Dr. Agnes Zani

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• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: now having weather patterns that did not exist sometime back. These workshops also discussed the issue of Information, Communication Technology (ICT). Madam Temporary Speaker, this is a comprehensive Conference that touched on various issues. I am happy that we were represented. I hope that some of the key deliberations from this report will be put forth and applied to make parliaments better, not just across Kenya, but Africa and the world. view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, allow me to start by congratulating Sen. Poghisio for attending the meeting. He was one of the Members of the delegation to the 3rd Statutory Meeting of the Committee on Economic Development, Regional Integration and Natural Resources of the FP-ICGLR. From the outset, not only were there theoretic aspects that were covered, but also very specific deliverables came from various activities. I noted that even before the main conference started, the delegation went to view a mineral processing plant. From that experience, they picked up some pertinent issues. Most issues that face members of the Great Lakes ... view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: problematic issues to these countries. We have very low economies, poor technology and issues of legislation that have not been addressed appropriately. Elements from Gakara Rare Earth Project are used for making various devices such as mobile phones, renewable green technologies and electronics among others. Burundi would be a rich country if it sold rare earth elements at a good price after adding value on them. They would have changed the fortunes of that country and the path of development. Another critical issue has to do with the mechanisms in terms of exports for the various products. It is cited ... view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: It will be interesting to hear more from Sen. Phogisio; what he felt about this. Out of the 156 countries, none of these countries were present - Angola, Burundi, DR Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. None of them is within any of the 100. I see Kenya at 119 and Angola at 144. This report is very honest. It talks about the various issues. Madam Temporary Speaker, we need to get to a point where we need to find where is the turnabout. We know these countries in Africa are immensely blessed with natural resources. If ... view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: We know about Nigeria, for example, that has suffered the issue of the oil curse. This is a country where you find Doctor of Philosophy (PHD) and post-doctoral holders walking without employment and yet there are resources which could completely transform that country. What do we mean when we talk about these development goals, education and poverty? It is about money or income. This transformation from income can come from the resources found in those countries. view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: These are the same countries that have very high levels of people who are very hungry, gender inequality, matters equity, quality of education, decent work, economic growth, industry, innovation and infrastructure. Again, we hear our young people in this country lamenting because of the desperation that they find themselves in. They talk 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
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: about lack of employment opportunities. They are thinking about their future. Where do they go from here or how do they move to the second lane? Madam Temporary Speaker, there seems to be disconnect in the way we look at our development agenda. We can go in the history of this country and analyse our economic development record. For example, we had the dream team. How did they do it that time? Are we able to go back there? We have economies, entrepreneurs, analysts, actuarialists, among other professionals who can transform this country. Where is the problem and how can ... view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: implemented. However, we have not made progress in many of these laws. We still have to fight faster, harder and more prudently to ensure that communities, for example, are able to exploit their resources and benefit from them. Another recommendation is to put in place a regional certification mechanism for the exploitation, monitoring and verification of natural resources within the Great Lakes Region. This cannot be overemphasized. If we approach it from a regional certification mechanism rather than at a country level, this might be able to help. When we were working on the Natural Resources (Benefit Sharing) Bill (Senate ... view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: How many more minutes? view
• 21 Nov 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. The issue of natural resources is so passionate. What this conference and this report brings to the fore is the sort of disconnect that is there. We have all these SDGs and very innovative ways of how to finally come with them to put a point. Lastly, they make a protocol against the illegal exploitation of natural resources. The Member States agreed to put in place regional rules and mechanism for combating the illegal exploitation of natural resources. The agenda put into place just pulling together, I do not know when this meeting is going ... view