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Due to the low amount of revenue Kintampo Municipal Assembly Receive weekly. The Kintampo Municipal Assembly has find it necessary to meet all sectors in the Municipality who are responsible for revenue mobilization in the Municipality.

The Municipal Chief Executive Mr. Isaac Donkor in view of this poor mobilization of revenue has held several meetings with all the Stakeholders in charge of the mobilization of revenue including Yam Market Executives responsible of lording of tracks, charcoal sales also in charge of loading the bags of the charcoal on the tracks to see the way forward as to how increment can be than compering market rates of other districts tax’s tick’s payment.

Staff of the revenue section both permeate and allowance staff were also met by the Municipal chief executive, city guides who also help in the revenue collection/mobilization in the municipality were not left out in the meetings organized.

Issues discussed hindering their output were:

1. The weekly market not in good condition when it rain, making traders file reluctant to pay their tax.
2.  No parking spaces for tracks to loud their yam.
3. No security lights at the weekly market.
4.  The market not always clean making traders complain of not seeing the need for payment taxes.
5. No uniform for City guides personnel’s,
6. Inadequate City guides only five (5) making their work very difficult.
7.  Only one of them is mechanized in government payroll having working with the Assembly for so many years.
8. “Okada” riders clamming Kintampo Municipality is for the ground fathers.

among others were the complains given to the Municipal Chief Executive as matters hindering their productivity of not making much revenue for the Municipality.

MCE assured the revenue staff, yam and Charcoal traders of his support in any way to give them the necessary support and employing five (5) more city guides in addition to the once already working, making sure that the old staff are all mechanized in government payroll and work on the bad market conditions.

Rufina Yuoni

The Kintampo Municipal Assembly has inaugurated its Municipal Sanitation Planning Committee to deal with the poor environmental sanitation which has been a major challenge in all communities in the municipality.

In all the MMDCEs, in the Country and Kintampo Municipal Assembly as one of the Municipalizes in the country, environmental sanitation management is a huge responsibility. It is for this reason the Government of Ghana is re-introducing the National Sanitation Day Programme (NSDP)to improve waste management and enhance environmental cleanliness across the country.

As the Kintampo Municipal has an on-going solid waste collection contract with Zoomlion Ghana Limited, however, it is limited in scope and largely concentrated in some parts of the Kintampo Township. It is obvious that vast public and private spaces would not be cleaned so this (NSDP) would ensure citizens to assist the Assemblies cleaning those spaces.

In a short inaugural prgramme organized by the Kintampo Municipal Assembly saw some heads of department and stakeholder who came together to constitute the Committee.

In a speech by the Municipal Chief Executive Mr. Isaac Donkor stated clear duties of the committee and that, the inauguration of the Kintampo Municipal Sanitation Planning Committee is to position our municipality for action in this well-intentioned endeavor.

He added that the, “Planning Committee is composed of relevant sanitation related stakeholders whose main duty is to coordinate the National Sanitation Day activities to be undertaken in the municipality and report on them. Members are”;

Municipal Chief Executive as the Chair and all those as members, Municipal Coordinating Director, municipal Environmental Health Officer, Manager of Zoomlion Ghana, a member from council of Churches, Rep from Muslim Community, Municipal Health Director, Municipal Education Director, Divisional Police Commander, Market Queen mother, the Presiding Member (PM), Municipal Information Officer, National Commission for Civic Education Rep, Reps of all the Chiefs in the Municipality, a Member from Concerned Youth Kintampo and Reps from GPRTU and PROTOA.

The Municipal Chief Executive in his conclusion stated, “I will like to assure the Kintampo Municipal Sanitation Planning Committee of my personal involvement and support to ensure a great program impact in the municipality. Let us not leave anyone out” he ended.

The Kintampo Municipal Assembly Inaugurated its Medium Term Developmental Planning Committee for the 2026 to 2029 period.

In a very brief and short ceremony, the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) Mr. Isaac Donkor in his key note address said the committee was made up of all key sectors in the Municipality such as education, health, physical panning, agriculture, local governance, youth and women groups traditional authorities and civil societies which is due their collective commitment of the inclusive and sustainable development off our municipality.

