International Parliamentary Institutions (IPIs) are some of the regional institutions that have mushroomed because of an increase in the number of international and regional organisations (Sabic, 2008). IPIs are generally defined as transnational bodies composed of a membership elected or nominated from member states to an international or intergovernmental organisation (Kissling, 2011; Schimmelfennig et al., 2020) (This definition of IPIs considers two processes, either election or nomination. As will be established in later sections of this essay, the selection of members to the African IPIs is a hybrid incorporating both processes). Like their domestic counterparts, i.e. parliaments of nation-states, IPIs are created to perform the function of legislation, representation, deliberation, oversight, and budget approval, among others (Agora Forum for Parliamentary Development, n.d.).