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JulThe Fanteakwa North District was carved out of the East Akim District in 1988 by Legislative Instrument (L.I) 1411 of 1988 and the Local Government Act, Act 462 of 1993 with Begoro as the capital. In recent years, the literacy rate in the Fanteakwa North District has shown steady progress, particularly considering it is a farming community. […]
The African Centre for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA) is looking for a consultant in Kenya to enhance the capacity of legislatures to initiate, debate, amend and pass inclusive and gender responsive laws, including gender responsive budgets and legislation through conducting an economic and gender analysis and present results to parliamentary committees and caucuses to initiate draft laws and[…]
The African Center for Parliamentary Affairs (ACEPA) has described as unfortunate the spat between the Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin and the Member of Parliament for Sefwi-Wiawso, Dr Kwaku Afriyie. On July 22, Alban Bagbin asked the Marshal to walk the Member of Parliament for Sefwi-Wiawso, out of the house over a comment deemed disrespectful. This action followed[…]
We are looking for a consultant to provide methodological support to parliamentary staff to enable them to conduct gender analysis of state budgets. It is imperative that the staff who support MPs during the budget process, particularly those from the Research and Committees departments are equipped with the necessary skills and tools for gender analysis so they[…]