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    "content": "Hon. Members, over the past few years, the Parliament of Kenya has endeavoured to provide a favourable working environment for Members of Parliament, including availing the most professional teams of staff. Coupled with this, Members are allowed to engage other support staff including Personal Assistants, drivers and secretaries. However, it has been observed that some of those support staff contracted by Members, especially the newly employed, are not conversant with the operations of the key departments of the National Assembly and basic parliamentary processes relevant to their day-to-day duties. With this consideration in mind, and in line with the training and capacity building objective of the Parliamentary Service Commission, the National Assembly has organized a two- day induction workshop for PAs of all Members of Parliament as well as research officers attached to offices of commissioners and parliamentary leadership. The training workshop, whose theme is “Becoming an Effective Parliamentary Assistant and Researcher”, will take place from 8th to 11th May 2018 at a venue to be confirmed later. The workshop will involve training of the first batch of 200 participants on 8th and 9th followed by the second batch of 200 participants on 10th and 11th May, 2018. The key objective of the workshop is to offer an opportunity for your PAs to be apprised of the workings of the National Assembly, including their day to day interactions with various directorates, and to further professionalize their services. Workshops shall accord them the valuable opportunity of enhancing their parliamentary knowledge and expertise, and shall include essential topics such as overview of the legislative services of the National Assembly, understanding the expectations and roles of a legislator, office regulations, accessing information and research services, protocol and etiquette in Parliament, facilitating a Member’s Committee roles, among others. All Members are, therefore, strongly encouraged to send their respective PAs to this important training. In order to facilitate the effective planning of the training programme, all Members are requested to formally nominate the specific PAs to attend the workshop by filling the nomination form available at the main reception by close of business on Thursday, 3rd May 2018. Your timely co-operation in this regard shall be greatly appreciated. I thank you."
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