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    "content": "The second last workshop was the one on 20 years of the Latimer House Principles on separation of powers. The question was whether the separation of powers was really working. As a House, this is something we need to engage in and ask ourselves. This workshop served as an opportunity for participants to engage in discussions about the implementation and effectiveness of the Latimer House Principles, which promotes the separation of powers in democratic principles. These keeps coming on and off because unless we have clear separation of powers between the Executive, Legislature and Judiciary, it becomes difficult to run a nation. Madam Temporary Speaker, the last workshop was on e-Parliament and effective mechanisms of intersectional diversity and equitable public engagement. This workshop provided a platform for discussions and valuable insights on how digital and on-line Parliamentary mechanisms have helped promote diversity, inclusivity and public participation. Of course, as we talk of this, as a Senate, we have enjoyed it by having a hybrid system where we allow the virtual participation in Parliament. This was encouraged. Other meetings also took place on the sidelines of the 66th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), which included meeting of the Commonwealth Women Parliamentarians. Again, the women members of the delegation participated in this meeting and discussed about the gender quotas as a precursor to the main workshop. This included those in Parliament and the Executive. It came out very clearly that we still need to have more strategies to help us reach that goal. We had also had the Commonwealth Parliamentarians with Disabilities Network and the inaugural Emilia Lifaka Lecture. The delegation finally was grateful that the Speaker allowed us to participate in this. The delegation comprised of the two Houses. The three of us together with our clerks are extremely grateful that the Speaker allowed us by facilitating our travel to the CPA. We are also grateful to the Clerks for the great work that they did between the many workshops and the reports they compiled for us as Members. Madam Temporary Speaker, with those remarks I beg to move and request Sen. Faki to second."
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