{"id":73703,"date":"2014-12-12T15:24:19","date_gmt":"2014-12-12T15:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=73703"},"modified":"2014-12-12T17:54:26","modified_gmt":"2014-12-12T17:54:26","slug":"kwaw-kese-denied-bail-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=73703","title":{"rendered":"Kwaw Kese tests positive for Indian hemp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Embattled musician Kwaw Kese has failed to secure bail after filing a motion on health grounds.<\/p>\n<p>He was rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in the Ashanti region for medical attention after suffering a severe stomach ache in Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;2SQ1bzCvQ4DNSvJPzrIHrRUwajJCtqlL&#8221;]According to the prosecution, a report available to them confirms that the substance he allegedly smoked in public was Indian Hemp.<\/p>\n<p>A Kumasi High Court denied him bail earlier today because his lawyers failed to produce a medical report to support their motion.<\/p>\n<p>Kwaw Kese has been remanded in prison custody till December 22, 2014\u00a0after being charged with unlawful use of a substance suspected to be marijuana.<\/p>\n<p>He was arrested at a drinking spot close to the popular \u2018+2 Pub\u2019 in Nhyiaeso, in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n<p>His arrest has prompted various individuals in the music industry to call for his removal.<\/p>\n<p>Musician Emmanuel Samini popularly known as Samini penned an emotional piece asking for the release of his <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/11\/26\/samini-pleads-release-kwaw-kese\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>embattled fellow musician.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Samini requested that Kwaw should be pardoned and steps taken to decriminalize \u201ccertain acts including smoking &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Kojo Akoto Boateng\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embattled musician Kwaw Kese has failed to secure bail after filing a motion on health grounds. He was rushed to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in the Ashanti region for medical attention after suffering a severe stomach ache in Thursday. [contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;2SQ1bzCvQ4DNSvJPzrIHrRUwajJCtqlL&#8221;]According to the prosecution, a report available to them confirms that the substance he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":3677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,2],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-73703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-education","tag-togbe-afede"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}