Dr. Agnes Zani

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Feb 2021 in Senate: We are probably reaching a point where we are seeing that maybe amalgamating all these issues into one legislation might not be very helpful. When I heard him present, I thought that was a good presentation. Before that I was asking myself: What are the contradictions? Why this crop and not others? I think he explained himself very well. view
• 10 Feb 2021 in Senate: Back to Clause 18, it gives the CS authority to look at what the county governments are doing and make regulations. I think this is the issue that was mentioned a bit earlier. That is well catered for already in Clause 18(2), which says- view
• 10 Feb 2021 in Senate: “Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) the Cabinet Secretary may make Regulations to provide for– (a) the regulation of the processing, importation and exportation of mung bean and mung bean products; (b) the forms to be used in the application for registration, licensing, contracts and related activities;” Sometimes when we are thinking about farming at the micro-level of just planting and then harvesting, we do not think of the complexities that need to be taken into consideration in terms of making, for example, a key driver of the economy and mass production and moving it to a higher ... view
• 10 Feb 2021 in Senate: Clause 17 is the penalty Clause where penalty is provided. It says- view
• 10 Feb 2021 in Senate: “(1) A person who commits an offence under this Act for which no penalty is provided is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding Kshs500,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to both.” view
• 10 Feb 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
• 10 Feb 2021 in Senate: As I was reading through, I wondered what types of offences might be coming up here. I saw the various bodies and the Authority, and I can imagine they might be related to professional impropriety, but again, there might be some other fines. I think this is where you might want to liaise very closely with the regulations. For example, earlier on, we had a Motion on demolition of houses. Maybe these are the sorts of penalties we want to think about. For example, if somebody has grown mung beans and they burn them without a legal process, a huge ... view
• 10 Feb 2021 in Senate: It would be useful for the Committee that will be working at this to think it through. When you think about agriculture and penalties, the mind does not quickly pick on what they could be. From an organization or institutional level, it comes across very easily, but from a generalized level in terms of what is expected to happen, that really infringes. view
• 10 Feb 2021 in Senate: The Bill is very systematic and well-thought-out in various parts, such as the responsibilities of the national Government and county governments. That contextualizes the Bill within the Kenya Constitution, 2010 and quickly allocates the roles for national and county governments. view
• 10 Feb 2021 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, on the Order Paper I have The Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.11 of 2020), which is doing the same thing. This is how we are regularizing most of our laws to ensure that the national component, the regulatory provisions and miscellaneous regulations have been put in place. Very clear definitions have been given about the Authorities, so that there is no confusion. This is the Agricultural and Food Authority (AFA) established under Section 3 of the AFA Act. view