Dr. Agnes Zani

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Jul 2021 in Senate: I would like to be informed. view
• 29 Jul 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I do not know why Sen. Sakaja thought I said, what he thinks he heard me say that BBI took it from them. I was clear because this came to the Senate long before. I said that it is one of the Bills that was co- opted into the BBI process like many others in bits and details to address an important issue. For example, in the National Assembly the whole idea of ensuring that the name of the CS will revert to Ministers means having a presence in the House. This idea had already been generated ... 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: As it moves to being enacted as law, we will help address an important and critical issue for the development of both the national and county governments and the country as a whole. I support. view
• 29 Jul 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the Natural Resources (Benefit Sharing) Bill (Senate Bills No.25 of 2020) be read a Second Time. Let me start by thanking Members of various committees of this Senate who have looked at this Bill over time. I appreciate the way we have navigated our space and try to make changes to ensure that this Bill achieves what it intends which is sharing of natural resources. view
• 29 Jul 2021 in Senate: We know there is no county that is not gifted with natural resources because we have natural resources in every county. By having those natural resources, communities always hope to attain something. view
• 29 Jul 2021 in Senate: Every time I visit various institutions, companies and organisations that are in the process of processing natural resources in the counties--- Sometimes we refer to it as “exploiting natural resources” not in the negative sense but as they exploit, they bring something positive. We are aware about the curse in Nigeria where there is a lot of wealth but also high level of poverty. That is the reality with us. view
• 29 Jul 2021 in Senate: When I travel around the country, I visit counties just to see what is happening. In many cases, there are issues of communities benefitting. I am not talking about royalties. That is why I did not use “royalties” in the Bill but “benefits sharing” so that it can be interpreted in the broader sense of the word in terms of negotiations. view
• 29 Jul 2021 in Senate: Various important entities at the local community, county and national level are outlined in this Bill. For example, it talks about the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) which will ensure that we have a system to coordinate collection of resources so that they are shared at various levels. view
• 29 Jul 2021 in Senate: This Bill also proposes to establish a Sovereign Fund where 20 per cent will come from the national Government. That is what many countries do because people benefit from natural resources for generations. There are generations that have gone but we are here to keep them for the generations to come. We will have allocations at various percentages to ensure that people benefit. view