Africa-Press – South-Sudan. The Kenyan Speaker of the Senate, Dr Ken Lusaka, is in Juba on a mission to forge bilateral working relations between the two parliaments of the two countries.
The visit also aims to build and strengthen the capacities of parliamentarians working in both countries.
Lusaka, who arrived at Juba International Airport on Friday, was received by the First Deputy Speaker of the Reconstituted Transitional National Legislative Assembly (R-TNLA), Nathanael Oyet.
Speaking to the media, Lusaka said he had come to visit the South Sudan parliament and to hold talks with leaders on how to cement cordial relations between the legislative arms of the governments in Nairobi and Juba.
“South Sudan and Kenya enjoy cordial relations because we have a lot to share with each other, building the capacities of both our parliaments, strengthening our committee systems, and learning from each other. I think [it] is very, very important that as a region we want to encourage this cordial working relationship. That is why I have come here,” said Lusaka.
The Speaker, who was on his second visit to the country since 2018, pointed out that his coming to South Sudan was also to push for the country to host the soon anticipated Eastern Africa regional games.
Mr Oyet commended Lusaka upon his visit and echoed the essence of Kenya’s and South Sudan’s parliaments working together to support one another in the region.
According to Mr Oyet, South Sudan, as a young nation, would learn a lot from neighbouring Kenya through exchange visits and experience sharing.
“As you are aware, South Sudan and Kenya are sisterly countries, and the two parliaments are also related as sisterly parliaments. We have a lot of businesses in common. We shall be engaging with the speaker on a number of parliamentary bilateral issues which pertain to the welfare of the two parliaments, ” said Mr Oyet.
He added, “Last year we sent a delegation from the South Sudan parliament to Kenya for an exchange visit, and today we are very grateful to receive the Speaker of Senate coming to pay a courtesy visit to the parliament of South Sudan.”
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