Dr. Agnes Zani

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1721 to 1730 of 1784.

• 15 Oct 2013 in Senate: the verge of discussing a substantive Motion by Sen. Harold Kipchumba who has since then ceased to be a Member of this Senate. So, by and large, we are really in support. This is because we are all tied up like an umbilical cord, from the county assembly, county governments and through to the Senate. Their problems are directly our problems. So, we are really interconnected. view
• 15 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, maybe what we have not done as the Senate is to quickly find a way of responding and showing that interconnectedness. Maybe what we need to do is to find structures, as the Senate, to be able to do that effectively. This is because it is true that MCAs have been stressed and discussed this. If governors can be stressed to the point of thinking about resigning, then what about the MCAs, who, probably, have few resources and are completely linked at the grassroots level? I remember some of the MCAs in seminars whose cars, for ... view
• 15 Oct 2013 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are deliberate attempts to kill devolution from various sources. How come other stakeholders have not queried about this? How come the problem has stayed on for so long without anybody really coming in with a firm action? Where is the Executive and the Commission for Implementation of the Constitution (CIC)? We have not heard someone coming up strongly to address this issue. Another institution that is, probably, on the verge of being disbanded or being transformed in such a way that we are not sure whether it will work for devolution is the Transition Authority ... view
• 15 Oct 2013 in Senate: such a complicated and complex process. Therefore, all the organs that have really been given a mandate need to be supported to ensure that, that mandate is actually upheld. So, I think somewhere along the line, this country has to begin to have a very serious discussion and discourse about whether we are pro-devolution. If we are, we need to support all the institutions that are key in ensuring that devolution works. We cannot afford to have a scenario where we seem to be talking from two different levels. We have one arm pulling on the right and another one ... view
• 15 Oct 2013 in Senate: The SRC has taken so long to solve this problem. It is really a question of engagement. They have the capabilities to already have engaged at the various levels to try to find a solution. But the silence has been too profound and it has not been good for the country. We, therefore, need to find ways of just engaging. Various proposals have been given and I think the proposal to directly engage with SRC either in the Committee of the Whole or even to come up with more drastic action, because I think we would really be judged very ... view
• 10 Oct 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. I congratulate Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo for bringing the Motion to the House because it touches on the economy of our country, the young people and historical injustices, if I may say, in the way we have handled our economy. The reason many people in the counties are keen on devolution is because they are living below the poverty line. One of the areas where you can push down peoples’ levels of poverty and improve their standards of living is to enable them ... view
• 9 Oct 2013 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Motion. First, I would like to congratulate Sen. Karaba for bringing this Motion. This is a real problem that Kenyans talk about on a daily basis, 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
• 9 Oct 2013 in Senate: either informally or sometimes even formally. The 1.00 o’clock news bulletin on KBC featured this topic of the Nairobi curse. Over and over again, it has become like a song. I remember telling one of my friends that if Governor Kidero is able to solve the problem of traffic jams, I think he will get in for a second term; just that one problem, if it was solved, would really give an advantage to Kenyans. He might go in for a second-term far much easier because it is such a problem and everybody feels so helpless about how to address ... view
• 9 Oct 2013 in Senate: cover. I remember recently when we were coming from one of the committee trips, we actually got caught up in a jam along Waiyaki Way, where we spent nearly one hour that we would have probably spent well in the county where we were. So, even in terms of planning, people think about when to go, how to go quickly so that they actually avoid the jam, and I think it is very, very serious for this particular country. Madam Temporary Speaker, it also has other implications on the broader social arena; parents are not able to get home on ... view
• 9 Oct 2013 in Senate: One of the underfunded areas is roads expansion. This is because it is not well planned for and very little money goes into it. So, this Motion is very important because it ensures that, at the end of the day, we come up with a policy framework that contributes to building and creating of emergency lanes. Fortunately, this has been raised. On some of our roads, there no spaces left. I do not know how we will go about it because there is no reserve. Along some roads like Thika Road with about eight lanes, probably, one lane can be ... view