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The 139th Inter-Parliamentary Union Assembly is underway in Geneva, Switzerland with Uganda’s Speaker Rebecca Kadaga joining over 1000 MPs and Parliamentary staff to deliberate on issues under the umbrella theme of science, technology and innovation.
The Assembly is covering multiple subjects including fake news, sexism and harassment in Parliaments, human rights, disarmament, counter-terrorism, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and migration, and Speaker Kadaga is expected to deliver an address.
In Geneva Kadaga is joined by her colleagues from the East Africa region among them the Speaker of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) Martin K. Ngoga, Kenyan Senate Speaker Kenneth Lusaka; South Sudan’s Anthony Lino Makana, Burundi’s Pascal Nyabenda and Rwandan Deputy Speaker Jean d’Arc Gakuba.
In his address, EALA Speaker Ngoga urged legislators to harness the untapped value of technological innovations to build initiatives that abhor violence, enhance peace-building tools and support human security around the globe for positive societal impact.
“Today, technological revolution has enhanced communications and presents a phenomenal impact on the economy, society and environment since the days of mechanized production. It is equally recognized that technological revolution presents societal and economical challenges; resulting in loss of jobs occasioned by automation. Technological change further exacerbates inequalities due to the disproportion in certain segments of the populations, a characteristic that poses ramifications for peace and security – the very core of our deliberations,” Ngoga said.
