Dr. Agnes Zani

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Oct 2016 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to reply. Let me start by thanking all the contributors to this Motion. Clearly, looking from the contributions, there has been a concise articulation of the issues that were raised in that report. In the general feeling and promotion of the need for Kenya as a country to move towards open government systems, this is a partnership that we can take advantage of so that we can push to the next level. It is an important platform that we can use as we move to the future into better industrialization and ... view
• 4 Oct 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also join my colleagues in sending condolences to the late Ahmed Bamahriz’s family. We acknowledge him as a leader who actually opened up democratic space that we sometimes take for granted. Never in Kenya should some people think that only some people can speak and others cannot. However, this is the Kenya we have and it is for all of us. We should move towards harmony, listen view
• 27 Jul 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is a sad time for this country which has worked hard on its education system. Education is one of the greatest pillars for social mobility and general human development. Since Independence, there have been various commissions on education matters which produced various reports, including, the Gachathi Report and the Koech Report. These reports have proposed various systems of education over time and made various suggestions. With all that, we still have chaos within the educational sector, for example, about the system that we want to adapt in terms of education. We keep moving from a ... view
• 27 Jul 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, did you mean two minutes? view
• 27 Jul 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when you think about the nexus of a set of students waiting for examinations papers to come to them, you will realize that the teachers and the parents are involved in the whole scam. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, despite the removal of ranking, there is still a sense of competitiveness. You will find the newspapers ranking schools and many people are geared about passing. It is a shame when one has a certificate and does not know what it is all about. It is also a shame when one is invited to talk about a subject ... view
• 26 Jul 2016 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Permit me to extend a warm welcome to the delegation from Zimbabwe. We are happy you came to visit us. Zimbabwe and Kenya have enjoyed very friendly relations for a long time. Both countries share a lot of similarities as they pursue development. It is in order for us to meet, interact and exchange ideas. Feel at home and enjoy yourselves as you eat our version of “sadza” which is ugali. view
• 26 Jul 2016 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, listening to the delays that we have from the Ministry, especially on such matters, we need to come up with a time limit on the answers, reasonably even within four days. If a Ministry is well organized, it can have specific officials who are thoroughly following up and ready to act on the questions coming from Parliament. The data is already there; it is a question of just systematically putting them through. From the response, I fear that there is no definiteness about the two weeks. It looks like even after two weeks we might still not ... view
• 26 Jul 2016 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. As Sen. Wetangula was contributing, just before the rise of the House, he made a statement that at certain periods, The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate view
• 26 Jul 2016 in Senate: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. Let me start by commending Kenyans who reacted very quickly. Therefore, is Sen. Wetangula in order to dilute the whole statement that Kenyans have made clearly? People are listening to him. He is our leader. What he says is critical, but could he correct that assertion about Kofi Olomide because battering is battering. There is nothing like extending a leg or anything to anybody. There is nothing that will be extended with force and we call it extension. If you hit somebody, you have hit him or her. People are hit in ... view
• 26 Jul 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, when Kenyans spoke as we promulgated the Constitution in 2010, it was very clear that not more than two-thirds of the same gender should hold a particular position. Sometimes we refer to it as the two- thirds rule and sometimes as one-third gender rule because gender is a social construct. It is not men or women, it is not sex. Gender is a social construct, but because that social construct in a patriarchal society like Kenya has tended towards discrimination for women, when we talk about the one third, we are talking about the affirmation for this ... view