Senate Speaker Amason Kingi has handed over the presidency of the Forum of the Parliaments of International Conference on the Great Lakes Region during a function in Juba, South Sudan.

Speaker Kingi handed over the mantle to Rt Hon Jemma Nunu Kumba, who is the Speaker of the Transitional National Legislature of the Republic of South Sudan.

The handing over ceremony took place at the end of the 13th Plenary Assembly of FP-ICGLR that was held in Juba, South Sudan.

The Assembly discussed issues touching on democracy and governance; exploitation of natural resources; challenge of refugees and Internally Displaced Persons affecting member states.

The resolutions of the meeting, once adopted, will constitute the Juba Declaration that will inform responses by regional parliaments to challenges facing populations and States in the Great Lakes region.

“I wish Rt Hon Kumba success as she serves parliaments and people of the Great Lakes region in this position,” Speaker Kingi said after the hand over.