Dr. Agnes Zani

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Mar 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to contribute to this very useful Bill, especially at this time in Kenya when we are trying to streamline and make sure that people do not fundraise just for the sake of it. Even though the issue of harambees has been so common in Kenya and, indeed, very useful in many ways, we know that it has been abused. We know of cases where people started off with a pre-wedding, but they never got married. We also know of people who “killed” their parents because of harambee. We lost it somewhere ... view
• 3 Mar 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, aware that the prime purpose of devolution in Kenya is to decentralize and transfer functions, resources and power to the county level of government in order to promote participatory democracy and sustainable development for the benefit of all Kenyans; concerned that the 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
• 19 Feb 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. Could I ask Sen. Elachi to substantiate because looking at Article 188 of the Constitution, there is no provision given to the President’s role in coming up with this Commission? That role is clearly given to the National Assembly and the Senate. view
• 19 Feb 2015 in Senate: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. Is Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale in order to almost dishearten our farmers in this country who work very hard planting sugar cane? That is their source of living and they have no alternative unlike our lucky Senator who has an alternative. Could he substantiate and also honour our farmers who do so much to survive? view
• 19 Feb 2015 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, let me start by congratulating the ever zealous, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., for this very important Motion. It is very important in the sense that it will help us to create order in our counties. It is amazing that the role of this Senate becomes clear every single day. I respect the drafters of our Constitution and Kenyans who contributed to it. As counties evolve, we have issues of accountability within the counties. We also have the issue of conflict and conflict resolution. Indeed, we also need to ensure that issues of boundaries between counties are well ... view
• 11 Feb 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is sad for somebody to die. It is sad when that person dies suddenly and it is even worse when a person is killed right in front of their family members. The psychological effect on the wife and the daughter of the late Hon. Muchai is something that has to be dealt with because, indeed, they will suffer. We know that a father is the protector of a family. When a father is shot that way, we are left with no other hope that you have somebody to protect you. I take this opportunity ... view
• 11 Feb 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, however, everyone is so scared because we do not know where the next bullet is going to come from. We need the heroes. We need to 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
• 11 Feb 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a very important Bill and I stand to support it. It is a Bill that seeks to ensure that both the quality and the quantity of potatoes which is produced and distributed meet a particular standard. I have seen the passion of the Senator who moved this Bill. I have also seen that passion when he is talking to the media and also from farmers who are very excited that, finally, they might have a way forward as far as production and quality of potatoes is concerned. I just want to say that potato is ... view
• 4 Dec 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to give feedback regarding a Statement that has been listed on the Order Paper today that was sought by Sen. Wetangula who is not in the House. I want to just give the feedback that we have received from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. They require time because they need to engage with other stake holders to get the answers. Therefore, they have requested that they will give us the feedback by Tuesday, 9th December, 2014. With your permission, when they give us that feedback then, we will be able ... view
• 4 Dec 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to respond to a Statement that had been sought by Sen. Kittony, who had requested to know the rationale that was used in the distribution of specific constituencies within which the construction of technical training institutes had been done. We have been able to receive feedback from the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. They have given a rationale for the first 60 constituencies that they have picked; on the basis that they decided that, first of all, they will build in each of the constituencies, a technical training institute, which makes 47. Then, ... view