Daniel Kitonga Maanzo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1041 to 1050 of 1514.

• 15 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Once those employees lose their jobs under those circumstances, their names are published in the newspapers. They are no longer employees of that company and are branded names such that no other employer is likely to take them on board. That amounts to unfair labour practice. Those kinds of employees in Kenya do not earn much and yet, they have families and pay school fees. I would like to attend those Committee sittings so that I can contribute to the protection of those employees. There should be measures to ensure that bourgeois who want to mistreat ... view
• 15 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me an opportunity to comment on this very important Bill. County assemblies have been working without laws. They have been operating like a plane without instruments. This is to the extent that they borrow without a legal structure. This is against the practices in the National Assembly and the Senate. This law is very good. I support it so that the assemblies may have their own board just like the way we have the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC). It is just a replica but at a different level. Devolution is very important. It is ... view
• 15 Nov 2016 in National Assembly: Commission which is very important can come in handy so that we have uniformity in county assemblies and where there are errors they are corrected. What is the situation when employees are on contract or permanent and pensionable? What benefits do they have? Most importantly, on the retirement benefits of MCAs who happen to go home, what are their savings and how will they survive after they have served for two or three terms? Is it similar to the two-term situation in the National Assembly for one to enjoy retirement benefits or is it one-term? This is because there are ... view
• 27 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to comment on this important Petition. It heavily relies on Article 42 of the Constitution about a clean environment. This is not a problem affecting Kiambu alone. It affects many other counties and areas. In fact, it refers to a place where many rivers originate and go through my Makueni Constituency. You will find that in this particular season when there is not much water, the rivers The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard ... view
• 27 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: are very dirty because some of them come from Nairobi, others from Kiambu and end up in Makueni. They travel for over 100 kilometres after which the residents have to draw water. The cleanliness of the dumpsites in Kiambu and Nairobi is important because all the dirt ends up in the rivers and pollutes the environment even beyond those particular areas. I support this Petition. I urge Members to contribute when it will be prosecuted so that we have a cleaner environment for all Kenyans and not just for Kiambu residents. view
• 26 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to contribute to this very important constitutional amendment Bill. Even under Article 27(8), appointive positions have to progressively be compliant with the two-thirds gender rule. It is not possible to achieve that even with some of the appointments that we were involved in during vetting here. It is important that we progressively build consensus within this House because we are representatives of the people of this country. It is also good to move together with the whole country. If we move faster than the country, it may appear that we are failing to represent ... view
• 26 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: positions so that we move together as a nation. Eventually, I believe every Member seated in this House would like to have the two-thirds gender rule achieved. I believe it is better if we also empower the electoral commission so that it ensures that nominations and other electoral processes in the country favour the two-thirds gender rule. I believe the whole nation, the current Government, the current Opposition and the House is for the two-thirds gender rule. However, for purposes of amending the Constitution, I want to support this amendment. After that, we must move, as a nation, and progressively ... view
• 19 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute on this very important Motion. The P3 Form was originally in the Police Act, which has since been amended to become the National Police Service Act. Though it has not been captured in the new Act, because it only appears in the repealed Act, it is part of the saved clauses, so that it can be formalised. The P3 Form is copied in the old Police Act, but the same form has been retained by police stations to date. Ordinarily, somebody applies for a P3 Form if ... view
• 19 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: It is important for Kenyans to be knowledgeable about this particular matter. It is important for it to be implemented, so that justice can be achieved easily by ordinary Kenyans. With those remarks, I beg to support. view
• 1 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to comment. I would like to state that Changamwe is an area where Kenyans from all walks of life and from parts of Kenya live. It is really cosmopolitan. The residents of the coastal area generally have had a long history with land issues. It is strange for land which is already occupied by residents and which already belongs to the people to be alienated or a State corporation purports that it wants to own it. In fact, the State corporation, assisted by the parliamentary committee, could find a method ... view