NAIROBI, 21st April - The Deputy Speaker of the Senate of Kenya, Sen (Prof) Margaret Kamar today hosted her Czech counterpart, Hon Jitka Seitlová where they explored avenues of deepening parliamentary engagement and strengthening areas of cooperation between their countries.

The meeting - attended by delegations of Senators from either side - was held at Parliament of Kenya's precincts, where discussions principally centred on climate change and conservation.

President Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta, today urged Parliamentarians from the Great Lakes Region,to come up with a comprehensive and achievable road map towards conflict resolution.

The President,in a speech read on his behalf by Interior Cabinet Secretary Hon.Fred Matiangi, during the official opening of the 12th ordinary session of the Plenary Assembly of the Forum of Parliaments of the Member State of the International Conference of the Great Lakes region (FP-ICGLR),reiterated the need for a conflict free region.