Dr. Agnes Zani

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1711 to 1720 of 1784.

• 16 Oct 2013 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, in the ad hoc Committee on natural resources, we have managed to visit about five counties and the communities feel that the natural resources should be used to their advantage. Counties feel that a particular proportion should be actually left within those specific counties. That will spur development and create healthy competition. People will begin to look at what resources they have and how best to utilise them. view
• 16 Oct 2013 in Senate: Regarding good working relationships between county executives and county assemblies, it is very critical and I think we have spoken about this even up to yesterday. That acrimony can lead to under-development in those particular counties. For the case of The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 16 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mombasa, Governor Joho has made a big effort in trying to bring all the players together. The county executive consists of young, vibrant and energetic people who want to spur the county. MCAs are also very enthusiastic. It is the intercession between the various arms from the county executives to the MCAs that I would like to commend Mombasa County in terms of the dynamics that it has put in place. I also want to urge other counties to bring everybody together. I have been saying this at various forums and I want again to ask from the Floor of ... view
• 16 Oct 2013 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, it is imperative that the MCAs should be capacitated so that they can draft proper legislation. It would be very futile to have county assemblies which cannot function because they lack capacity. This capacity can be achieved through training. We should strengthen and put in a little bit more effort to ensure that they are able to understand their key legislative functions. For the ward representatives who were previously councilors, there is an enormous direct feeling that they need to be looking at the interest of the people directly. Unfortunately, they have been hijacked into that role ... view
• 16 Oct 2013 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, regarding the issue of remuneration, we talked about it even yesterday and we said that it is important for the issue to be evaluated as quickly as possible. There has been an issue about representation especially for the nominated Members. There have been complaints from Kilifi, Vihiga and Tana River that the representation of the disabled was not proportional. It is very important that we put all the key sectors into consideration, including disability or ability and gender. view
• 16 Oct 2013 in Senate: There are other issues running across our counties including drug menace, youth education and unskilled labourers. How we handle these issues will determine whether devolution will be successful or not. If the players in development do not have the necessary capacity, then devolution will not move forward. If we do not have the right personnel, then nobody will play these specific roles and this will create a gap. Counties have so much resources and that is why the issue of devolution is creating so much excitement. I hope that the excitement can translate into counties understanding the need that if ... view
• 16 Oct 2013 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, for Kilifi County, there is the issue of delayed transfer of functions and this is an issue that is affecting all counties. There is also need for civic education and that is an issue that we have talked about over and over. For people to effectively participate, they must understand what the Constitution and devolution is all about. Therefore, measures need to be put in place as quickly as possible. The inter-connectivity between the Senate and the county assemblies is key, and this has been explicitly stated by Members of the Kilifi County Assembly. They need the ... view
• 16 Oct 2013 in Senate: has allocated as important. More importantly, they should come up with a way to gauge whether what they have advocated for and the milestones they have set for those counties have been achieved. That is one of the areas where we would want the County Development Board that we are proposing as Senate to play a role in trying to ensure that development has taken place. We should ensure that implementation has been done appropriately to spur development for those particular counties. Regarding the issue of legislative training and capacity building, there is a proposal to have an institute like ... view
• 15 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion that has been moved by Sen. Elachi. view
• 15 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, I would like to reassure county assemblies that we, as the Senate, are with them. There is a flurry of worry from some of the counties, asking: “What is the Senate doing about this? Have you not heard about our problems?” We were in Mombasa over the weekend for a workshop and the same sort of concern kept getting raised by some of the speakers from these counties. There was a feeling of abandonment, but we also reassured them. Sen. Sang has stated here that this Motion was discussed about three months ago. ... view