The Minister of Trade and Industry, KT Hammond, has refuted claims by the Chairman of the Kennedy Agyapong Campaign team, Kwame Owusu, that he was ‘psychologically intimidated’ for which reason he could not publicly endorse his candidate.
In an interview with Citi News on October 26, 2023, the Chairman of the Kennedy Agyapong Campaign team, Kwame Owusu, wondered why good friends of Mr Agyapong, such as Alexander Afenyo-Markin and KT Hammond, had failed to publicly endorse his candidacy.
“Honourable K.T Hammond is the best friend of Kennedy Agyapong, Minister of Trade, he has not been able to endorse him. Afenyo-Markin is the best friend of Kennedy Agyapong; he has not been able to endorse him.”
“It is because they are psychologically intimidated, and we knew because of that and to protect their jobs they are going to go to the other side. When we get the chance to win, most of these MPs will be cleaned up. We will campaign against them,” he stated.
The Adansi Asokwa Member of Parliament, therefore, in an interview with Citi News on Monday, revealed that he and Kennedy Agyapong were initially aligned with Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s camp.
He stressed that he was surprised when the Assin Central MP informed him of his intentions to run against the Vice President.
Due to his close relationship with Kennedy Agyapong, K.T. Hammond noted that he made the choice not to openly campaign for Dr. Bawumia.
“Kwame Owusu, a supporter of my brother, Kennedy Agyapong, said KT Hammond is a good friend of Kennedy Agyapong, but he is psychologically intimidated. If you look at me, can somebody intimidate me here in Ghana? Before God and man, Kennedy Agyapong and I were all solely behind Bawumia. So when he conceived the idea and told me about it, I was surprised and asked him why he had that idea.”
“So I couldn’t have either come out to support him or show my support for Bawumia…So a lot has been happening in the background. So instead of Kwame Owusu sympathizing with him, he went about saying what he didn’t know. But Ken called and appealed to me not to respond,” he stated.