Anti-LGBTQ gathering in Ghana likely to miss key participant from Uganda

Anita Among is under house arrest, though she helped plan June 3-6 conference

Andrew Asiamah Amoako, the second deputy speaker of the Ghana Parliament (left), meets with Anita Among, then speaker of the Parliament of Uganda, during the Ghanaian lawmakers’ visit to Uganda in February 2026. (Photo courtesy of the Parliament of Uganda)
An anti-LGBTQI rights gathering scheduled for June 3-6 in Accra, Ghana, has been dealt a heavy blow as organizers learned that one of the conference’s main architects, former Speaker of the Ugandan Parliament Anita Among, might not attend.
Among was a key player in all engagements leading to the anti-LGBTQI+ gathering that has been dubbed the 4th African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family, Sovereignty and Values. She is currently under investigation over corruption allegations, with all her banking accounts frozen and her residence surrounded by security personnel.
The previous three editions of the conference were held in Uganda, and Among played a leading role in organizing them. Despite repeated denials from the sponsors, the main mission for the conferences in Uganda was to drum up support for the enactment of the Anti-Homosexuality Act (AHA) 2023 with Among as the “commanding officer.”
The decision to take the next conference to Ghana followed sustained parliamentary engagements between Ghana and Uganda and coincided with renewed anti-LGBTQI+ legislative momentum in the West African nation.
In January 2024, Anita Among held a bilateral meeting with Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana Alban Bagbin on the sidelines of the 27th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSCOP). Bagbin commended Among for her “positive influence” in supporting African values and traditions.
In October 2024, Among attended the 2nd General Assembly of the Conference of Speakers and Presidents of African Legislatures (COSPAL) held in Accra, Ghana, during which she was elected vice chairperson of African Speakers and Presidents of Legislatures Forum.
In June 2025, Bagbin visited Uganda at the invitation of Anita Among to attend the opening of a session of Parliament. During the visit, Speaker Among publicly thanked Speaker Bagbin and the people of Ghana for their solidarity during Uganda’s legislative process to pass the AHA 2023.
Bagbin reaffirmed his own firm opposition to LGBTQ+ rights during this visit, describing them as “not natural” and “not African.”
On October 28, 2025, Among dispatched a delegation of Ugandan Members of Parliament to lobby Ghana to host the 4th edition of the conference.
In one of the Ghanaian parliamentary proceedings, Speaker Bagbin welcomed the delegation and encouraged Ghanaian MPs to engage them in “experience learning” on anti-LGBTQ legislation. He acknowledged that Uganda was “ahead” of Ghana, having already enacted the Anti-Homosexuality Act and hosted previous editions of the conference.
On Feb. 11, 2026, a delegation of legislators from Ghana visited Uganda to study and assess Uganda’s experience in organizing and hosting the previous three editions of the anti-LGBTQI+ conference and their primary contact person was Anita Among.
According to a post on the Parliament of Uganda official Facebook page, the discussions between Among and the visiting delegation focused on drafting anti-homosexuality legislation, resisting external pressure, and preparations for the next African Value Conference. The post says she assured Ghana of Uganda’s readiness to provide institutional and technical backing should it decide to host the next conference.
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“If you have not picked everything you need, we can give you a team to support you. We shall be there and we will even deliver a paper on our experience from the Ugandan perspective” Anita Among.
Among also used the meeting to encouraged her guests in particular and African leaders at large to urgently enact what she described as “laws that preserve African values and cultures,” in order to promote homegrown solutions and strengthen the continent’s sovereignty.
“Our mission is simple. We came to benchmark, to discuss what we have done so far, to identify where we may be falling short and to seek direction from the pioneers. From what we have observed and learned from Hon. Sarah Opendi’s team [from Uganda], we are confident and comfortable in hosting the fourth session,” the head of the Ghanian delegation, Andrew Amaoko told Ugandan media.
On April 16, 2026, Among dispatched another delegation of MPs led by her right-hand woman Sarah Opendi to Ghana where they held high-level engagements in Accra in the buildup to the 4th African Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family, Sovereignty and Values. The Ugandan delegation held separate meetings with the Parliament of Ghana, the Ministry of Communications, Digital Technology and Innovations and key sponsors of Ghana’s Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025.
Although there hasn’t been any official communication about Among’s participation, observers say it is highly unlikely that Ugandan authorities will let her leave Uganda while she is under house arrest.