APSEA Meets Majority Leader to Streamline Regulations for Professionals
Kenneth Wangari who is the Senior Vice Chairman for Association of Professional Societies of East Africa on Tuesday the 25th April 2023 met with the Majority Leader in National Assembly Hon Kimani Ichungwa.
They discussed on the need to mainstream the Professional Associations legislative AGENDA into National Assembly in a bid to fast track such legislations and afford the Professionals opportunity to perform Professional duties in a duly regulated environment.
Majority leader applauds APSEA for remaining as the EPITOME of PROFESSIONALISM and urged APSEA to be at the forefront of ensuring Professionalism is upheld across the spectrum of Governance in Kenya and the region.
Senior Vice chairman Mr Kenneth reiterated the commitment by APSEA to focus on utmost professionalism as a recipe to good governance both in a private and in government circles.
The discussion also highlighted the role Professional bodies can play in the ongoing and expected bipartisan deliberations within political circles where APSEA presents its professional infrastructure as key towards this process if talks where to include non parliamentary participation.
APSEA Professional Association MIX includes the below Professional bodies:-
. Architectural Association of Kenya – AAK
- Association of Consulting Engineers of Kenya – ACEK
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Kenya Branch) – CIARB
- Environment Institute of Kenya – EIK
- Geological Society of Kenya – GSK
- Institute of Certifted Investment and Financial Analysts ICIFA
- Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya – ICPAK
- Institute of Certified Secretaries – ICS
- Institute of Clerks of Works of Kenya – ICWK
- Institute of Quantity Surveyors of Kenya – IQSK
- Institution of Engineers of Kenya – IEK
Among others.
The senior Vice Chairman mentioned plans in place to expand the scope and the MIX by inviting other Professional bodies to join APSEA after a rigorous vetting process is undertaken.
Majority leader welcomed Professional bodies to work with parliament towards achieving desired Professional involvement and conduct moving forward.
This meeting happened in a day where National Assembly was discussing in the floor of the house the appointment of an Auditor to the Auditor General. The requisite Professional body ICPAK who is a member of APSEA featured prominently in the debate it its role towards vetting and licensing auditing firms.
This meeting therefore is timely as it will become increasingly Necessary to embed and interlace Professional bodies into the accountability and governance processes moving forward.
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