1.0African Institute for Development Policy - AFIDEPhttps://www.afidep.quadnet.co.ke/fr/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="EemooiEZ1a"><a href="https://www.afidep.quadnet.co.ke/fr/challenges-evidence-use-kenyas-legislative-spaces/">Challenges with evidence use in Kenya’s legislative spaces</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.afidep.quadnet.co.ke/fr/challenges-evidence-use-kenyas-legislative-spaces/embed/#?secret=EemooiEZ1a" width="600" height="338" title="« Challenges with evidence use in Kenya’s legislative spaces » — African Institute for Development Policy - AFIDEP" data-secret="EemooiEZ1a" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://www.afidep.quadnet.co.ke/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/tea-picking.jpg1600856Kenya’s Senate and County Assemblies hosted the 2nd Legislative Summit from 20th to 23rd March 2017. I had an opportunity to speak at this forum as part of a panel themed « Evidence-Based Law-Making in the Legislature: Challenges and Opportunities for Effective and Efficient Law Making Processes. » Other panelists included Dr. Johnson Okello, Acting Director at Legal Services at the Senate, and Mr. Edward Libendi, Clerk of the Makueni County Assembly. Key challenges with evidence use highlighted during the session include weak capacity in law making and evidence utilisation, lacking county-level data for county-level decision-making, poor relations between the county governments and […]