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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>Listers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>I wish to invite you to a book launch on "Parliamentary Accessibility, Accountability and Transparency". The report is a product of IDRC-funded research conducted in 2011 and part of 2012 in relation to Parliament and the Right and Access to Information. An accompanying guide book dubbed "Knowing and Engaging the Kenyan Parliament" will also be launched. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>This research was informed by the fact that openness, access to information and genuine dialogue and participation are at the heart of the new constitutional dispensation. ARTICLE 19 with funding support from IDRC and the approval of the Speaker and the Clerk of the National Assembly sought to find out legislators’ accessibility to their constituents as well as the constituents’ access to parliamentary proceedings with the goal of strengthening citizens' access to information on parliament and as a way of leveraging their greater participation in setting parliamentary agenda and ensuring its accountability.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:red'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:red'>The results are enlightening within the context of upcoming elections!! Don’t miss. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>You are ALL invited to the launch (see attached invitation).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:red'>LAUNCH INFORMATION<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:red'>Date:</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:red'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>Tomorrow, Thursday July 19, 2012 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:red'>Time:</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:red'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>from 5.30pm - 8.30pm <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:red'>Venue:</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:red'> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>The Sarova Stanley Hotel.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>Pls confirm your participation with Hilary at +254 -02-3862230/1/2/3, +254 722 318820 or /254710931010 (hillary@article19.org).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>Welcome!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"'>Edith<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText>________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Edith Ofwona Adera<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Senior Program Specialist <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Climate Change and Water Program<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Agriculture and Environment <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>International Development Research Centre <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Liason House 2nd floor, State House Avenue, Nairobi, Kenya<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=FR>+254-20-2713160/1 | Fax: +254-20-2711063 | Mobile: +254-733-624345<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=FR>eadera@idrc.ca | www.idrc.ca | www.crdi.ca<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=FR><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>