Martin Kpebu, a private legal practitioner, has said he knows some personalities in the country who are homosexuals, including top lawyers, who have chosen to be silent on the attempts to criminalise homosexual activities and promoters in Ghana.
According to Martin Kpebu, he is not ready to risk my reputation for his reputation for these top lawyers who’re LGBTQ, but are afraid to show their face.
He explained that as a renowned human rights lawyer, he has chosen to stay out of the limelight because some personalities in the country who are homosexuals, including top lawyers, have chosen to be silent.
Speaking in a recent interview on TV3, Martin Kpebu stated, “I’ve represented LGBTQ people; I’ve represented them over the years. I’m a lawyer, and the fact that a person is LGBTQ doesn’t mean that he doesn’t have rights. Even the last time, there was a big party in Accra some two or three years ago. Me and a lot of my colleagues and I in the law firm, we joined.
“I’ve not been very vocal in this debate because I’ve been consistent from day one that I know some of them say they are scared, etc… they don’t want to pay the price for stigma, etc. So they’ve chosen to be quiet. Then I said, ‘Ah, now if you’re the one in the situation, you don’t want to pay any price, then I can’t also grind my credibility to ashes, ’ he said.
Kpebu reiterated, “I keep saying there are some of them privately we know who are very successful lawyers, very successful. At that age in life, you are not willing to show your face as a poster child; when you show your face, you are likely to invoke compassion, etcetera”
Meanwhile, Sam George, a co-sponsor of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025, commonly known as the anti-LGBTQ+ Bill, has said they will keep pushing until Mahama assents to the bill into law.
Speaking at the 4th Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family, Values and Sovereignty, Sam George assured participants of his commitment to ensuring that the anti-LGBTQ+ Bill is transmitted to President Mahama for assent.
Sam George stated, “In 2024, we passed the Family Values Bill. It wasn’t assented to. We brought it back again. We passed it last Friday, and we’ll keep pushing until the President assents to it”.
He further urged African countries to take a more active role in developing laws that reflect their values and societal priorities rather than relying on frameworks shaped by foreign technology companies.
Meanwhile, on the sidelines of the 4th Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family, Values and Sovereignty, Sam George has told journalists fired shots at the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, after he appealed for the reconsideration of the passed anti-LGBTQ+ Bill.
According to Sam George, Parliament is a House of rules and not a House of appeals.
He disclosed that the Speaker’s suggestion for a reconsideration of the bill is not supported by parliamentary procedure.
Sam George argued that the only role Parliament has now is to transmit the bill to the President, where the President has indicated he would want to scrutinise the bill.
Speaking to journalists at the 4th Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family, Sovereignty and Values, Sam George stated, “The Speaker has made an appeal. I have gone through the Standing Orders since I saw that appeal, and there is nothing in our Standing Orders for a rescission. When Parliament passes a bill, Parliament is functus officio.
“The only role Parliament has today is to transmit the bill to the President. When it goes to the President, the President has indicated he would want to scrutinise the bill. The Constitution spells out the steps the President can take,” he said.
“Parliament is a House of rules. Respectfully to Mr Speaker, it is not a House of appeals. If there is no rule in the rule book that allows what is being sought, then we proceed by the rules we have,” he added.
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