Africa MPs target Britain in push for Commonwealth millions and jobs

President Uhuru Kenyatta confers with the speaker of the national assembly Justine Muturi during the opening of the 46th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (Africa region) conference on in Nairobi. [PHOTO: TABITHA OTWORI/STANDARD]

NAIROBI: The curtains came down at a regional parliamentary conference in Nairobi with a vow from the delegates that Britain should not be allowed to have the final say on the assets and funds held by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).

Mr Justin Muturi, the Speaker of the Kenya National Assembly, who presided over the five-day conference for 18 member states in the Africa region, led the over 200 delegates in pushing for the adoption of the resolution to amend the Constitution of the CPA to shield the assets of the association from Britain.