Bloomberg Philanthropies honours KMA PM for championing road & fire safety issues
By: tntnewspapergh.com
The Presiding Member (PM) for the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly, who is also the longest-serving Assembly member for the Krofrom East electoral area, Mr. Patrick Kwame Frimpong, has been honored in Kenya by Bloomberg Philanthropies for usually talking about road safety, fire safety, and other social issues that are beneficial to the venerable people in Ghana.Mr. Frimpong, who doubles as the dean for the Association of Presiding Members (PMs) for the Ashanti region and the national vice chairman of NALAG, received the recognition at the Global Road Safety Leadership Course organized by Bloomberg Philanthropies in Kenya on Tuesday, 3rd and Wednesday, 4th November, 2025.
Mr. Patrick Kwame Frimpong was part of the participants at the just-ended Global Road Safety Leadership Course in Mombasa, Kenya, organized and sponsored by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health, International Injury Research Unit, Initiative for Global Road Safety, and Global Road Safety Partnership.
Mr Patrick Kwame Frimpong displaying his award
Speaking to “The New Trust” newspaper, Mr. Patrick Kwame Frimpong, who is also the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Safe Journey Foundation, a non-governmental organization specialized in road safety advocacy, said he was grateful for the recognition by Bloomberg Philanthropies for honoring him as a former unit committee member for Krofofrom Elect Area, assembly member for Krofofrom East Elect Area from 2006 to date, the presiding member for Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), and the 1st vice president of the National Association of Local Authority Ghana (NALAG).The recognition was also to recognize me for always talking about road safety, fire, and other social issues that benefit vulnerable people.Some of the topics and speakers at the training sessions were “Building national-level road safety performance:
Applying the safe system approach to road safety strategy and monitoring,” which was presented by Carly Koinange, UNEP, and “The challenge of translating gains into sustained action.” Preparing for multsectoral collaboration—Morisela Ponce De Leon Vades, SSATP, etc.
