Dr. Agnes Zani

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1431 to 1440 of 1784.

• 4 May 2016 in Senate: We need to look at the various issues like slow disbursements of money into the counties, transparency in allocation of money and accountability. We cannot say that the Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) cannot be used to address issues of money that is lost within counties and spent on buying wheelbarrows at huge costs. It is disappointing that we have not been able to get to the bottom of the various issues affecting devolution. I think this committee is up to the task and they will get there. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information ... view
• 4 May 2016 in Senate: On a point of Order Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I am not sure exactly which article to refer to in the Constitution. However, I know that there is a constitutional cover; that unless the new law comes into effect, the old one holds. Therefore, we are basing our argument on that. We are going to discuss using the old law, but when we have the new law, we can go back and amend. There is no lacuna, as it were, within the law. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this ... view
• 4 May 2016 in Senate: On a point of order Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, is Sen. Murkomen in order to continuously repeat using a word in a different language from what he started from? view
• 4 May 2016 in Senate: Which one do you mean? There are two upstanding professors. view
• 4 May 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute. view
• 4 May 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is whoever catches your eye first that you give opportunity to. Let Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo wait until he catches your eye. view
• 4 May 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you for this opportunity to contribute to this Bill that seeks to allocate the revenue share of Kshs280.3 billion across the various counties. I thank all the players who worked so hard to contribute to this Bill including the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget, the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA), the National Treasury and all the other stakeholders for the negotiations and level of high participation in addressing the various issues so as to end up with an allocation that is acceptable in the various counties. The amount of money being given to ... view
• 3 May 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. From the outset, the Constitution has been very inclusive. If there is any progressive Constitution the world over, it is the Kenyan Constitution for the fact that it envisages everybody to play a meaningful role in development. One of the sectors that have been included is that of people with disabilities. Most studies have established that up to 10 per cent of people living in Kenya are people with disabilities. Most of the time, we look at the physical disabilities that are obvious and ... view
• 3 May 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the issue of discrimination has already been addressed in the Constitution. Therefore, it is a question of how few apply the Constitution and apply the Articles to bring into effect the issue of avoidance of discrimination. Article 7(1) is very clear that the national language is Kiswahili. Article 7(2) says that the official languages are English and Kiswahili. Article 7(3)(b) states that:- “(3) The State shall— ( b ) promote the development and use of indigenous languages,Kenyan Sign language, Braille and other communication formats and technologies accessible to persons with disabilities.” view
• 3 May 2016 in Senate: I, therefore, agree with Sen. Adan that we need to have a strong board which will advocate, lobby, look for funds and mobilize the people with disabilities to make it happen. It is starting to happen but in a very ad hoc manner. Sometimes, when we go to conferences, midway, someone will come to interpret in Sign language. Sometimes we see interpreters on the side during news time. There is no consistency. Therefore, somebody who is keen on following a programme is unable to do so comprehensively because they cannot hear what is being said. It is disappointing and frustrating ... view