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The occupant of the Golden Stool, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has organized a banquet for members of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA). The official reception was held at the residence of the King at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi, the capital of the Ashanti region. The delegates were ushered into the residence of the Monarch right after a durbar he organized to welcome them for their stay in the country for the 66th Commonwealth Parliamentarian Conference (CPC) on Tuesday, October […]
The King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has urged the members of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) to scale up their efforts at solving pressing challenges facing member states. In a speech read on his behalf by the Paramount Chief of Mampong Traditional Council, Daasebre Osei Bonsu, Otumfuo acknowledged impact the Association is making around the world but called for enhancement. This, His Majesty suggests, could be done through the involvement and inclusion of the poor, the […]
There was no dull moment inside the Manhyia Palace where the King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II held a durbar for the members of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA). The durbar saw the rich display of the way of life of a typical Asante; in dance, dressing, music, eulogy for the King, governance, reverence and many more. Present were most of various hierarchies of chief and queen mothers in the Kingdom, linguists, the King’s helpers, etc to […]
The King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II will hold a durbar for Commonwealth Parliamentarians on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 at the Manhyia Palace. The event will take place at 10 am, the Palace has communicated. It will be the occupant of the Golden Stool’s first public appearance after his return from the United Kingdom over the weekend. The Durbar comes as Ghana has been selected as the host country for the 66th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC). It […]
The King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, will return to Ghana after spending twenty days in the United Kingdom (UK). He is scheduled to arrive in Ghana on Saturday, September 30, 2023. He is expected to be welcomed at the Kumasi Airport by some traditional rulers and other government officials, as has been the customary practice. Otumfuo Osei Tutu II departed for the UK on September 10, 2023. As part of the official visit, he delivered a […]
The impending seventh Awukudae of the year will be held in the United Kingdom (UK) by the King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. It will be the first Asante festival to be marked outside the country this year by the Occupant of the Golden Stool. The festival will be held in Kingswood, a suburb in the South Gloucestershire district of Gloucestershire in southwestern England. Otumfuo will sit in state at noon to receive homage as he does […]
The Principal and Vice Chancellor of St Andrews University in Scotland, Professor Dame Sally Mapstone DBE FRSE, is among the first to receive a public invitation to the celebration of the Silver Jubilee of the King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. The event is slated for April 2024 and invitations have begun reaching destinations for the celebration of the remarkable and exceptional reign of the occupant of the Golden Stool. His Majesty extended an invitation to the […]
A collaboration between the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and St Andrews University appears imminent following commitments by the leadership of the two institutions. This was on Saturday, September 16, 2023, during a visit by Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to the official residence of the Principal and Vice Chancellor of St Andrews University in Scotland in the United Kingdom (UK). His Majesty- the Chancellor of the KNUST in Ghana- was accompanied by the Chairman of the […]
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has mapped a connection between the sudden wave of unconstitutional changes in government in Africa and democracy- the continent’s inherited system of government. “In the first two decades of political emancipation, a spate of military coups rocked the Continent and took away the first generation of leaders of the immediate post-independence era. Having gone through the experiences that followed, the Continent concluded that its fate lay in the orbit of democratic governance and so it […]
The King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has admitted to the existence of constraints in the way of traditional rulers when it comes to the governance of Ghana. Despite being accorded the utmost reverence a king of his calibre deserves, he indicates that the political system and structures of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana, give no window for him nor any other traditional ruler in the country to get involved in critical decision-making on the country. According […]
