One lawyer just told Ghana to stop rage-quitting an entire justice system because some NPCs abused it back in the PNDC days. Martin Kpebu, a private legal practitioner, backed the Tribunals Bill, 2026, right after Parliament passed it. Dr. Dominic Ayine, the Attorney-General, pushed the bill to wake up dormant tribunal clauses buried in Articles 126 and 142 of the 1992 Constitution.
The NPP Minority flagged worries about political manipulation, and honestly, Kpebu didn't dismiss that. He agreed that picking the right chair and panel members for these tribunals matters a ton. But he also pointed out that the judiciary has survived corruption scandals without anyone demanding they scrap the whole court system. Every institution can get exploited.
He did have gripes about certain case-handling timelines baked into the bill, but his take was simple. Patch it with amendments rather than torching the whole thing. Kpebu basically said Ghana should just hit start, see if the system works, and pivot if it doesn't. Same energy as restarting a failed save file.
The NPP Minority flagged worries about political manipulation, and honestly, Kpebu didn't dismiss that. He agreed that picking the right chair and panel members for these tribunals matters a ton. But he also pointed out that the judiciary has survived corruption scandals without anyone demanding they scrap the whole court system. Every institution can get exploited.
He did have gripes about certain case-handling timelines baked into the bill, but his take was simple. Patch it with amendments rather than torching the whole thing. Kpebu basically said Ghana should just hit start, see if the system works, and pivot if it doesn't. Same energy as restarting a failed save file.
