Cherarkey K Samson

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 May 2021 in Senate: I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 47(1) to make a Statement on Open Governance Partnerships (OGP) as a tool for legislative oversight and to promote accountable governance. The Open Governance Partnerships (OGP) is a global multilateral initiative that brings together 17 Member countries and 78 local governments to promote transparency, participatory, inclusive and accountable governance. view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: Member states participate in the partnership by a way of submitting two-year action plans with country commitments to achieve within the action plan period. Kenya view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: 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. view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: became a member of OGP in 2011 and has so far implemented three national action plans (NAPs) and is currently implementing its fourth NAP for the period 2020-2022. Kenya is also a member of the Global Steering Committee for the period of 2020-2023. view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the OGP Co-chairs is the Republic of Korea represented by Mr. Hae-cheol Jeon. Minister of Interior and Safety, and Mr. Maria Baron the Global Executive Director of Directorio Legislativo in Argentina launched by Global call to action by all OGP members in 2021 to use their new and existing action plans to make ambitious commitments that address four challenges. These include anti-corruption, civic space, participation and digital governance where they can share their expertise and experience. view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: The OGP community in 2021 is looking to join forces and use open government approaches to ensure an inclusive recovery from the Pandemic and deal back from inadequate and critically strained heath care systems, a global economic recession and social inequalities to save lives and livelihoods and to protect democratic institutions and spaces for civil society. view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: Open government has a role to play in tackling each of these issues. As a member of the partnership and global steering Committee, Kenya is contributing to the partnership collective effort to tackle these major global challenges. In the NAP for 2020- 2022, Kenya has committed to advance a beneficial ownership transparency and civic space and will model best practices in strengthening its anti-corruption, civic space and digital space. view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: As a member of the partnership and its steering and given Kenya’s standing in Africa, Kenya is keen to ensure it models best practices by building political support not only across national, county, civil society, private sector, nationally, but also in Pan- African institutions and other OGP participating countries in Africa as well. view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: In order to share these skills, knowledge, resources and expertise with others in the region, Kenya must be on the forefront in using OGP solutions to tackle governance challenges crisis in the region. view
• 18 May 2021 in Senate: Today, Africa has a number of challenges unique in some respects, namely debt transparency and open equitable access to vaccine. Debt transparency is a cornerstone of accountable, sustainable management of debt that can benefit leaders and citizens alike. It allows counties maintain sovereignty over domestic infrastructure and natural resources, increase government credibility and encourage investment from potential lenders. view