Dr. Agnes Zani

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me a chance to speak. I wish from the onset to say that I really support this Bill and congratulate Sen. (Dr.) Kang’ata who has aptly moved this Bill and Sen. Cherargei who has really gone to expound it in details, giving us very critical information which is very important. This is a matter that has been there for quite some time and there is a policy paper that was put in place in 2014; there might be an updated version. This is the Kenya Diaspora Policy and this policy was meant ... view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, if we look at this policy framework and this legislation preliminary--- In fact, when you look at the policy framework that has been put into place and signed by the then Cabinet Secretary (CS), hon. (Amb.) Amina Abdallah, what we are talking about in this Bill now is more or less the same issue, but even more expounded. view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: In that policy, certain objectives were put into place. These objectives are addressed in this Bill. For example, the need to engage the people who are living in the diaspora in national development. Indeed, they are very much involved in national view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: 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
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: development by bringing remittances home, building homes, coming back to ensure that certain projects are done and offering employment to many people. This is very critical. view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: The second one is to ensure that they are able to mobilize and have associations that are well formed and well known. I know that if you leave it very fluid in this stage, you will find one person starting one association and another one starting a rival association. There is a problem there. So, there is need to mobilize these associations so that we have one association that is responsible for making various decisions and liaising with the missions within those countries and also with Kenyan missions and ministries so that this can be addressed. view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: The third one is the need to protect people living in the diaspora. Some time back, we were out in the diaspora talking to people there, and they have very many issues. We have heard a lot coming in through some of the labour that is being done. There are issues like when people die, how are their bodies transported back? How do they fundraise? All these things kept coming up. The person who is in the diaspora is protected by certain laws, but as the originator country of these people, we need to ensure that their protection is optimum. view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: There is also need to dialogue and have partnerships that are very key and ensure that at the end of the day, there is an institutional mechanism for coordination and administration. I think that this is what has been missing, the internal administration, coordination and putting all these together. This is what this Bill is speaking to. view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this Bill is speaking to a big percentage of Kenyans who are living in the diaspora. We have different figures, as we said. Sometimes the numbers in the various missions might not be completely accurate. We are talking about well over three million Kenyans in the diaspora from the data that is coming around, and this is very important. view
• 30 Sep 2021 in Senate: These are people who are living in the diaspora and making a change, not just for themselves but for others as well. They are making a change for themselves because they have gone out to look for employment opportunities, and this is fine. I recently saw the Kenyan Government together with the United Kingdom (UK) Government talking about enabling scenarios for more expertize to be expatriated into the UK in areas like nursing. This is the sort of partnership that Kenya has with other countries. They are able to earn and have employment which they did or did not have. ... view