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Embedding public engagement into parliamentary practice – the case of Kenya
Summary
11:00–12:00 CEST
This Public Engagement Hub seminar (jointly organised by the IPU and IPEN) will focus on Kenya’s bicameral parliament to lead a reflection on how to institutionalise public engagement practices.
Kenya’s constitution sets a number of provisions about public engagement expectations. The seminar – which will primarily focus on the Senate – will share some of its practices in implementing these constitutional provisions while identifying some of the associated challenges.
Speaker: Dr Brenda Ogembo, Principal Clerk Assistant and the Deputy Head of the Senate Liaison Office at the Parliament of Kenya
Chair: Professor Cristina Leston-Bandeira, University of Leeds and Chair of the International Parliament Engagement Network (IPEN)
Language(s): English, French
The event is part of the series of webinars hosted by the IPU-IPEN Public engagement hub in follow-up to the 2022 IPU-UNDP Global Parliamentary Report on Public engagement in the work of parliament. Recordings of all the webinars are on IPU’s YouTube Public engagement playlist.
For more information, please contact [email protected].
Find out how to join the International Parliament Engagement Network: ipen-network.org.
To engage with participants before and after the event, join the Public engagement LinkedIn page.