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    "id": 934950,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Faki",
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        "id": 13211,
        "legal_name": "Mohamed Faki Mwinyihaji",
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    "content": "(1) Climate Change: Achievements, Challenges and Efficacy of Parliament Interventions. The workshop focused on the impacts of climate change and the interventions that Commonwealth Parliaments are employing to address them. Unless human beings stop fuelling climate change, it is expected that future impacts will increase evaporation hence water scarcity, shift in areas of disease patterns, biodiversity loss and extinction of species, reduced productivity of major crops and decline in pasture resulting into increased conflicts among pastoralists. I am happy to report that in this Senate, we have Sen. Olekina who is a champion fighting for the Mau Forest. (2)Innovation in Parliament: The Impact of Science and Technology on how Parliament works today. The workshop focused on how ICT can be integrated in parliaments as an enabler and tool for the promotion of openness, transparency and Parliamentary outreach. This was through sharing of specific examples and experiences in the use of ICT in Parliament. Delegates observed that technological engagement increases participation by citizens in the work of Parliament. Therefore, CPA branches are increasingly adapting new technologies. (3) Mentoring Session: The Role of Parliament in Facilitating Persons with Disabilities as Electors, Candidates and Legislators. The workshop focused on the role of Parliament in facilitating PWDs as electors, candidates and legislators. It was encouraging to note that most countries in the Commonwealth had ratified the UN Convention on Persons with Disabilities (UN- CRPD), specifically Article 29 which provides that every person with disability has political rights and the right to effectively and fully participate in conduct of public affairs without discrimination and on equal basis with others. (4) Youth Roundtable: Strategies to Deal with Youth Unemployment. During the discussions, it was clear that there are three aspects of unemployment which are; unemployment, underemployment and un-employability. We focused on the approach by the Government of Uganda to address youth unemployment and underemployment which included a conducive policy and legal framework for job creation and upscaling of productive capacity, strengthening skilling for enhanced labour productivity, strengthening the labour market information system to ease job matching and increase access to available jobs, and strengthening mechanisms of ensuring organised, regulated and safe labour migration for those youth who are have the desire to work outside the country. (5)Combatting Rapid Urbanization and Rural Decline: A Challenge for the Commonwealth. The workshop focused on the impact of rapid urbanization and rural decline in various jurisdictions within the Commonwealth. It was highlighted that with over half of the world’s population currently living in the urban areas and a further 2.5 billion expected to be added to that population by 2050, urbanization and the concurrent rural decline will be an increasingly salient issue for leaders and policy makers in the coming years. 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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