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Galmudug Regional Assembly Members Undergo Training On Parliamentary Functions

Storyline:National News

Regional Assembly lawmakers are undergoing intensive training on the functions of parliament. Galmudug Regional Assembly members are the first group of lawmakers to undergo the first of a series of capacity building workshops, on rules and procedures of parliament, law-making, legislative processes, parliamentary ethics and the role of parliamentary committees among others.

The purpose and objectives of the training, organized by the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), is to educate the new members of Assembly about the role and functions of parliament, to enable them discharge their constitutional mandate effectively.

“Galmudug state is a young state and parliament is still very new but they are already doing a very good job right now because they are trying to learn everything as parliamentarians.

Some of the things they learned today are how to behave, how to make decisions, how to prepare oneself, how to deal with a journalist who asks tough questions and the nature of journalism in Somalia.

They also learned how to handle messages and the best media available for a particular message,”said Major General Fidza Dludlu, the Acting AMISOM Head of Mission.

At the end of the five-day training, the new members of Assembly are expected to have a deeper understanding of the general role of parliament, representation, law-making and oversight; the Somalia provisional constitution and the existing legal system; the principle of separation of powers and the concept of checks and balances of powers; understand the workings of parliamentary secretariat and administrative structure of parliament and parliamentary practice and procedure.