Residents of Kasoa in the Central region express frustration over the constant association of their community with various negative incidents, even when those incidents occur in neighboring or distant areas.

They demand an end to this practice and urge that crimes be accurately attributed to their actual locations instead of being incorrectly linked to Kasoa, which adversely affects local businesses.

Kasoa, located in the highly populated Awutu Senya East Municipality, is renowned for its bustling foodstuff market and is often mistaken as part of the national capital, although it belongs to the Central region.

Similar to many large communities across the country, Kasoa grapples with a disproportionate share of societal challenges such as land disputes, ritual killings, armed robberies, and petty crimes.

The mention of Kasoa in the media typically revolves around political activities or negative incidents, further perpetuating its unfavorable image.

Residents, led by Aya Balley and Akwasi Addo, voice their dissatisfaction with the media and official bodies for consistently attributing crimes to Kasoa instead of accurately identifying their true locations.

They highlight a recent incident where a soldier was fatally shot during a land dispute in Millennium City, wrongly reported as occurring in Kasoa.

The residents emphasize that Millennium City falls within the Gomoa East District, not Kasoa, and criticize both media outlets and state institutions for this misleading portrayal.

They stress the need for accurate reporting to avoid tarnishing Kasoa's reputation and hindering its economic prospects.

While commending the police for swift action in apprehending the perpetrator, residents call for further investigation into the incident and urge authorities to address the underlying issues contributing to violent disputes in the area.

“We are extremely unhappy with the seeming deliberate effort to attribute any wrongdoing to Kasoa by recognized media outfits and state institutions,” says a statement they issued on May Day.“(More) often than not the name Kasoa has been mentioned in publications regarding criminal and other bad happenings even when those cases did not happen within the Kasoa municipality.“We have become more alarmed as the police in a statement issued on the shooting of a military personnel expressly mentioned the location to be Kasoa even though the incident happened right at the District Police Command in Millennium City which categorically falls under Gomoa East District.“We are disturbed that a state security agency like the police could not define the jurisdiction accurately. It must be noted that the Millennium City where the shooting took place is natively known as Gomoa Bantama and falls directly under Gomoa Fetteh in the Gomoa East District of the Central Region while Kasoa falls within the Awutu Senya East Municipality.“In a similar incident an alleged missing manhood case which happened at Nyanyano Kakraba also in the Gomoa East was widely reported as happening in Kasoa.“As residents, we do not find it tasteful the bad name tag being associated with Kasoa as it is blocking our business potentials.“We are therefore entreating all Ghanaians particularly media organizations and state agencies to do due diligence and avoid mentioning Kasoa other than the specific locations where crimes are perpetrated.“However, we commend the police for acting swiftly to arrest the perpetrator of this dastardly murder and urge the outfit to investigate further to arrest other accomplices if any, and to also work more efficiently to curb these violent land disputes which have become a menace. Thank You.”