56th CPA Conference in Nairobi, Kenya: The Opening

Accompanying Notes:

* Tuesday, 14 September at 10:00 a.m., Nairobi, Kenya

* The Theme for the 56th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Conference is — Parliament and Development in the 21st Century: Thus Far and Beyond

* The conference is held in Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) Nairobi, Kenya

* Opening address by: Hon Kenneth Merende, YB Dato Seri’ Mohd Safie Apdal (Minister of Rural and Regional Development), President of CPA and the President of Kenya, H E Hon Mwai Kibaki and Commander-in-Chief of the Defence Forces of the Republic of Kenya

* 654 delegates addressed by H E Hon Mwai Kibaki, President of the Republic of Kenya