Dr. Agnes Zani

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 May 2019 in Senate: The number of street families is very difficult to tell. At least, some sorts of possibilities are able to be put into place. A good census, for example, will be able to get us to the right place. So, the idea of conducting a census is very good. It will enable us to have a clear policy, table or have an audit of how the funds have been allocated and used. This is what the prayer for this particular Motion is, and I think it is very possible. view
• 30 May 2019 in Senate: The Ministry of Devolution and ASALs, especially through this particular fund, was meant to support children and youth through charitable and community based organizations, which are vetted and approved for funding under the rescue rehabilitation and reintegration of families programmes. This has already been put in place. Sometimes it is complex when dealing with social behavior and phenomenon. You have to trace the deliverables. You have to know where people want to get to and where they are. Some people would prefer to remain in the streets during the day to work, but it would be good to encourage them ... view
• 30 May 2019 in Senate: Sen. Murkomen alluded to the dangers that these families face. He alluded to the cases of the young people. No Kenyan should sleep pretty knowing that somebody else is sleeping in the cold and cannot take care of themselves. If there has been trust fund money and it has not helped these families, we need to address that very seriously. People have to go back to the drawing board and analyze what is going on. There are many skills among these children, hope and a number of things that they can do. This Motion has been well supported and I ... view
• 30 May 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Thank you, Sen. Shiyonga for bringing this important Motion. This is the first time that the last Senate and the current one combined – if I may put it that way – is talking about this important matter of sickle cell anemia. Most times when people talk about health outcomes and identifying disease, there is a generalization that is done, without putting aside certain specific diseases that show themselves in specific ways and take people through a lot of trauma. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version ... view
• 30 May 2019 in Senate: The research for sickle cell clearly indicates that sometimes it is difficult to detect. In fact, it is usually not detected probably, until three years, and it is a hereditary diseases. Upon detection, sometimes a lot of blame game is done because it is hereditary and people begin to look for where the problem might have been. The other problem is that at the end of the day, it is not yet treatable. Proposals are being made now for stem cell transfers that are being put in place for the future. Madam Temporary Speaker, research is going on to see ... view
• 30 May 2019 in Senate: the shape of a sickle. The sickle refers to the equipment that is used to cut grass. When it happens, it configures the whole system within the body, which then brings about sickle cell disease. Most of these patients are also afflicted with high levels of pneumonia, which make it difficult for them to move from time to time and place to place. I have friends, relatives and acquaintances who have children with sickle cell disease. All the time, they speak about trying as much as possible to get them to live to the highest number of years that they ... view
• 30 May 2019 in Senate: something that is linked to the theme of the Motion that we had earlier on street children. She asked what we are doing about children, especially the ones who have disabilities or specific diseases and how they are taken care of. Again, you find a serious concession and focus that needs to go into that direction to identify who they are and how they can be helped. We need to have a level of affirmative action or money that can be extended specifically to these people so that their specific health concerns are taken care of over time. In the ... view
• 30 May 2019 in Senate: are able to control the pain. You can imagine what that means. Already, from some predisposition, for example, if a person has not had a lot of liquid as required or low level of oxygen for whatever reason, may be, as a result of anemia or for participating on a sport or a cold, it precipitates. The pain starts slowly but it builds up. However, we need to have centres like the TCC, where immediately the pain begins, it is managed through variations of medication and right dosage is given to immediately stop the pain. There are people who have ... view
• 30 May 2019 in Senate: energy in terms of addressing specific issues. If that happens, we will achieve something. I congratulate Sen. Shiyonga because this is a good Motion. As I second, I know that in the future, we will make sure that we achieve the concern of sickle cell patients in this country. view
• 29 May 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I join you in welcoming Kangaru Girls High School to the Senate of Kenya. As they might know, we are in a bicameral system now where we have the National Assembly and the Senate. The Senate debates various issues touching on the counties. We are the guardian angels of the counties. We take care of the interests of the counties regarding various issues. view