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Congo-UK Friendship Group visit to Parliament |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 05 January 2011 13:06 |
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The Congo-UK Friendship Group is a cross-party grouping of Congolese Parliamentarians in the Kinshasa National Assembly. The Group was re-launched in Kinshasa during the visit of APPG Members in 2008. In January 2010 the Congo-UK Friendship Group invited a delegation of six members to visit the Westminster Parliament, which was sponsored by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Inter-Parliamentary Union. The visit programme had a particular focus on giving the delegation a flavour of the workings of Westminster, specifically centring on scrutiny and parliamentary oversight of the government.
The delegation was led by Honorable Cleophas Guyzanga Guyandia, President of the Congo-UK Friendship Group. Other Delegates were Hon. Medard Mulangala Lwakabwanga (Vice President), Hon. Donatien Mulamba Katoka (Rapporteur), Hon. Aime Boji Sangara Bamanyirwe, Hon. Edouard Balembo Baloma Kasomba, and Hon. Kati Mayala Georgette Mantondo. The delegates represented a geographical spread across the DRC as well as government coalition and opposition groups in the parliament. The visit took place 11-13 January 2010. For four of the six delegates this was their first trip to the United Kingdom, and the Congo-UK Friendship Group was the first Friendship Group in this legislature of the Kinshasa parliament to visit their host country,.
For further information on this visit, please view the report below.
Final Report jul 2010
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