste issues in Ghana.<\/p>\n

FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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