The County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC) held a meeting with the Public Accounts and Investment Committee of Kakamega County Assembly which is on a week-long benchmarking tour of the Senate.

During the meeting the two committees discussed ways in which oversight can strengthened in all the 47 counties with the Senate Committee playing the role of a brother.

The Speaker of Senate Rt.Hon. Amason Kingi, EGH, has expressed the need to entrench the role of Parliamentarians in peace building in order to promote regional stability and stem conflict.

The Speaker while making his opening remarks during the Inaugural joint post election retreat between the Senate and Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) said it was time leaders use their positions to end conflict within the region.