Dr. Agnes Zani

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: chunk of that shareable revenue goes to recurrent budget rather than development budget. Therefore, it is very important to bring up an idea to have own source revenue. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir the own source revenue for Kitui County stands at Kshs324 million against a target of Kshs500 million. They are at 65 per cent of acquiring or getting to their specific target, but there is a problem. My point is that there is already a Bill in this House, it is an amendment to the Public Finance Management Act (PFM) that this House is already seized off that addresses ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will start with the first Statement. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order 48 (1), I rise to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare concerning the status of inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) into the labour market. view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: In the Statement the Committee should- (1) Avail a report indicating the number of persons with disabilities in the country, their level of education, training and their job placement status, and whether they are in the public sector. (2) Avail a report on the status of implementation of the constitutional provision that provides for progressive implementation of the principle that at least 5 per cent of members of the public in elective and appointive bodies are persons with disabilities. (3) Avail an annual status report for the last five years on the national database of registered PWDs who have access ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I intend to move very quickly, so that I can get seconded and open it up for debate. view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The County Tourism Bill (Senate Bills No.5 of 2019) be now read a Second Time. As we all know now, the buzz word is ‘tourism.’ All across the world everybody wants to travel whether for leisure or business. However, it has some very serious implications. For example, in Africa, tourism has contributed to USD194.2 billion, thus enhancing and changing society in terms of what the money can do. Therefore, it has increased employment, participation and inclusivity over time. view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: Kenya has registered 37.7 spikes in terms of international tourism arrivals in 2018, which was an increase from 1.47 million in 2017 to 2 million in 2018. Kenya is the third largest tourism economy in Sub-Saharan Africa immediately after South Africa and Nigeria. Kenya is doing very well. It has created about 1.1 billion jobs in 2018 and the visitors come from different countries. view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the nature of tourism has also not changed. Some people are interested in the astronomical aspect, others in the cultural aspect and in interacting with various cultures, so that they can bring out what these cultures are all about. This is very critical, and I think the nexus of this Bill. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the purpose of this Bill is to ensure that counties utilize every opportunity they have in terms of tourist possibilities within those sectors. That way, they will alleviate poverty, fight rural to urban migration, empower communities and come up with more ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: without delving into the specificities of counties and what the counties can offer. The possibilities that would come from the counties as sources of income would in a way provide another avenue for own-source revenue which can be exploited. This Bill specifically seeks to come up with a methodology that is non-existent at the moment in the Tourism Act, which focuses on national tourism to enable counties. We should come up with a way that we can have sites within counties that can be protected because they are cultural sites or have a particular item that is new or different. ... view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, just to indicate two aspects. One has to do with the County Executive Committee (CEC) Member for Tourism in each county, who has been given a lot of responsibilities. One of them is to identify, register and license these sites. The CEC is also required to come up with a strategic paper for the county about how local tourism will be developed within that particular county. view
• 18 Sep 2019 in Senate: Second and important is the licensing and procedure for licensing. As the Senate, we are in charge of counties and the interests of counties in developing them and ensuring that they have a clean bill of health in financial matters. Therefore, I propose that this Bill begins to look at county tourism at the local level, to encourage own-source revenue within counties. view