Daniel Kitonga Maanzo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to be very brief. I want to give it a lawyer’s touch. This is long overdue. When dealing with capital offences, cattle rustling has not been one. At the same time, I encourage my brother, the owner of the Bill, Hon. Sakaja, that we still need to do more at the Third Reading Stage so that these offences come out clearly. We have left out the issue of retribution. If somebody had cattle stolen and now it has been recovered---You can hear the hon. Member lost 1,000 goats. When the cattle or ... view
• 22 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to be very brief. I want to give it a lawyer’s touch. This is long overdue. When dealing with capital offences, cattle rustling has not been one. At the same time, I encourage my brother, the owner of the Bill, Hon. Sakaja, that we still need to do more at the Third Reading Stage so that these offences come out clearly. We have left out the issue of retribution. If somebody had cattle stolen and now it has been recovered---You can hear the hon. Member lost 1,000 goats. When the cattle or ... view
• 17 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish to contribute on this very important law on contempt of court. Historically, contempt of court did not have a law and as such, it was directed by the court. As you have seen, there is criminal contempt and there is civil contempt where somebody outrightly disobeys the court and then the court punishes them promptly. On the face of it, it is just immediately. This offence where there are criminal proceedings and there has been disobedience, ordinarily, it used to be that if one was remorseful and they asked the court to ... view
• 17 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: how many years. Even for small things as a phone ringing in court, it could amount to contempt. Somebody who was just coming to watch proceedings and just forgot and did not apologise, ended up in cells the same day. Also, disobedience of court orders, if a Government officer was ordered to make a payment by a certain day and they did not make that payment and they had no proper explanation, the court could also commit them into contempt. So, it is good now that we have formalised it and put it in a law so that judges and ... view
• 16 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Hon. Muthoni’s Petition is very important. There are many officers who perish in the line of duty, especially the police. I have several cases from Makueni Constituency whereby we are following up on the compensation claims by several widows. The Committee now needs to come up with a standard way so that there are timelines. If a police officer or any other officer dies on duty, within a month or two, their families should have been paid instead of them moving around looking for help. You can imagine a situation whereby a widow who ... view
• 16 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: We need to have a system and money set aside. That has happened already because this Parliament has approved a lot of money to that department. This will reduce the suffering of these families. view
• 16 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On my own behalf and on behalf of my family and the people of Makueni, I would like to pass my condolences to the family of Hon. Otuoma. I knew Hon. Otuoma the time I was campaigning to be elected to this House the first time. He has also been very useful to the people of Makueni when it comes to land issues, especially those ones propagated by the Departmental Committee on Lands. view
• 16 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: He was a Member of the Departmental Committee on Lands and led a team to Makueni Constituency at a place called “Manooni”, where there has been a long standing land issue that has now been sorted out and a Report presented to this House. On behalf of the people of Makueni, I wish to say pole. view
• 16 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. From the outset, I want to thank Hon. Mwaura. In fact, I was thinking along the same lines with him when this Motion was first presented in the House. This is the right thing to do. Incubation centres exist in this country. Kenyatta University is hosting an incubation centre where youth are trying innovations. This incubation centre was first an initiative of Chris Kirubi, a serious businessman in this country who has been working with over 10,000 youth. In fact, his businesses thrive mainly because of very innovative young people that he hires. Kenyatta ... view
• 16 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: I want to support Hon. Mwaura’s idea of establishing a fund. It is long overdue and the young people should be able to access it. I have worked with the Ministry in charge of the youth before and I know the challenges of the Youth Fund and other funds the Government has availed for the youth. To access such funds is a big problem. We need to have a serious and easier system of an innovation fund and a national incubation system. It is only being done by Kenyatta University and we need other universities to do it. I want ... view