Dr. Agnes Zani

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Jul 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee on the said report and request Sen.(Dr.) Milgo to second. view
• 29 Jul 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I wish to support this Bill. This is one of the most important Bills we have ever had in the Senate because it addresses the issue of bills, procurement, services, the payment for those services and the delay therein. You are aware that many families and households have suffered over time. They have even taken out loans and investments, they procured and gave services to our counties, and then the payment does not come on time. It is known to many of us that people have lost their houses and farms because they made these ... view
• 29 Jul 2021 in Senate: 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
• 29 Jul 2021 in Senate: a school, they gave foodstuff to the county, they gave different things to a government and private entity and they were not paid. This Bill creates the idea of interest, so that there is a penalty for the institutions or the individuals who do not pay the money on time so that there is an element of a pinch. It is not just the supplier who will suffer as a result of the delay. It means that the county will have to pay people the accrued interest and they will have to pay more bills. It seems like a punitive ... view
• 29 Jul 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, could you protect me from Sen. Olekina and Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., so that I can even hear my own thoughts and I make this presentation? I am trying to listen to myself and I cannot hear myself. view
• 29 Jul 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. We cannot look at it as something that is punitive specifically only from the individuals. We have to look at it as something that will be punitive and help the individuals, but at the same time help the counties. Madam Deputy Speaker, this is a Bill that has been discussed extensively by Sen. Farhiya and Sen. Sakaja. I congratulate them for this. Madam Deputy Speaker, as you know the counties are our issues. We are here to protect the interests of the counties. This is one of those major interests. These major interventions through this ... view
• 29 Jul 2021 in Senate: 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
• 29 Jul 2021 in Senate: “A procurement entity shall pay a supplier by the prescribed payment date”. Most of the times after offering services, there is no clear indication of when payment will be done. A person is told to come tomorrow or next week. So, this Bill initiates and put into motion some level of definiteness where we have the prescribed dates and the payment dates. So, this ensures that anybody who is to pay a bill has to do it on time. Clause 4(2) is critical. A person who fails to pay this particular supply will accrue a specific interest. That interest will ... view
• 29 Jul 2021 in Senate: 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
• 29 Jul 2021 in Senate: (CEC) Member, if it is at the county level and at the individual level, call the relevant people. This interaction of giving them responsibility to make regulations will help this Bill to have regulations that will help it to be easily enacted. Those mechanisms are critical. Therefore, they will put this into the fore. During the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) process, this is one of the Bills that stood out as Bills moving forward on how to enhance county neatness and national engagement in terms of prompt payment. If we do not have prompt payment, then we do not have ... view