After the demise of Bob Okalla and Nkomode early this year, many were those who thought the country had lost its finest comedians. However, with rib-cracking jokes being dished out by some amateur comedians on the political stage, I believe many would be revising their notes by now; that is if they’ve already not done so. The jokes are simply amazing!
I couldn’t believe my ears the very first time I heard that Akua Donkor was a member of the President’s delegation to Europe last year. I wondered what meaningful role she could play on the trip. That was when reality dawned on me: She is a political clown. She was thus taken on the trip to entertain President Ogwanfunu and other members of his entourage.
Many of my compatriots were understandably livid. They could not understand why government could fly a political clown on first class, feed and accommodate her at the expense of the tax payer. They couldn’t see any wisdom in engaging in such opulence when the country needed cowries to build schools in order to eradicate schools under trees. Indeed, some have argued that the cowries spent on the political clown on that trip could build a three-classroom block.
I was, however, not livid. Yes, I was surprised, but I wasn’t livid. I wasn’t livid because the Ogwanfunu government had previously wasted cowries on Akua Donkor by inviting her to the Senchi Economic Forum. So sending her to Europe as part of the President’s entourage did not surprise me too much. I subsequently predicted that the Ogwanfunu government would waste much more cowries on the political clown; and have I not been vindicated?
We’ve all heard from the horse’s own mouth that President Ogwanfunu had gifted her two Mitsubishi Pajeros and a three-bedroom house at Sakumono in Accra. With pressure mounting on the government to explain the wastage, she quickly and gaily explained that it was all a joke. She explained further that it was only a prank to tease Paa Kwesi Nduom and members of the Osono family.
Of course, she was joking! What else can she do apart from cracking jokes? Isn’t joking all that political clowns like her do?
Another political clown inundating our ears with his sickening jokes is the APC candidate for this year’s presidential election. If you still have fogs in your medulla, then the bloke I refer to is Hassan Ayariga, aka “Ayari-cough”. For a man who claims to want to win the presidential contest, it is very puzzling that he rather takes delight in throwing punches at the opposition instead of the ruling party. Could it be that he is also being gifted cars and houses by President Ogwanfunu in order to put sand in Osono’s gari? Hmm, we are watching!
Hon. Kennedy Agyapong, is in the news again. After incessant pressure from pro-government groups calling on him to apologize for his sex-for-job comment, the man has finally spoken. He has not only disappointed his critics, but also angered them further. The man did not apologize oo! He said his comment was just a joke and shouldn’t have elicited such brouhaha. In other words, those criticizing him do not have a good sense of humour.
Massa, the man is an enigma. Instead of apologizing, he is rather ridiculing his critics. Clearly, his comment was a joke, but a very repulsive one at that!
You see, the Muntie 3 would have saved themselves and all of us this petition wahala if they had been honest with the Supreme Court. They should have avoided the kpokpogbligbli gibberish and told the court that theirs was a joke. After all, it isn’t a crime to crack jokes, is it?
Hon. Oti Bless has also been in the news recently. He was blessed to escape the watchful eyes and heavy hands of the Supreme Court; and is currently pulling all strings to have his deputy ministerial nomination approved by the House of Honourables. He is now jumping from one radio station to another expressing his “fun-fool” apology for his shameful comment on the Chief Justice. He is doing so not because he is remorseful, but because he has been ordered by the Speaker of Parliament to do so.
Do I expect him to be approved by Parliament? I don’t know but I wouldn’t be surprised if they do. Why would I be surprised to hear another sickening joke when such jokes abound in this land of jokers?
President Ogwanfunu and his Zu-za had their campaign launch in Cape Coast yesterday. Interestingly, the gods that were hitherto angry and refused PPP the permission to organize rallies in the metropolis suddenly became very friendly when approached by Zu-za. After being pacified by numerous domestic animals, many calabashes of palm-wine and uncountable bottles of schnapps, the angry, hungry and sober gods are now happy, satisfied and intoxicated. In my mind’s eye I see the intoxicated gods shouting, “E dey be keke.”
I’m sure the gods and their custodians would understand and forgive my folly. This is just a joke from another joker in the land of jokers.
See you next week for another interesting konkonsa, Deo volente!