Dr. Agnes Zani

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Apr 2022 in Senate: This Bill has the First Schedule, the Second Schedule and the Third Schedules which are herein attached. The fact that there will be key regulations to help the implementation of the procurement process, clearly puts us in a situation where we are addressing an issue that we have dealt with for a long time in Kenya. We are now addressing it to a satisfaction to make it a smooth process which will create efficiency that is so desired by these amendments. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to second. view
• 2 Mar 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. The issue of Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE) management and teachers across the country has been an issue of great concern in this House. We recently had a statement that was brought by Sen. Wambua, dealing with the same issue. It cuts across all counties. I thank the petitioners who have brought this petition to the Senate because this is a matter that needs to be interrogated, including the remuneration that is given where there is such variation. For example, for those who have certificate, diploma and degree qualifications. The variation across the counties in ... view
• 2 Mar 2022 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
• 2 Mar 2022 in Senate: right time. Despite the various questions that have been asked, including the Statement that was raised by Sen. Wambua recently and the interrogation with the various stakeholders-we still have an issue that- it keeps coming up. Madam Deputy Speaker. I suggest that, by the time the report from the Committee on Education comes to the House, it should be interrogated at a Committee of the Whole so that it gives a chance for all of us to see what the issues are and to interact with the stakeholders. A rigorous process for quality assurance would enable us to establish these ... view
• 15 Feb 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I support this Bill and congratulate Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve and Sen. (Prof.) Kamar who are both past and present Members of the Standing Committee on Education. We have interrogated an interacted with this Bill a different time. We have also had experiences within Committee on Education. As I have heard other Senators mention, we visited schools and seen children with special needs not well integrated in all levels. For example, in a school we went to, we found a small girl who could not hear nor speak and had been put in a pen. ... view
• 15 Feb 2022 in Senate: centres, registration of private special needs education centers, admission of learners with special needs and a process for that, special school boards, establishment of parents’ associations, responsibility of governance and facilities in institution providing for special needs et cetera . Part V of the Bill talks about the identification and assessment of children with special needs, registration of learners with special needs, identification of the same and establishment of special needs education advisory boards. Quite a number of institutions have been created in this Bill. It will be very important to have a hierarchy of these institutions and the same ... view
• 15 Feb 2022 in Senate: education. This is in line with national policy. That is well contextualized and needs to be put into the fore. This Bill also addresses the issue of necessary facilities being put in place. We have dwelt on this for the longest time, especially when we were dealing as a committee with ECD Bill, facilities in the schools and ensuring that facilities are there. At the end of the day, it will always become an issue of resources and resource allocation. Question arises on where the resources come from, especially for devolved unit. Should the resources come from national or county ... view
• 15 Feb 2022 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, kindly, could hon. Members consult in lower voices so I can prosecute my thoughts? view
• 15 Feb 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Looking at Clause 12 on the special schools board, you expect to see who are in the board and their roles. You end up seeing this, but the introduction of the clause is misleading. It states: “The following categories of learners shall be represented on the Board of management of an institute for learners with special education needs” When you look further, there is no category of learners mentioned in that clause. So, it talks about learners who should be represented in the board, but then it moves on to give the categories. In ... view
• 15 Feb 2022 in Senate: “(i) one person elected from amongst parents of the learners at the education institution; (ii) one representative of the teaching staff at the education institution;” It goes on up to (vii). Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Clause 12(2) is indicative of what has not happened in Clause 12(1). It states: “The Board of management constituted under subsection (1) above shall have an odd number of members.” Clause 12(1) has a total of seven members which makes it an odd number. The complication can come where it now says for the seventh member: “(vii) in the case of a sponsored education centre, ... view