Course Overview

The Four days training is expected to expose Chairpersons of Assembly Liaison Committees, in skills and tenets of managing Committees and their presidium.

Course Rationale

The course is specially tailored for Chairpersons of Liaison Committees in Assemblies. It’s designed to focus on effective management of committees with a precise focus on presiding. Legislative Committees undertake important roles in the process of law making and oversight and effective presiding by the presiding officers with the right skills and approaches are critical. The Course takes into consideration the role played by Chairperson of the Liaison Committee as the overseer of Committees in County Assemblies.
The Liaison Committee in the Assembly is responsible to approve Committee workplans and activities. It is also a clearing house and apex body which receives and processes sessional and half year reports from the Committees. Further the Committee ensures that Committee Chairpersons operate within the limitations of their mandate.

Objectives

At the end of this course the participants will be able to

• Identify the rules of procedure in Committees;
• Describe the constitutional, legal and procedural provisions bestowed on a committee presiding officer;
• Evaluate the oversight mandate of the Liaison Committee over other Assembly Committees;
• Discuss the rights of witnesses appearing before Committees.