Dr. Agnes Zani

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Mar 2019 in Senate: Earlier on, I talked about the Gross County Product (GCP) in county governments, which is equivalent to Gross Domestic Product (GDP). If you are keen on that, you will also notice that there are a lot of inequalities. view
• 20 Mar 2019 in Senate: The Equalisation Fund has not succeeded in doing what it was meant to do. I am not even sure whether that money went to the counties or not. I can hear Sen. (Eng.) Hargura and Sen. (Eng.) Mahamud saying that it did not. The amount of money that was put into Equalisation Fund was not going to create equality across the various counties. What people want is equality. We may not have 100 per cent equality but at least the levels of inequality should be reduced over time. There should be evidence that counties are improving and the gap is ... view
• 20 Mar 2019 in Senate: During the Eleventh Parliament, Sen. Sang who is now the Governor of Nandi County came with an idea which did not work because of the whole issue about hierarchies. The important thing is that this is exactly what it was meant to do. The MCAs at various leadership levels were to sit together and plan so that there is no duplication of projects by governors, MPs and MCAs. view
• 20 Mar 2019 in Senate: In one of our trips to Turkana County to look into Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) matters, we sat with the MCAs and the Governor and they came up with a very interesting model of how to distribute ECDE centres and the money for building them within the county. They had a measured number of classes in each of the various wards and that was commendable. That reduces conflict amongst people because you can sit down and agree. That is what this Bill intends to do, so that there is equitable share of resources. view
• 20 Mar 2019 in Senate: Looking at the Bill, various components are critical. Clause 4 states that: “All persons and entities under this Act shall, in the performance of their functions under this Act, be guided by the following principles— (a) the promotion of the social and economic development of all persons residing within the ward in order to ensure the realisation of their economic and social rights under Article 43 of the Constitution; (b) the principles and objects of devolution set out under Articles 174 and 175 of the Constitution; (c) equity and the need to ensure that persons residing in marginalised areas in ... view
• 20 Mar 2019 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 20 Mar 2019 in Senate: I want to talk about Clause 5 which the Chair mentioned as he was moving this Bill. It is stated in Clause 5(3) that the county executive committee shall ensure not less than 15 per cent of the county government’s allocation for development expenditure as provided under Section 107(2)(b) of the PFM Act. The important thing is that this will take place within the county assembly set up. In the county assemblies, MCAs can meet and give their views about projects to be undertaken. The question that concerns me is whether we have mechanisms to ensure that it moves from ... view
• 20 Mar 2019 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 20 Mar 2019 in Senate: Therefore, the decision will also be made by the members of the public and not just the leadership. Clause 8(2) states that:- “In determining the projects for implementation under subsection (1), the county executive committee shall prioritise the wards determined by the Commission to be marginalised or requiring special or urgent intervention in order to bring the standards of living of the residents residing in the specific wards to the same level as those generally enjoyed by the residents of other wards in the county’. Most of the tenets of this Bill have been put into place. Clause 17, which ... view
• 14 Mar 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Pursuant to Standing Order No. 48(1), I rise to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations on the policy on devolved system of Government. In the Statement, the Committee should:- (1) Explain why the document published by the Ministry of Devolution and ASAL in October, 2016 entitled “ Policy on Devolved System of Government ” was not tabled in the Senate. (2) State the authenticity of the policy document and the status of its implementation. This is mainly because there seems to be certain things that are implied or put ... view