Dr. Agnes Zani

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, in African traditional society, the roles of both men and women were defined. For example, men knew what their roles were. There was a way society allowed them to move on with their ego. They would go to hunt and bring food while women had their specific roles. All these have changed drastically. With that change, it has created new dynamic ways of handling issues. Aunties, grandfathers and mothers who were advising our children are no longer there. Again, do people have the space to talk and be open about their issues without being judged? Do these ... view
• 30 May 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. First, I want to thank the Committee for the report that has been given as a result of that Petition. We have seen Sen. Mwaruma struggling with this issue for a long time. Sometimes he circulate pictures of the elephants walking right near the villagers. The issue of human-wildlife conflict is a problematic and delves into the poverty of the people. It becomes a problem when people plant their crops and then wild animals destroy everything. view
• 30 May 2019 in Senate: The recommendations shows that there has been very little action taken. I remember when I sat in the Committee on National Cohesion, Equal Opportunity and Regional Integration in the Eleventh Parliament, we went round the country talking to communities on the need to live in harmony. However, this problem kept on recurring over and over. It is really sad when somebody has planted his crops for a year knowing that they will have something to eat and then overnight, animals come and destroy them. Some communities feel that wild animals are given more protection than human beings. The issue of ... view
• 30 May 2019 in Senate: across the world. This is usually the basis of conflict because one community will get to a point where they cannot take it anymore. view
• 30 May 2019 in Senate: Sen. Mwaruma together with other Members in specific committees should take up some of the issues and try to find ways of resolving them. They can do so by approaching the relevant Ministries to implement specific recommendations in this report. It is a cry that has been made in this House over and over again that we need to implement some recommendations by Senate Committees. We have listened to observations and recommendations by the Committee. We need now to take the next bold step and implement them once and for all. view
• 30 May 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, from the outset, I support this Motion. I will start by saying that all people across the countries of the world have all sinned and fallen short of the grace of God. However, there are countries that are doing well. Singapore was in the same position we were in 1963. They did not point fingers at who had sinned or who had done what. That should not be a discussion to be trivialised because we are suffering as result of this. Among the people who are suffering are the street children because sometimes funds are allocated for ... view
• 30 May 2019 in Senate: Article 43(1) of the Constitution is about economic and social rights. It provides that everyone has a right to education, adequate housing and social security among others. We speak about these things over and over because of the level of frustration when it comes to implementation. We should see some progress. There are countries that have made progress by eradicating street families because the numbers keep reducing. We can make steps by rehabilitating street families. Madam Temporary Speaker, three days ago, they featured a story a young man who started as a street child and now he is a pilot. ... view
• 30 May 2019 in Senate: The stakeholders should be brought together, so that we begin to understand where the problems are. We should start from the success stories that are already there from different countries and try to bring it all together, so that we can identify the problem and how it can be solved once and for all. We can then cascade this back to the counties and have it addressed. A fund for the rehabilitation of street families was established. It is a question of again doing a fact finding and put this in the Bill as one of the funds under a ... view
• 30 May 2019 in Senate: Senator Kwamboka, we need to engage immediately this organization or group of people who are responsible for this fund. We need to have some sort of baseline. This is because there might be some serious problems there. We need to engage with this organization a little bit more and assess where the constraints are and how they can be activated. view
• 30 May 2019 in Senate: I have talked about the lack of a national policy. That is a strong point to begin to work on legislation. If there is no policy, look at what can work in terms of a policy. Get a good policy from the right drafters and come up with adequate legislation that will take us to the next level. view