{"id":171852,"date":"2024-04-15T20:56:23","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T20:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/15\/election-2024-ill-contest-okaikwei-north-as-an-independent-candidate\/"},"modified":"2024-04-15T20:56:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T20:56:23","slug":"election-2024-ill-contest-okaikwei-north-as-an-independent-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/15\/election-2024-ill-contest-okaikwei-north-as-an-independent-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"Election 2024: I&#8217;ll contest Okaikwei North as an independent candidate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Following his dissatisfaction with the electoral process leading to his loss in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primary in Okaikwei North, Kenneth Agyei Kuranchie has announced his intention to contest as an independent candidate in the 2024 parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Citi News, Kuranchie expressed his determination to secure victory in the December elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very deeply unhappy as to how the parliamentary nomination system and the whole parliamentary primary process was conducted by the party. By the party at the constituency, by the party at the region, by the party at the national.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way and manner the party bent rules and did away with rules and laws in order to make certain things possible. I am deeply unhappy. So that also informs my reasons to get out of that political party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not deceiving myself that it is going to be an easy contest. I am contesting against two of the major political parties in Ghana. They have soldiers on the ground. They can count a certain number of people to immediately go to work for them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not have that level of organisational structure in place now. So it is for me to do the hard work to get on the ground, build my own organisation, make my own friends, build my own structures and see whether I cannot fight and beat the two political parties here,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"entry-content no-share\">\n<div class=\"content-inner \">\n<p><em><strong>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click on the link to join the Citi Newsroom channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"google-auto-placed ap_container\">\n<p><em><strong>No spams, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following his dissatisfaction with the electoral process leading to his loss in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) parliamentary primary in Okaikwei North, Kenneth Agyei Kuranchie has announced his intention to contest as an independent candidate in the 2024 parliamentary elections. 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