General News of Friday, 30 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• Kissi Agyebeng is to officially become the next Special Prosecutor• This is after Parliament approved him, following his vetting at the Appointments Committee of Parliament• He becomes the second Special Prosecutor, only after Martin Amidu, who resigned in November 2020Parliament has approved Kissi Agyebeng as Special Prosecutor. This was announced by the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, after he announced on the floor of the House that the "motion is adopted." By this, the nomination of Kissi Agyebeng as Special Prosecutor - the second in the history of the country, has been approved. The Appointments Committee of Parliament, after a grueling vetting of the nominee on Thursday, 22 July 2021, unanimously recommended the approval of Kissi Agyebeng for the position. Kissi Agyebeng has announced that he intends to guard his independence jealously in carrying out his mandate in terms of investigating, preventing, and prosecuting corruption cases, as well as managing seized, frozen, or confiscated properties, the report added.

Source: GhanaWeb July 30, 2021 14:03 UTC