Dr. Agnes Zani

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Mar 2019 in Senate: Article 179(3) is very clear about even the composition of CEC members. It says- “The number of members appointed under Clause 2(b) shall not exceed – 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
• 28 Mar 2019 in Senate: (a) one-third of the number of members of the county assembly if the assembly has less than 30 members;” So, that is at least, a third. “and, (b) ten, if the county assembly has 30 or more members.” (c) Thank you. That already gives us the rule to the number of the CEC members who are meant to be in each county assembly. It is very critical that, that is taken into consideration. view
• 28 Mar 2019 in Senate: Secondly, even when we juxtapose this issue, look at it and also think about other counties, that is fine. This is because as much as we are talking about Nairobi City County, maybe it is a good time to also just do a quick audit of the other counties and see whether those CEC members in those counties are well contextualized. Later on, if the Committee has time, they can even go into the qualifications and ensure that the work is done. view
• 28 Mar 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, those CEC members are not there because they are the governor’s friends. They are there because they are meant to take care of different components of county governments to ensure that services trickle down to the county. So, somebody is in charge of finance and another in food. If we have a docket that does not have a person, it means that that docket will be in problems in the sense that work may not be done by somebody. view
• 28 Mar 2019 in Senate: I would also like to conclude that as this Committee is looking at Nairobi City County, maybe they can browse across other counties and also see what is happening. The issue of having a substantive speaker in a county assembly is very critical. Sometime back - I think in the Eleventh Parliament – we debated a Bill for deputy governors, giving them clear roles and definitions. I do not know whether that Bill saw the light of day or whether it was extinguished midway. However, that is exactly what needs to be done to have clarity in terms of roles. ... view
• 28 Mar 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I wind up, I think even as the Committee deliberates on this, let them extend their scope a little bit. Let them see what is happening with the other counties as well. At the end, let the Committee give us the health of the county as far as office bearers in the county as per the Constitution and what the position is in the various counties. view
• 26 Mar 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand pursuant to Standing Order 48(1) to seek a statement from the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations on the transfer of functions to counties. view
• 26 Mar 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you will recall that in the 11th Parliament, we started off by having a special Committee that, at that time, set out to meet all the Governors in the various counties. In fact, we spread ourselves across the country to ensure that all the functions were transferred. However, we still have three functions that have not been transferred; these are water, roads and library services. As early as 19th February, 2019, the CS for Water and Sanitation is quoted as saying that there seems to be no proper policy to guide the transfer of water as a ... view
• 26 Mar 2019 in Senate: That is in order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 26 Mar 2019 in Senate: May I proceed to the second Statement? view