The National Assembly will Thursday hold its inaugural parliament forum for committees.
This means that Thursday afternoon sittings of the house will not be conducted.
The inaugural parliament forum for committee is meant to showcase the committee system of the National Assembly and also demystify the role of committees to the public.
During the forum which will henceforth be held annually, chairpersons of all committees will make presentations about the mandates of their respective committees.
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In addition to the presentation, the speaker of the national assembly Justin Muturi also says the forum will be used to launch, the committee chairperson manual, the committee performance reports as well as the Kiswahili version of the standing orders.
The schedule of the forum includes the Launch of:
-Committee Chairpersons' Manual
-Committee Performance Reports
-Live Broadcast of Committee Activities
-Kiswahili Version of the National Assembly Standing Orders— National Assembly KE (@NAssemblyKE) October 30, 2019
The forum will be graced by the Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania Job Yustino Ndugai.
Other invited guests include former Speakers of the National Assembly Francis Ole Kaparo and Kenneth Marende.