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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Poghisio",
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    "content": "Hon. Prosper Higiro who comes from Rwanda was finishing his six years at the helm of this organisation. This Report is very important. I am delighted to inform this House that following extensive consultations, the Executive Committee of the forum was able to broker a consensus which was subsequently approved by the conference of Speakers and the plenary assembly regarding the appointment of a new Secretary General of the forum. The debate over appointment of the new Secretary General had threatened to tear apart the forum due to competing claims from the Republic of Uganda and Central African Republic. With the previous sessions unable to break the impasse, the deal proposed by the Executive Committee and adopted during the present extraordinary session, was for the Republic of Uganda to nominate a candidate for the post of the Secretary General for the first single term of three years following which the Central African Republic will likewise nominate a candidate for the position for the next single three year term. It was so difficult to arrive at who becomes the Secretary General of the organisation because of those opposing forces. Both Uganda and the Central Africa Republic wanted their candidates to be the Secretary General. There was a tussle, but eventually, the Executive Committee decided to do something more Solomonic, which was to divide the baby into two. It is not really Solomonic in that sense, but they decided to divide the six years into two; so that we have one country take a term of three year and the other country take the remaining term. Therefore, there is no serving two terms in this case. Therefore, Uganda and Central Africa Republic will only serve one term each of three years. I have to remind the House, that there exists an organisation called the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, the ICGLR. The forum where we belong is the Parliamentary forum for organization. It is like having a parliamentary forum for an organisation like Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). This is what it means. So, we are the Parliamentary group that supports ICGLR, which is based in Bujumbura, Burundi. The FP-ICGLR is based in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. Subsequently, the FP-ICGLR has a new Secretary General called Hon. Onyango Kakoba who is a Ugandan. Previously he served as a Member of Parliament in Uganda and has participated in the forum’s activities for many years. The Assembly commended the outgoing Secretary General for his exemplary service to the forum and pledged to support the incoming Secretary General during his tenure. The Members of our delegation were Sen. Poghisio who was the leader of the delegation, Sen, Kasanga, Sen. Prengei, and Mr. Charles Munyua, our delegation secretary. The Kenyan delegation participated actively in the meetings of the Executive Committee of the Conference of Speakers and the plenary of the Assembly. The delegation further came up with a number of recommendations regarding Kenya’s participation in the activities of FP-ICGLR which are contained on page 16 of this Report. I encourage Members to read this because part of the role of the parliamentary forum is to follow up on peace and security issues, governance, children and vulnerable The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.  "
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