{"id":68359,"date":"2024-03-09T06:49:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T06:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/?p=68359"},"modified":"2024-03-09T06:40:16","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T06:40:16","slug":"parliament-mourns-john-kumah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/parliament-mourns-john-kumah","title":{"rendered":"Parliament mourns John Kumah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Members of Parliament reported to the house today in mourning wear. While some wore red attire, others were seen in red clothes.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Their dressing signified mourning of their departed colleague, MP for Ejisu Constituency, Dr John Kumah.<\/p>\n<p>The NPP MP died in the early hours of Thursday March 7 in an ambulance while he was enroute to Germany to seek medical treatment. He was 45 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Duke Mensah Opoku reports from Parliament that the deceased\u2019s seat in the House was draped with red band.<\/p>\n<p>The late Dr John Kumah is survived by a wife and six children.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, tributes have been pouring in from the late MP\u2019s colleagues in the New Patriotic Party, Parliament, government as well as the National Democratic Congress (NDC).<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\">Ghana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. Members of Parliament reported to the house today in mourning wear. While some wore red attire, others were seen in red clothes. Their dressing signified mourning of their departed colleague, MP for Ejisu Constituency, Dr John Kumah. 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