Harry's Bag

“ For forms of government let fools contest, what is best administered is best ” I still remember this quote. It was a question which I had to answer in my second year political science exam in the University of Ghana. I remember I did not know how to go about answering this question and for 20 minutes I just sat still wondering what it meant, and how to answer it. The lecturer – who considered almost everybody a buffoon – had outmanoeuvered us all. The other lecturers could not come to terms with how to correctly answer the question. Well I made an “A” in that course so I guess I answered right. The meaning of the sentence up there is not in doubt. The speaker meant simply that forms of government were not as important, good governance was (as in “…what is best administered is best”). So the question remains what good governance is or means. Is good governance necessarily democratic? It must be said that the western world has been particularly lucky (or is it blessed?). Goin...

Dear Father of The Heavenly Lights, Hahahahaaa don’t be surprised that I have addressed you as in James 1:17. You know whenever I write to you, it is to complain about a thing, and this time I want to talk about electricity. Yes electricity, preferably called lights by the masses. Father I want to ask oo, when you sit on your throne in Heaven and look down on earth at night, especially the West African portion, particularly where Ghana is supposed to be, what do you see? Do you see a “lighted” area or you see a large mass of darkness two countries away from an even larger and blacker mass of darkness (Nigeria)? Please tell me, what do you see when you look down on us from your heavenly throne at night? In the beginning you made the heaven and the earth, and you separated darkness from the light and called them night and day respectively. To see in the darkness of the night, you gave our forefathers the wisdom to create fire in the prehistoric days; and wax and oil vats whic...

Dear God, I know you have received a plethora of letters and telephone calls from many different people, and you must be bored since most of them are just to create fun. My letter is of the more serious variety. I know you already know what I want to say but I'll repeat it for all to hear. The Bible must be rewritten!   Father, I submit that the Bible must be rewritten because it has outlived its days (of course you know I can't say usefulness). You see, even though you created this world, and you have been there from the beginning, you do not live in this world with us. A lot of things have changed since the days of Adam and Abraham thems. Thus if we pick the Bible now, we must change some things to suit the "modern" age. For example, books like Deuteronomy, Leviticus and Numbers are no longer relevant. People who oppose Christianity say that it is filled with hate speech, and they actually quote portions (Leviticus 20:13, Deuteronomy 13:1-5) of those books t...

In recent times, there has been a lot of talk in both the mainstream and social media about the lack of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial ability in Ghana and Africa as a whole. Recent purchases of Whatsapp, Oculus Rift and Instagram for $19 billion, $2 billion and $1 billion respectively by Facebook set tongues wagging in Ghana and Africa about the successes chalked by the originators of these “successful” start-ups. More dramatic was the fact that the originator of Whatsapp had sought employment at Facebook and had been turned down. The fact that these originators are young further fueled the fire. As with all problems Ghanaian, we have sought and found a scapegoat to blame for our very apparent lack of entrepreneurship. This scapegoat is our educational system (and sometimes the government)! A lot of us, simpletons, business moguls and academicians alike have taken swipes at the educational system. “Our educational system is too academics oriented, too theoretical”, “We ...

I write of emotions Not for fun neither for sake I want to write About love's many faces Love is considerate and kind Love is neither envious nor boasts Love seems only positive emotions This they say and smile.... Love's reality is unkind Love is a risk, many hearts break Cupid's arrow leaves pain And many victims grow lean Love is treacherous Its pains hit outright the heart Love's pain doesn't spare The lover who really cares. Yet love always protects Love always trusts Love always hopes The greatest of all is love. 

Hi there kiddos, This is my first letter to you even though you are not yet born, but of course you'll be born. Four strong boys. You, my first son, will be named Kojo. The next is Samuel, then David-Sampson, then the last, William. You guys are named after some great people in my life – my dad, a combo of my brother and my almost-twin friend, myself, and my Christian guru respectively. Let me cut to the chase. I am writing to you just to talk. We'll talk about what I'll do for you, and the dos and don'ts of our family (Am I a dictator already?). Don't worry you'll enjoy this. What I’ll do So, let's start with what I'll do for you. I'll provide all your needs, surely I will. But I'll NEVER provide all your wants. This is to teach you modesty and contentment in a very materialistic world, and I know your days will be more materialistic than mine. When I was a kid, my dad your grandfather provided my needs, but never, I mean never, did he pr...

What have Torres and MTN in common? Well Torres used to be a prolific striker (and of course a feared one)in his days at Athletico Madrid and Liverpool. After joining Chelsea, Torres is now past his prime and is utterly useless. MTN can be likened to Torres; MTN is past its prime and is UTTERLY USELESS! The litany of MTN's inefficiencies is too well known, notorious in the least! In 2012 we all witnessed MTN at its worst. The Daily Graphic of Tuesday, 4 December 2012, carried an article on its back page where the NCA ordered Scancom Ltd – operators of MTN – to stop the sale of their sim cards due to massive network disruptions which greatly worried customers. Data services could cut for half the day before it was restored. Sometimes subscribers could only receive but not make calls and vice versa. There were and are times that you call somebody and the call gets on a totally different line. Dubious and spurious loss of airtime or credits also adds to the inefficiencies. T...