Policy & Legislative Drafting Course

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Policy & Legislative Drafting Course

Background
 

Training and Consulting Associates in partnership with National Council for Law Reporting (Kenya Law) will host a one week highly interactive and intensive Course on Policy and Legislative Drafting. 

The Course is a combination of formal teaching, practical exercises and group work with emphasis on “learning by doing”. 

The Course curriculum is accredited under the Law Society of Kenya CLE Programme.
 

Capacity Building for County Legislative Process
 

The Constitution has vested County Governments with exclusive jurisdiction of key functions. 

These functions will determine the content of county laws. 

Counties are expected to adopt key policy strategies and pass legislation on the assigned functions.
 

This course will contain a component that will create sustainable expert capacity to persons that are keen to assist County Governments in policy and legislative development. 

It will inculcate in them, at theoretical and practical level, the necessary analytical skills required to convert policies/views of members of the public into county laws.

Who should attend?
 

The Course aims to meet the needs of persons charged with the responsibility of policy formulation; legislative campaign, advocacy and lobbying; drafting laws, regulations and rules; law review and reform; law reporting; interpretation of laws; drafting bye laws, gazette and legal notices and persons working in licensing, regulatory, compliance and enforcement environments as well as tribunals, boards, committees and task forces among others. 

Persons seeking careers and assignments along the above lines will find this Course an asset.

Course Focus

• Translating policy into legislation
• Structure of a law: definitions, preliminary, substantive and subsidiary provisions
• Amending legislation; repeals; transitional and saving provisions
• Retrospective and retroactive provisions
• Statutory interpretation and rules; drafting constraints
• Specific legislation (licensing, regulatory, taxation, penal)
• Subsidiary legislation: making rules, regulations, guidelines, bye laws etc.
• Campaign, advocacy and lobbying in the legislative process
• Managing effective public consultative process, public debate, education and sensitization

A certificate will be issued to those who successfully complete the Course.
 

Benefits of attending to you and your organisation

• Understand process of moulding desired policy into effective legislation
• Engage the State Law Office (or drafting Consultants) in a structured manner
• Improve ability to participate effectively in the legislative processes
• Improve ability to read and understand the effect of legislation
• Advise respective Departments and Counties with confidence on the scope and effect of legislation
• Propose, draft and review legislation, bye laws, rules, guidelines, regulations
• Be more aware of the constitutionality of proposed legislation
• Understanding law making process at county level

Lead Faculty
 

Professor Rassie Malherbe - teaches Constitutional Law and Legislative Drafting at the University of Johannesburg and has presented numerous seminars on Legislative Drafting in South Africa and around the world. 

He also served as an advisor to the South Africa Constitution making process. 

He will be joined with other Kenyan experts. 

Venue: Jumuia Place, Lenana Road, Nairobi
 

Dates: 28th October – 1st November 2013
 

Time: 8.30am – 4.30pm
 

Course fees: Kshs. 85,000 + VAT (Inclusive of tea, snacks, lunch and Course material)
 

International Participants: USD. 1,850
 

To book, kindly contact;
 

Course Administrator
Training & Consulting Associates Limited
Chaka Place, 3rd Floor
Argwings Kodhek Road
 

Tel : +254 20 2117477, 2714208
Cell : +254 722 941 694
 

Email: training@tca.co.ke
trainwithclarity@yahoo.com
 

To download Course Brochures and see other upcoming trainings, please visit www.tca.co.ke