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    "content": "Hon. Members, the second Communication relates to the CPA-UK Branch, which has over the years partnered with parliaments of member-States to the Association on a wide range of capacity-building programmes for legislators and staff of parliaments. The Parliament of Kenya has, indeed, benefitted from initiatives by the CPA-UK, which has carried out several capacity-building programmes for Members and staff, both locally and at the seat of the UK Parliament in London. Some of the programmes include the annual Westminster Seminar on Parliamentary Practice and Procedures, the Westminster Seminar for Public Accounts Committee as well as various tailored trainings for Members and staff of our Parliament. The programmes have been noted to be key in improving mastery and flair of parliamentary procedures among Members of Parliament. Several Members, including the Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Duale, the Leader of the Minority Party, Hon. Mbadi, and Hon. Kimunya, among others, have benefited from the programmes. The CPA-UK, in collaboration with the National Assembly of the Republic of Kenya, has organised a two-day training programme for Members of Parliament on Friday 5th and Saturday 6th October, 2018 at a venue to be confirmed later. The programme is aimed at furthering Members’ understanding of parliamentary practices, including a comparative analysis of other jurisdictions. Some of the topics to be covered include parliamentary oversight in a presidential system, ethics and integrity of Members, decorum and order in the House, conduct of parliamentary inquiries and parliamentary control and scrutiny on delegated legislation. Participants will get a rare opportunity to interact with two key facilitators, namely, Lord David Steel, a seasoned British Liberal Democrat, whose legislative career was launched in 1965 and has been a Member of the House of Lords since 1997, and Baroness Hillary Armstrong, who was made a peer in July 2010, having retired from the House of Commons after twenty-three years. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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