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"content": "institutions. On the overall, discussions during the summit centre around strengthening the legislative arm of Government; systematic implementation of common programmes in the counties; building effective institutions to enable effective service delivery as required by the Constitution and particularly implementation of the devolved system of government; and identifying capacity development needs and other technical competence gaps in the county assemblies with a view to providing the requisite assistance. Hon. Senators, the Senate in collaboration with the County Assemblies Forum (CAF) organized the First Annual Legislative Summit in 2016. The theme of the First Legislative Summit which was held from 22nd to 26th May, 2016, at Flamingo Beach Resort in Mombasa County was, “Celebrating and Entrenching Devolution through Representation”. The Second Annual Legislative Summit took place from 20th to 24th March, 2017, at the Pride Inn Paradise Beach Resort and Convention Centre in Mombasa County. The theme of the Summit was, “Taking Stock of Gains Made and Preparing for Transition”. Hon. Senators, the Third Annual Legislative Summit, 2018, is scheduled to take place from 20th to 25th May, 2018 at Pride Inn Paradise Beach Resort and Convention Centre, Mombasa County. Sunday, 20th May, 2018 and Friday 25th May, 2018 will be travel dates. The theme of this year’s summit is titled “The Devolution Debate: Legislating for Sustainable System of Devolved Government”. This theme is informed by the fact that setting up of county governments has been accomplished and therefore the focus is now shifting to delivering on the objects of devolution guided by the principles stipulated in Articles 174 and 175 of the Constitution. As in the past two summits, this year’s event is jointly organized by the Senate and the CAF in line with our constitutional mandates and the constitutional requirement to conduct our relations on the basis of consultation and co-operation, as provided for in Article 6(2) of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. Hon. Senators, in order to ensure smooth planning, I, jointly with the leadership of the CAF, established a steering committee, comprising of two Senators and several Members of CAF. The steering committee has been meeting to plan for the conference logistics, which include, identifying conference topics, conference format, resource persons and funding. Hon. Senators, the Legislative Summit, 2018 seeks to build on the gains of the first two legislative summits while providing an avenue for the legislatures in Kenya to critically interrogate their roles in the devolved governance structure, five years after its implementation begun. The first five years of the devolved governance structure were primarily focused on setting up of structures and hence much of the attention was on establishing the policy, legal and institutional framework for democratic governance. Having completed setting up of structures, the forthcoming Legislative Summit, 2018 shifts its focus to what I have stated above. Specifically, the objectives of the Summit are-: (i) To understand the role of legislatures (county assemblies and the Senate) in a developmental state; aligning the legislative agenda to the development objectives of the country and to provide a facilitative and enabling environment. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate"
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