News:
July 23, 2021
The President’s nominee for the position of Special Prosecutor, Mr. Kissi Agyebeng on Thursday, 22nd July 22, 2021, faced Parliament’s Appointments Committee after the Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin’s referral to the Committee for consideration and vetting.
He will carry out the extraordinary responsibility of independently fighting corruption and will have full authority to initiate investigations into all suspected corruption-related offences of all persons in public service if approved by Parliament.
As part of its mandate, the Special Prosecutor’s Office is mandated with the authority to investigate and prosecute all suspected corruption and corruption-related offences as pertaining to public officers, politically exposed persons, and persons in the private sector alleged to have been involved in any corruption and corruption-related offences.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo accepted the nomination of Kissi Agyebeng to the Special Prosecutor’s Office with a charge to him to deal with public sector corruption and by a letter to the Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin, dated 29th April 2021, sought Parliament’s approval of the appointment.
Mr. Agyebeng has been a law lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ghana Legon since October 2006, teaching and researching Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, International Law, Corporate Law, and Legal Research and Writing.
Called to the Bar in October 2003 and also engaged in private law practice, Mr. Kissi Agyebeng holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree from the University of Ghana and Master of Laws (LLM) degree from Dalhouse University and Cornell Law School.
He was born on July 2, 1978, and awarded the Bentsi-Enchill prize for Best Graduating Student of the University of Ghana School of Law in 2001 and E.N. Sowah Memorial prize for best student in Family Law at the Ghana School of Law and has participated in several international arbitration hearings.
Ghanamps.com