Kenya has since been on a war that is not only taking a toll on citizens but is also threatening to be the downfall of the current regime.Graft has turned out to be an alarming threat to the nation that now seeks outside border intervention.
The African Parliamentarians Network Against Corruption (APNAC) in their board meeting chaired by the organisation’s president, Speaker of the National Assembly Justin Muturi, resolved to explore collaboration with other regional organisations such as the Pan African Parliament, and regional bodies like EALA, CEMAC, ECOWAS and SADC to the create requisite synergies for the fight against corruption.
The organisation, which was holding its second board meeting since the election of Muturi in March last year, believes that it is time now that legislators across Africa play their crucial role in emancipating the continent from the menace of corruption.
Speaking during the opening of the two-day meeting, Muturi said there is need for parliamentarians in Africa who believe in the cause to re-energise then network through sharing of ideas, strategies and best practice to effectively make a differenceion the war against corruption.
Muturi called on parliaments to embrace their national chapters of APNAC and recognise them as crucial caucuses that help strengthen capacities of African parliamentarians to fight corruption and promote good governance.
“We call upon all speakers of parliaments in the African region, in the spirit of strengthening their legislatures to fight corruption to recognise the national APNAC chapters as a Parliamentary Caucus,” he said.
Muturi has since been tasked to contact all speakers in the region to inform them of this resolution.