Dr. Agnes Zani

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1011 to 1020 of 1784.

• 15 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this matter started with a Petition from the non-native teachers and it was seized by this House. Those teachers said that they were not safe in those regions. As the Committee on Education, we discussed that Petition and agreed to have an affirmative action that would allow the natives of the North Eastern region who attained a mean grade of D+ to join the teachers training colleges with the intention of having them teach in their region. The then Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of came to the Committee and purposed to move in this direction. A ... view
• 14 May 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Let me also join other Senators in wishing well the two delegations from Machakos and Bomet counties who were here earlier. Articles in the Constitution are clear and well spelt out. So, there is no need for confusion. If you followed most of the articles in the Constitution - and I know there is a Bill that is trying to address this – we would not have these problems. Sen. Cherargei has alluded to Articles 93 and 116 for avoidance of any doubt. Article 93(1) says:- ―There is established a Parliament of Kenya, which shall ... view
• 14 May 2019 in Senate: This gives us a very good basis because we cannot be part of Parliament and have a Bill being assented to without provisions that are very clearly laid out. I think many problems have come about in the two Houses because Article 110(3), again, is never taken into consideration, where the two Speakers will sit and determine whether a Bill concerns counties or not, right from the word go. If we continue doing this, we are spending a lot of time as legislators. A lot of work goes into legislation. We go through legislation, and then, at the end, find ... view
• 14 May 2019 in Senate: We should also make this a political issue. Why would Members of the National Assembly not consider it important for enough money to go to the counties where their constituents are? That becomes a great speaking point even from us as the Senate because we are looking for development in the counties. This is not about politics. It is about the various Kenyans who are in these counties and how they can be taken care of. As we look at the Bill that has been assented to without the input of the Senate, it is important for us to ensure ... view
• 14 May 2019 in Senate: then and something happens in between, and then, we just cool off and wait until another time comes and then we speak up. Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, allow me to congratulate Sen. Wamatangi as his Bill has been assented to into law. It will help create a lot of order in the counties. view
• 14 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Bill. I thank Sen. Olekina for coming up with this Bill. I congratulate him generally for the interest that he takes on matters legislation, improving the society and making things work better for us. After all, that is what development is all about. To have that sort of energy in this Senate is a tick for this House. In that same spirit, this amendment to the specific Election Act, No.29 of 2012, has been brought about by his and our observation about the level of chaos that surrounds any election. When ... view
• 14 May 2019 in Senate: The key amendment in this Bill is to ensure that there is an election return form that is filled by candidates or their representative in order to ensure that they have been given opportunity to oversight the tallying of results. Most of the candidates or agents who fail to sign the forms use the lack of their signature as a basis of petitioning the results. Having listened to my colleagues, I do agree that it is possible for one not to sign the form because of violence. As we amend this Bill, we should keep its spirit, which is to ... view
• 14 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I beg to move that The Election Laws (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill (Senate Bills No.37 of 2018) be now read a Second Time. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on 18th April, 2018, Kinondo Ward in Kwale County had a by-election, where we had two candidates; Hamisi Omar and Juma Maone. Hamisi Omar, whom we called Pweza, was our Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) candidate while Juma Maone was a Jubilee candidate. The by-election was caused because at the initial election, they actually had an exact tally. view
• 14 May 2019 in Senate: In that by-election, ODM won with 3,412 and Jubilee had 2,704. At the calculation of members who are meant to be nominated at the county assembly, an assumption is made that when there is an addition of any member, the representation in the assembly will also change. One new member has been added and I remember that, at that time, members from my ODM party were very optimistic because we knew that by adding one more candidate, we would get a nomination slot. Upon further checking with the IEBC, they informed us that there is no law or provision in ... view
• 28 Mar 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is an important Statement and exactly and properly contextualised within the Senate. We do not want to set precedent because this is how it slowly starts. You get away with five years without a deputy governor and you set a trend. You get away with two CEC members and you set a trend. view