In a strategic move to strengthen youth voices in East Africa, Faraja Foundation recently held a high-level meeting with the Senate Liaison Office to explore collaboration opportunities with the Kenyan Parliament. The discussions centered on amplifying youth participation in governance and policy formulation processes.

The meeting was chaired by Mr. Victor Bett who is a Committee Clerk and also in charge of the youth desk. The team from the Senate expressed strong support for the proposed partnership, committing to champion the initiative within Parliament.

Senate commences its special sittings under Speaker Ekwe Ethuro as requested by Majority Leader Kithure Kindiki to discuss bills passed by the National Assembly last week among others.

DHAKA, Bangladesh - 3 April, 2017. Global action on the drought and famine situation received a major boost yesterday when a proposal for Emergency Motion on Urgent international action to save millions of people from famine and drought in parts of Africa and Yemen was adopted for debate at the Assembly of the Inter-parliamentary Union (IPU) currently taking place in Dhaka, Bangladesh that brings together about 700 legislators from 132 countries.