Dr. Agnes Zani

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1421 to 1430 of 1784.

• 8 Jun 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am not in possession of the statements. I would like to make another proposal. It has been the tradition of this House to read out statements only when Members are present. In view of the fact that so many statements are pending, might we not want to reconsider and move to the point where we consider statements to be the property of the House? If a Member wants to interrogate anything, he can bring other statements later. There are so many statements pending because the Chairperson might be present but Members are not or Members ... view
• 8 Jun 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I had actually pressed my button hoping to contribute to the Bill. Maybe that was premature. I wanted to be one of the first contributors. I am Sorry about that. view
• 8 Jun 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the Bill has not been moved. view
• 8 Jun 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I rise to support this Bill. It is important. It gives prominence to Article 71 of the Constitution. It enumerates transactions requiring Parliament’s ratification across the board. The Schedule is also clear. It lists various resources that are covered. It is a broad range of resources; crude oil, natural gas, minerals, water resources, underground water, wildlife, forests and genetic material. I will comment about genetic material later on. However, definitely when a mineral agreement is at a threshold of US$500 million, then definitely Parliament has to be concerned with it. The Bill is clear; Parliament means both ... view
• 8 Jun 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, sadly, as has been said, this is a Bill that originated from the Senate and it is now coming from the National Assembly in more or less the same form. However, these issues need to be sorted out. It is an important Bill because it removes our ego and helps us to remember where we fit in. The Bible says that when you go somewhere, you should sit behind so that you can be told to go sit in front. Other times you could be sitting in front and you are told to go and sit at ... view
• 5 May 2016 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will try to be fast. The idea of a conference was mooted in Mombasa in the first year of devolution. The Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs) were there and said that it will be a good idea for them to meet with the Senate. It could have happened earlier but it is good that it is happening now. It gives us a chance to stock-take and a possibility of having direct links with the counties to discuss the various matters that we have talked about. We need to zero down to the County Governments ... view
• 4 May 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I will be very brief because we want to go to the debate for the County Allocation of Revenue Bill (Senate Bill No. 3 of 2016). If there is a time we needed to stamp our authority as a Senate, this is the time especially being the second Senate. We need to have clarified roles and to have the bravery that goes with it. If you look at all the other institutions, including the Council of Governors (CoG) and the National Assembly, they have been able to remain united, push for their agenda and suppress us in ... view
• 4 May 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, this is the first time the Constitution is being implemented and there is going to be an issue about interpretation and translating it into action. That is understandable. The level of disarray that has been in operation across the various institutions has been disappointing. That is going to have an impact on devolution. Many people are now looking at the various roles. We are looking specifically at the Senate and they think we are the guardian angels of devolution, we should have protected devolution, we should continue to protect devolution and address all the issues. I know ... view
• 4 May 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I support this Motion and say that what has been outlined in this Motion is critical; budget making processes, revenue allocation and legislative process especially the interference from the Judiciary. I know from the CoG perspective, that they may praise it and say even the Judiciary has helped to entrench devolution. However, I know from the Senate perspective that many of the problems that we have had are as a result of the decisions of the Judiciary on issues brought by the CoG. For example, we know we have impeached governors. That was going to be one ... view
• 4 May 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, unless all these players come together and find a way of saving devolution and re-focus on what devolution was all about, then we are going to get it wrong. We stand at a pinnacle and a point in history where we must make a difference and be counted. The moment is now. If it is not now, then it is right now. view