Dr. Agnes Zani

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 May 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I will pick it up from where Sen. Poghisio has left on the whole issue of looking at Rwanda‘s culture and wondering what sort of dynamics have happened there. We need to ask ourselves very soul searching questions and look at deep historical issues. We should ask ourselves questions about how Rwanda got there. Did they get there because they learnt to respect women more, may be, because the war left many men dead and so there were many mother figures in the society? Is it because somewhere along the line they got tired of ... view
• 16 May 2019 in Senate: Countries like Rwanda have moved away from all that. Such should be case studies for us to see how women have moved to leadership positions and how well they The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 16 May 2019 in Senate: have done. It is important to know how well they have done because the changes in Rwanda give an impetus about the way women look at development. view
• 16 May 2019 in Senate: When you look at gender perspectives to understand the way men and women are formed, you will realise that they are formed in different ways and each of them has different values because women have a certain perspective. During a meeting, there is need to have a woman because there could be something that a woman can point out. Likewise, when you have a meeting of women, there could be something that a man can identify. Therefore we need to get to the point where we value and understand people‘s contributions and make them useful. Otherwise, it will be an ... view
• 16 May 2019 in Senate: When Sen. (Rev.) Waqo brought this Motion, that was the same time we were trying to push for the two-thirds gender rule. At that time, many meetings, negotiations and discussions went on. However, when the basic theoretical framework is not put in place, usually there is disconnect and that is what we are experiencing in Kenya. This is despite political and policy framework that is being put in place, the Constitution and the various progressives Acts that indicate commitment to the international and regional obligations arising from treaties and other ratified conventions. We have done that willingly and so have ... view
• 16 May 2019 in Senate: Likewise, we have also entrenched it in our policy framework to enhance gender equality. We have the Kenya National Policy on Gender and Development (NPGD), the Vision 2030, Sessional Paper No.2 of 2006, the National Land Policy (NLP), the National Policy for Prevention and Response to Gender-based Violence and the National Policy for the Abandonment of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). view
• 16 May 2019 in Senate: Culture, socialization and acculturation are processes and people see things in different ways. In some communities there are practices such as FGM. Recently we read in the newspapers about a lady who has filed a case in court that that is a traditional practice and it should continue. There are various contradictions about how people respond to the dysfunctional nature of gender relationships. If you look at gender and violence, you will find that sometimes it is masked in traditional cultures. Many traditional cultures are good and I will speak about that in a bit but some of them have ... view
• 16 May 2019 in Senate: Rwanda has stood out as a case study. They have made the case for themselves and the women have proven themselves. How has the Government strategy worked to bring this out and put it in such a way that it amplifies the role played by women? We need to sort the lens of how people see things. Women do good things but when they are presented, they dwell on the negatives. So, it is important to have a concerted effort. We should not just think of the families, political and economic institutions but also other players such as the media ... view
• 16 May 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the other issue was, even an assessment of the county assemblies to understand--- When we look at the provision for the county assemblies and maybe an ad hoc Committee needs to come up to look at the provisions, even where they were given a provision for the one-third, has it been actualised? We have heard many stories from county assemblies that women have been removed from committees. For example, women have been removed from leadership positions within counties. We have had the more glaring ones about the speakers. view
• 16 May 2019 in Senate: All these does not augur well in terms of contextualizing and being able to move towards fast-tracking and enacting a law that gives effect to the one-third gender rule. Yes, the law is there in place but, again, we need to think about the enactment of that law. Therefore, various processes of putting in place KEWOPA really leading the way and KEWOSA was involved as well. We got to the point where this promise looked like it might be happening. We held various consultations and dinners. Men spoke very well in all those meetings as I have heard them speak ... view