Dr. Agnes Zani

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Feb 2022 in Senate: various times. Nonetheless, this does not affect the content of the Bill which is on formation of the institution. It then goes on to give the pros, cons and various responsibilities which should all be put together. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for Part VIII, the quality assurance and standards are clear. Most of the time, this is where things go wrong on legislation of law and Acts. Without follow up and creating institutions that will make sure there is quality assurance, you may find that everything you have put in the legislation ends up not being implemented. The idea of ... view
• 11 Jan 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I just want to raise a point of order with regard to how the Chairperson of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights is speaking. Earlier, I hoped to speak. I wanted to point out that we have eight Bills, many of which had been on the Order Paper. We have a situation where we need to seek concurrence with the other House and we also have the time factor. Most of these Bills have been dispensed with very meticulously in this House, with a lot of discussion, input and research. It is ... view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity so that I too add my thanks of the Senate to be recorded for the exposition of public policy contained in the Address of His Excellency the President delivered on Tuesday, 30th November, 2021 and further that the Senate notes the following Reports. Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me start by thanking H.E. the President for executing his constitutional mandate in giving this critical Report. We all listened to that address that covered various areas of importance, right from the economic, social, cultural and historical. It was giving progression of issues that have ... view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: action. He also stated that it has taught him to have empathy, that both sides of the Parliamentary divide and political opinions need to be brought on to the fore. We are multi-cultural, very diverse society. Many countries have used multi- linguicism and multi-culturalism as impetus for their own development. Through these lessons we are able to build ourselves and to contribute to various ideologies. It has also enable us to be able to place ourselves in a situation where we are able to push ourselves to the next level. Without this, it makes it very complicated and difficult for ... view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Another company also Hela Clothing EPZ, a global apparel marketing company had a strategy of producing clothes. We all got used to the masks pretty quickly, but the Personal Protecting Equipment (PPE) were even scary at the beginning. We remember the first instances when COVID-19 began and we would find people with PPEs. We quickly began to get used to them and their production, especially locally, became very important. Hela Clothing EPZ was able to bring this onto the fore. We have, for example, the collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO) and the requirements of face masks which were increased ... view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: indicating what was expected how the rates of infection were going, what to be avoided and the issue of face masks. Curfews initially were difficult. However, now looking back, probably that was one of the actions that saved this country. Through the curfews, people were able to be contained and to be in the right places at the right time. This was also added by H.E the President that despite the curfew now having been removed, we are not yet out of the woods. We need to continue practicing those practices that are needed such as using sanitizer, face masks ... view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: In fact, the bulk of the Jua Kali industry is actually the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME). What most of the SME need is an injection of money. That needs to be put into place. In this case, this money was injected about Kshs5 billion as seed capital to SME credit guarantee schemes. By doing this, we are able to intervene and provide affordable credit to micro and macro industries. This will enable them to progress and move issues to the next point. Mr. Speaker, Sir, another issue which was touched on is the issue of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). ... view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hope you will add me some time because my light is on. Kindly, could you invoke standing Order No.1, just to allow me cover a little bit of more area? view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, about 10 more minutes. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. So when it comes to tourism that is very critical. Again the other issue, which has been really an issue across the board is the issue of climate change. When the Vice President, Al Gore, started speaking about climate change, many people thought about it as being farfetched. We did not think that we would get to a time when we can actually see the ravages of climate change. Now we are. The weather pattern has been completely affected across the board. People do not know really when it will rain. The traditional weather patterns ... view