Dr. Agnes Zani

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: 80 per cent of our income through agriculture. We need to take care of the livestock sector. Mr. Speaker, Sir, over time, we have come up with a lot of legislation in this House to show that these products are well catered for; right from production to manufacturing to the market and finally the utilization. If that does not happen, it really creates a problem. Therefore, we have initiated in this House and debated The Tea Bill, The Coffee Bill, The Coconut Plant Bill from the coast - very critical. This is because the coconut plant is used for so ... view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: that they are the future of tomorrow, but these days we say that they are the future of now. We are educating them and there is no need to focus so much on formal education, but also move to Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET). Mr. Speaker, Sir, the TVET Bill is on the Order Paper today, pushing for the agenda of both technical and vocational training. Such training will instill into people skills that they can use. There are certain countries that have now expanded because, they have bloomed this sector. The bulk of our workforce that goes ... view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is a House of record. So that we do not have a problem with the Bill, we should move that the Bill be now Read a Second Time. That is what we do so that we are properly constituted in the context of this Bill. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I stand to support that the NHIF Amendment Bill be read a Second Time. This is a Bill that has been forthcoming with various stakeholders giving their input. It is basically an amendment Bill that takes a cognizance of various things, including Constitution Bill, 2020 in place and makes various amendments. Before I go to the details of the clauses, I will just highlight some of the areas where that amendment is being done, as the Mover and the Seconder of the Bill have already done. They have indicated specific clauses. The electronic version ... view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Health is critical and we know that inequality in health creates a problem. We know you have to pay for most of the health facilities. This introduces an insurance fund that is going to help people to pay. Indeed, this Bill also touches on private insurance and indicates, where possible, additional money will be paid. Therefore, this amendment Bill must be read together with the NHIF Act 9 of 1998 and, of course, that is 1998. So, we know that with the Constitution 2010, certain specific provisions have changed overtime. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in various components of the Bill, ... view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: One of the major amendments that are done across the board is that instead of the National Hospital Insurance Fund, we call it now the National Health Insurance Fund. Therefore, everywhere we had previously ‘hospital’ it is substituted for ‘health fund.’ We also have the issue of expanded for example definition at Clause 7 for a child, so that it is just not the traditional description of a child as somebody who is maybe over 18 or something like that. It means a child of a contributor including a posthumous child, a step child and adopted child. I find this ... view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: be a panel of this. They will be vetted and put into place. At (g), it will be to facilitate attainment of universal health care and administer health care benefit. When you look at Clause 11, it gives the power of the board distinctly, but adds also at Clause 12(a). This is referring to an amendment of Section 6 of the main Act. (A)(a) is to determine the contributions to be made by contributors to this particular fund. In the Mother Act, it does not talk specifically about the determination of the contributions to be made. For example, (A) (a) ... view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Another amendment is on penalties when it comes to payment of special contributions. That penalty was put in the original mother Act and was five times. However, in this particular Bill, the penalty is 50 per cent rather than the previous five times. This makes it easy to work out as the punitive action is half the percentage. Clause 21 is key as it deals with the issue of cards, evidence and identification as it dwells on other methods of identification apart from the card. What was usually used before was the card. Now, the system can recognize you and ... view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: there is anything that should happen, it is that this particular system has to be done so well, so that it captures everybody. We have seen a lot of effort in this, for example, the identification through print that quickly identifies within the system and the member gets services. Clause 26 of this amendment Bill is the issue of the private insurance sector. Many times, you have the amount you are entitled to, but when it comes to utilizing, some issues arise. Here, the Fund shall cover the outstanding bill, for example, when the insurer does not complete the bill ... view