WHEREAS, Article 118(1) (b) of the Constitution requires Parliament to facilitate public participation and involvement in the legislative and other business of Parliament and its Committees;

AND WHEREAS, the Inter-African Coffee Organization (IACO) Agreement and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Protocol on Transhumance were tabled in the House for ratification and committed to the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock for consideration and reporting to the House;

IT IS NOTIFIED that—

1. The IACO Agreement seeks to alter the structure, operating rules, and functions of the IACO created in 1960 to establish it as the framework for identification and coordinated resolution of problems linked to the development of the coffee value chain in Africa; and
2. The IGAD Protocol on Transhumance seeks to exploit the full social and economic potential of the pastoral system by allowing free, safe and orderly cross-border mobility of transhumant livestock and to commit Member States to invest adequate resources to pastoral regions and harmonize national laws and policies related to livestock and pastoral development.

NOW THEREFORE, in compliance with Articles 118(1)(b) and 2(5) and (6) of the Constitution and section 8 of the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, Cap. 4D, the Clerk of the National Assembly hereby invites members of the public and stakeholders to submit memoranda on the Agreement and the Protocol to the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock.

The full text of the Agreement and the Protocol and the accompanying Memoranda to Parliament may be accessed at www.parliament.go.ke/the-national-assembly/house-business/paper-laid

The memoranda should be addressed to the Clerk of the National Assembly, P.O. Box 41842-00100, Nairobi; hand-delivered to the Office of the Clerk, Main Parliament Buildings, Nairobi; or emailed to cna@parliament.go.ke; to be received on or before Wednesday, 8^th April 2026 at 5.00 p.m.

                                                           S. NJOROGE, CBS

                                          CLERK OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

                                                   Wednesday, 25^th March 2026

                “For the Welfare of Society and the just Government of the People”

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