This archive report was first published on 27 July 2021.
July 27, 2021 - Malawi's National Speaker Catherine Gitano Hara and a team of six Members of Parliament are in Kenya for a capacity building training with the Centre for Parliamentary Studies and Training (CPST).
The team, who double up as commissioners of the Parliamentary Service Commission in Malawi, are learning and training on the achievements of devolution and the implementation of the National Government Constituency Development Fund.
While speaking to the media after paying a courtesy call to the Kajiado County Assembly, Gitano noted that they are in the country to witness practically how the Constituency Development Fund is being implemented in the constituencies and how best devolution is working.
"We came to practically see the activities carried out by the Kenyan Members of Parliament through the Constituency Development Fund because learning something practically is different from learning it theoretically," said Gitano.
The team visited Ildamat Boys High School in Kajiado Central Constituency, which has been fully funded by the kitty, to sample the effectiveness of what the NG-CDF kitty is doing in the entire country.
According to the Vice Chairperson of Parliamentary Service Commission Dr. Naomi Shaban, the Centre for Parliamentary Studies and Training will continue to offer more learning and training on legislature so that it can add value to not only Africans but also globally.
