The Coalition to Elect Nana Addo and Bawumia in USA (CENAB–USA), has been following Dr. Arthur Kobina Kennedy for a long time and has come to the conclusion that he is not an honest broker. This is based on our observation of his penchant for attacking the New Patriotic Party and especially, its flagbearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at the least opportunity, couching his scathing criticism as his love for the party and his quest for peace in the party. In fact, like Iago in Shakespeare’s Othello, Dr. Kennedy searches for a motive by which to attack Nana Addo, most often than not. In other words, Dr. Kennedy raises a scarecrow, just so that he can shoot it.


On September 30, 2015, Dr. Arthur Kennedy masquerading as a peace monger, wrote an article to the media in which he proffered a litany of action steps that Nana Akufo-Addo must take in order to bring peace to the party. He quoted copiously from Abraham Lincoln and liberally cited the examples of Buhari and Mandela to buttress his case. Interestingly, Dr. Arthur Kennedy did not even allow his archenemy, Nana Akufo-Addo to digest the message before he pounced on Nana Akufo-Addo again. This time, his bile is that Nana Akufo-Addo chose a newcomer, Dr. Bawumia, as his running mate, and it is sinful that the NPP can trust newcomers like Dr. Bawumia and Freddie Blay over old timers like Paul Afoko and Kwabena Agyepong.


CENAB-USA finds it puzzling that Dr. Arthur Kennedy, in a rather confusing logic, would criticize welcoming and trusting newcomers into the party, and at the same time state that he is not against bringing new people into the party. Dr. Arthur Kennedy should know that Ronald Reagan was a Democrat before he became a member of the Republican Party. The Republicans trusted him enough to let him run on their ticket to become a successful president. Need we remind the disgruntled Dr. Arthur Kennedy that CENAB-USA sees in Dr. Bawumia another Reagan in the making? How petty that Arthur Kennedy would post on social media (Facebook) that the Treasurer, Abankwah Yeboah, of the party he claims to be a “leading member” of was appointed by the National Executive Committee (NEC) and the Council of Elders!


In what appears to be an effort to further sensationalize their stories, some sections of the Ghanaian media often refer to Dr. Arthur Kennedy as a “Leading Member of the NPP” each time he resumes his personal and selfish agenda to destroy the NPP. After all, the media believes, if such destructive comments are originating from a “Leading Member of the NPP,” it must carry considerable weight. CENAB-USA urges the media to desist from awarding such an important label to Dr. Arthur Kennedy.


Real “Leading Members” of the NPP have one thing in common: they serve or participate in NPP activities whenever they can, and wherever they find themselves. Former Chief of Staff, Kwadwo Mpiani lives in Ghana, but on his visits to the United States, he takes time to attend meetings of the chapter in Houston where he stays on such visits. Recently, former General Secretary Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie, popularly known as “Sir John” took time to interact with the NPP chapter in Toronto, Canada where he is on a private visit.


In fact the list of leading NPP members who make sure they visit with the local chapter in a city here in the United States, or with the national Branch during their visits here includes Presidential Candidate Nana Akufo-Addo, his running mate Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, former presidential candidates Alan Kyeremateng and Dr. Konadu Apraku, MPs Hon. Adwoa Safo, Hon. Freda Prempeh and Hon. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, and a whole host of the party’s dignitaries. Even former president John A. Kufuor finds time to visit with the party officially whenever he visits the United States. A consummate party member with the party’s interest at heart participates at every opportunity.


Certainly not placing Dr. Arthur Kennedy in the same prominent category, what we see in him is quite different. Although he resides here in the United States, Dr. Arthur Kennedy is not a member of the NPP branch in the USA. We do not see the leading role Dr. Arthur Kennedy is playing in the party to merit such an epithet as “Leading NPP Member.” Just like respect, the title “leading member” is earned by dint of continuous hard-work and dedication to party.


We must concede, though, that both the United States (where he lives) and Ghana (where he is from) respect the right to free speech. As such Arthur K has every right to spew his venom and appoint any target he chooses for that venom. Where CENAB-USA has a problem is his constant speculative and unreasonable attacks on the leaders of the party, particularly the flagbearer and his Vice, and the continuous reference to him (Arthur Kennedy) by some sections of the Ghanaian media as a so-called leading member of the NPP. He is not even a member of NPP-USA where he resides.


The author of the cantankerous book “Chasing the Elephant into the Bush”, which undermined the unity and confidentiality of the NPP, exposed how unethical and un-NPP Arthur Kennedy really is. If the campaign handlers of the then Candidate J. A. Kufuor had published details of his 1996 campaign to the general readership, including their political opponents, there would have been very little room for improvement left to build upon. By that conduct, Arthur Kobina Kennedy did enough damage to the NPP, and the least that CENAB-USA expects from him is to shut up if he doesn’t have anything good to say about the party and its leadership.


CENAB-USA will continue in its resolve to project and protect the candidature of Nana Akufo-Addo and Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia from political draculas like Arthur Kennedy, whose sole intent and purpose is to harbor repulsive agendas
toward the prospects of the party as a whole.




……Signed……
Amponsah Stonash
Public Relations Coordinator
CENAB – USA