Sunday, 19th August-Gaborone, Botswana

The Speaker of the National Assembly Hon. Justin Muturi, last evening moved the Report of the Constitution Amendment Committee on the Motion by Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Nigeria Branch, to Amend Article 46 of the CPA Constitution.

The Main objective of this Motion is to ensure that there is equity and balance in the distribution of the Offices of the Association among the sub-regions, a subject that Speaker Muturi has pursued with passion. The report recommends that: The CPA Africa Constitution as a whole requires a complete overhaul and that the mandate of the Constitutional Amendment Committee, (which Speaker Muturi had the privilege of being nominated to Chair) be extended and tasked to review and redraft the entire CPA, Africa Region, Constitution.