Dr. Agnes Zani

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 751 to 760 of 1784.

• 1 Oct 2019 in Senate: I will be more than happy. In fact, I had already accepted the invitation before it was made since it is important to see exactly what is happening because it brings it altogether. view
• 1 Oct 2019 in Senate: Another important point that has been made is the need to create a special vote in the budget to ensure that money is given to the various homes in the counties because the issue of financing keeps coming up. It came up in Kitui when we visited some of the homes. There is some contradiction on who should be in charge of the vote. Should it be at the national or county level? That is a substantive issue that the Senate Committee on Education has taken up. Sometimes it is just legislation or policy lapse in terms of implementation, but ... view
• 1 Oct 2019 in Senate: Another important point is the issue of vetting of owners of those homes even before the licensing is done, so that we do not have people that can harm the children. There is also the need to provide for cancellation of licenses where there is need to. Inspection and the welfare of the children in the homes in terms of their education and socio-cultural outcomes should also be taken care of. There is the issue of delivery of childcare, who should be in charge and how a child should be admitted into a home. All these very detailed processes have ... view
• 1 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, moving forward, a progression about what happens when they leave these homes; how well they can still be mentored, reintroduced and reintegrated to the society--- We do not want cases of recidivism, for example. Even though the term is used in criminology, we do not want a situation where children who have left the homes do not give back to the homes they came from and cannot, for example, mentor other children. There is the issue of employment too and being able to move forward to accomplish all these very important provisions. Finally, all these children ... view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, is Sen. Omogeni in order by insisting on calling you “madam?” This is especially having come from Kitui and knowing that there is a rock there where if one goes round seven times, they can change their gender. Is there something he knows that we might not know? view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for that lovely title you have given me. I beg to move that the Establishment of Children’s Home Bill 2019 be now read a Second Time. As we know, children are very precious in any society, and sometimes, it is not easy for everybody to take care of them. It is a fact that we have neglected them at various levels, especially at the national level. Attempts have been made to take care of our children. For example, we have children’s homes. Some of them are privately run while others are owned by the ... view
• 25 Sep 2019 in Senate: Clause 28 is about records and what those records should entail, so that these children can always be followed and monitored at whatever point they may be. Clause 29 highlights specifics services that will be given. It states as follows:- “The manager of a home registered under this Act shall ensure that the following services are provided in the home – (a) twenty-four hour care and support services to children in the home; (b) care and supervision services to children in the home who may have special needs and those in need of special care and attention; (c) counselling and ... view
• 24 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand to support this Bill. I would like to start by talking about the values and virtues of a society and how people develop to be what they are, which sometimes becomes a challenge. This is especially in a modern society with ever changing values. Sometimes people ape the cultures of another country without taking into a consideration their own culture. Every time I look back at the traditional African society and the values therein that people were trained to have; values of bravery, respecting the elderly and caring for each other. It ... view
• 24 Sep 2019 in Senate: In Kilifi County and among the Mijikenda we have Mekatitlili wa Menza. She was a woman warrior who fought for her community. When we consider or think of something like a hall of fame, we would like to see these people being recognized for what they did for their societies. There are people who gave even their own lives for society. They went that extra mile to change the society and make it different from what they found it to be. Sometimes these values are not very easy to say. This Bill forms a select committee that is responsible to ... view