The Senate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) and European Union (EU) have agreed to form a tripartite taskforce to work on a framework that contributes to the success of devolution.
The development emerged when the EU Ambassador, Stefano Dejak together with MoFA CAS Ababu Namwamba called on the Speaker of the Senate, Kenneth Lusaka at his Parliament Buildings Office.
The meeting agreed that the taskforce would be mandated to develop a Medium Term Programme of activities aimed at strengthening devolution in collaboration with 19 EU Member missions in Kenya.
In addition, they would also be expected to come up with proposals for enhanced parliamentary diplomacy between Parliament of Kenya and EU Parliament.
“This framework will need to consider regional economic blocs and having them firmly in place. By avoiding replication, counties from each regional bloc can focus on their individual strengths while leveraging on the strengths of other countries,” Speaker Lusaka said on Wednesday.
Dejak also presented the Final Report of 2017 General Election by the EU Observation Mission to Speaker Lusaka.