Introduction: Members of the AMANI Forum, Kenya Chapter, hosted some members of the All Party Parliamentary Group on the Great Lakes Region of Africa (APPG), to a dinner meeting. The meeting was held on 13^th March, 2009 at the Serena Hotel, Nairobi. The APPG was represented by Hon. Mary Creagh, MP and Hon. David Chaytor, MP (both members of the British House of Commons) and Mr. Stephen Carter, the APPG Co-ordinator. The Kenya Chapter was represented by Hon. Ekwee Ethuro, MP (Chairperson), Hon. Kiema Kilonzo MP (Secretary General), Hon. Prof. Margaret Kamar MP (Treasurer), Hon. Charles Kilonzo MP (Member), and Hon. Nur Abdi, MP (Member). Also in attendance were Ms. Salome Katia, Executive Secretary, AMANI Forum, Ms. Dorothy Kittany, Accountant, Ms. Magdalene Kieti, Ag. Kenya Chapter Co-ordinator and Ms. Deborah Kalei (Communications Intern).

A delegation of Parliamentarians, members of the Great Lakes Parliamentary Forum on Peace – AMANI Forum Kenya Chapter, undertook a Mission to assess the resettlement process of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Uasin Gishu District, Rift Valley Province on 30th December 2008. The one day Mission was led by the Chapter Chairperson, Hon. David Ekwe Ethuro, M.P. Other Members included Hon.  Prof. Margaret Kamar M.P., Hon. Jeremiah Kioni M.P., Hon. Erastus Mureithi, M.P., and Hon. Peris Simam, M.P. They were accompanied by Mr. Joseph Hongo, the Chapter Coordinator.