[ 2017-01-27 ]

I am married with two children, I don’t seek men - Kate Addo
Acting Director of Public Affairs at Parliament
Kate Addo has rubbished allegations that she is
desperately expecting a proposal from an MP.

The alleged comments were reportedly made during a
radio interview on Topfm.

According to media reports, Kate Addo revealed
that no law maker has shown interest in her close
to 14 years of service at the house.

She is also quoted by Topfm to have said that
“As the new MPs they are in form 1 and am
already in 6th form”, suggesting that she
prefers the MPs that have ever served in the
House.

The article further noted that she said she has no
understating why it has been so, but suspects it
to be a result of her general temperament.

In an interview with GhanaWeb, the Acting Director
of Public Affairs debunked those assertions and
insisted that her comments were taken out of
context.

According to her, the remarks were made in a Radio
programme on Topfm, the ‘Obaapa’ segment of
Ghana Te Sen that celebrates accomplished women.

She explained that, in a response to a question
posed about any misconduct of MPs towards women at
Parliament, which she said wasn’t the case
particularly in her situation as she has had very
close relations with some MPs but none has behaved
inappropriately towards her.

“I have been working in parliament for the past
thirteen years and the past thirteen years I have
had very good relationship some. And we all know
that most MPS are male but I cannot say that one
of them have behaved inappropriately with me. How
that translate into somebody not proposing to me
beats my imagination. I feel that it was most
unfortunate.”

She disclosed that she has been married for close
to thirteen years with twin sons and so there
couldn’t be a case where she will be waiting for
a proposal or have an affair with an MP.

She expressed disappointment that the messages of
encouragement and motivation she gave to young
ladies were thrown away and unfortunate news was
made the headline of the interview.

“I feel like its most unfortunate. I would like
to set the records straight. I did not say that.
For the past thirteen years I have been with the
same person, I have twin sons who turn eight in
February, if I were single then it will make sense
but I am not. Therefore I thought that it was very
unfortunate that that was the headline that took
the day instead of the important issue we talked
about about how women can be emancipated in a
society that is mostly patrilineal.”

She lamented the ordeal she went through
describing it as an embarrassment to her and her
competence.

Kate Addo asserted that these allegations will not
take anything away from her efforts and desire to
succeed and will continue to do her work as
competently as she has without favour because of
her sex.

Source - GhanaWeb.com

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