Dr. Agnes Zani

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1631 to 1640 of 1784.

• 28 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, even as the Senate tries to assert itself - let me not even use the word “tries to.” As the Senate asserts itself, we must do this in a very orderly way and look at the roles that are played by the other organs; that is, the Legislative, the Executive and the Judiciary. Article 1(3) of the Constitution is very clear. It says sovereign power is delegated to the State organs, Parliament and the legislative assemblies; the national Executive and Executive structures in county governments because of devolution; and the Judiciary and independent tribunals. There was ... view
• 28 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Let me start by congratulating Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. for thinking about counties and remembering them, especially in this dispensation under devolution when county governments must be protected. I think this was something that was overlooked by many of the statutes that have been put into place. As much as Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. says that this is a small amendment, I think the impact is great because it addresses a big mischief that needs to be addressed well before time. The Government Proceedings Act, Cap. 40, of course, was enacted long before devolution ... view
• 23 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, aware that devolution is the transfer of functions, resources and power to the sub-national levels of government in order to promote participation, democracy and sustainable development for the benefit of all citizens of Kenya; noting that pre-primary education, village polytechnics, homecraft centres and childcare facilities are devolved functions; concerned that the Department of Education still upholds the historical classification of secondary schools into national, provincial and district; cognizant of the fact that such categorization has implications in terms of funding, administration and eventually academic performance; appreciating that ... view
• 23 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I stand to pay tribute to a great leader of this country and a great leader from the coast. He was a role model, especially to the people from the coast. He transcended right from the region to the country and into the international realm. There is no Kenyan who does not know Prof. Mazrui. Everybody associates the name of Prof. Mazrui with the great work that he did. He was such a hard working person, full of humility and with a lot of energy and focus. He was never ashamed to speak about an issue ... view
• 23 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. Is the Senator in order to allude that some of the professionals and academicians do not believe in what they teach? Is it possible for him to substantiate that claim? view
• 2 Oct 2014 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, what we are going through are the trials and tribulations of devolution. I think these have happened in other countries as well, including African countries like Nigeria that had quite a bit of turbulence. We must look at it as a process and say: “Yes, there will be turbulence, disagreements and people might look at things from a different perspective.” We need to move a notch higher and look at the experiences of these other countries and how they were able to surmount those challenges. I look at it also as a case of having, therefore, ... view
• 30 Sep 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. I stand to support this Bill which is long overdue. We can tell this from the incidents and events that we have seen in the various counties as a result of disorder and lack of law. I hope that with the enactment of this Bill there will be more order within the county assemblies. Indeed, the county assemblies have a very important role to play. Apart from the representative and oversight roles, there is also the legislative role. For that legislative role to be played adequately, ... view
• 30 Sep 2014 in Senate: On a point of information, view
• 30 Sep 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I think most of the aspects that we are going to legislate on are critical and complicated aspects. As a result of that complication, if, for example, we are talking about gestational surrogacy or harvesting, that is where the complications begin. That is the issue we need to discuss so that when we are hinging the law, we are hinging it within the context of what is already happening either biologically, socially or culturally because all these issues now come together to create the complication. Those complications are what we are trying to ensure or ... view
• 25 Sep 2014 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker for calling me Sen. Philomena, the other name that I do not use and letting everybody know that is my name as well. Thank you, Sen. Ongoro. This is such a sad Motion. I am happy that it has come to this House at this time because we need to protect our children. There have been many stories in the media and people talking. This is happening every single day. The same phenomenon happens over and over again. It was a shock for this country when a ten year old girl gave birth at the ... view