MHKs to speak at Commonwealth conference

Fri, 03 Sep 2010

Two members of Tynwald will make presentations at a Commonwealth event in Kenya later this month.

Infrastructure Minister Phil Gawne and Rushen MHK Juan Watterson will speak at the 56th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference in Nairobi from the tenth to the nineteenth of September.

Mr Watterson - a member of the Department of Economic Development - will give an address on strengthening financial oversights, whilst Mr Gawne will speak on sustainable development.

The conference is the largest political gathering in the Commonwealth.