Mr.Donkor said their selection was due to the recognition of their expertise and leadership they bring to their respective fields of work and they are together to craft a developmental plan which would speak of the real needs of the people of Kintampo Municipality and leverage the strength and set a clear path for transformative growth for Municipality.

He spoke of the Medium Term Development Plan not being just a document which allows the Municipalities to Set clear priorities based on their local needs and available resources but it Align their initiatives with national development goals and global targets such as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It also Attract funding and investment by demonstrating structured planning and measurable outcomes, Monitoring and evaluate the progress, ensuring accountability and continuous improvement in service delivery, and Fostering inclusive development by engaging stakeholders at all levels, ensuring that no group is left behind.

The MCE then urges them to engage the communities meaningfully, remain data-driven, and think boldly about the future we want for Kintampo North Municipality.

In conclusion, “Together, let us lay the foundation for a municipality that is prosperous, inclusive, and resilient, the task ahead is crucial but with your dedication, I am confident that we will deliver a plan that transforms lives and builds hope”. He ended.

The Kintampo Municipal Assembly Department of Agriculture sensitized residents on African Swine Fever (ASF) in some communities in the Municipality.

The exercise carried out by Dr. David Mensah, the Veterinary Doctor and his staff was targeted at pig farmers and aimed at informing and educate them on the signs and symptoms of the disease and its prevention since there is no known vaccine.

Dr. Mensah revealed that, Ghana as a country is still trying its best to get Vaccine or treatment for the disease but so far it has not been successful yet, so for that matter farmers should try not to allow their pigs to be attacked by this harmful disease/sickness which has hit the country for some time now.

Farmers were taken through signs such as; high fever, decreased appetite, red or blotchy skin lesions, diarrhea, vomiting, coughing, difficulty breathing and in severe cases, sudden death.

On prevention they were advised to

• limit access to farms;

• to undertake rigorous cleaning and disinfection, and avoid the introduction of contaminated materials,

• restricting access to the farm by visitors,

• introduction of footbath at entrances and exits,

• avoid feeding pigs with garbage such as leftover food or household waste,

• isolate sick pigs from the herd and keep visiting them always to monitor them.

Farmers expressed gratitude to the team for enlightening them on the out-break of the disease(ASF) which have become a worry to them as farmers affected by the African Swine Fever (ASF) have lost their source of income and now counting their losses.

Most pork sales and family are also complaining of the price of pork in the market it is their sours of protein and is expensive in the market.

Meanwhile Dr. Mensah revealed in an interview assured that samples of the dad pigs have been taken to Accra for further examination.

Residents of the Kintampo Municipality had a shock of their lives after rainstorm with lighting hit the Municipality destroying properties running into thousands of cedis.

Mr. Robert Aparik a retired Environmental Health officer who went on retirement had his four-bedroom house with a provision shop burnt to ashes.

According to Mr. Aparik he was in the room when the rain stated at about 9 O’clock that evening and all he heard was people outside shouting fire only for him to come out to see one of his rooms on-fire.

The Ghana National Fire Service assisted by other individuals came to help put off the fire but that didn’t stop the whole house being burnt to ashes.

The Municipal Chief Executive for Kintampo Municipal Assembly Mr. Isaac Donkor visited the scene with some officers from the Assembly including the Municipal Fire commander, and the Director of NADMO to ascertain the level of distraction coursed by the rain.

In an interview with the Municipal fire commander Mr. Domimic Turmu Prempier revealed that the fire outbreak was as a result of the rain lighting which occurred. He was of the view that anytime there is fire out-break, citizens try to put off the fire themselves, and only seek the assistance of the Fire Service when their efforts failed to yield results and by then the situation may have gotten out of hand.

He thus advised the citizens to always first call the fire service emergency line before any other persons would come to help.

Mr. Isaac Donkor MCE was very sad about the incident, because looking at what was left, the whole building has to be pulled down and Mr. Aparik now on retirement it would be very difficult for him and the family.

Mr. Isaac called on private individual and organizations to support Mr. Aparik with building materials and other items which can help him bounce back in life with the family.

But before that the Municipal Assembly and NADMO presented some relief items such as, four (4) student Mattresses, one (1) bag of 25Kgs rice, four (4) robber basin, four robber (4) bakes, ten (10) robber cups, ten (10) boxers of mosquito cruel and an-disclose amount of money.