Daniel Kitonga Maanzo

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• 1 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: fundraising, I would not be a Member of this House today. I would have probably perished and died in Makueni while I was young. But, the daughter of the Queen of England called Princess Ann used to conduct regular fundraisings in evenings to raise money to educate me and others at the Starehe Boys Centre and School. If they were not willing to give, 15,000 boys and many others in this country through the Save the Children Fund, we would never have been educated. For that matter, it is a little selfish for leaders to legislate against donations. The donor ... view
• 1 Sep 2016 in National Assembly: fundraising, I would not be a Member of this House today. I would have probably perished and died in Makueni while I was young. But, the daughter of the Queen of England called Princess Ann used to conduct regular fundraisings in evenings to raise money to educate me and others at the Starehe Boys Centre and School. If they were not willing to give, 15,000 boys and many others in this country through the Save the Children Fund, we would never have been educated. For that matter, it is a little selfish for leaders to legislate against donations. The donor ... view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to confirm to this House that, indeed, such people do exist. I grew up in Makueni and I had a friend who had that disorder. As we grew up, I do not know what really happened to him or her. I think we should have a process through which the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government can identify such people in our society through the chiefs. The chiefs should urge families with such persons to bring them out. That way, in conjunction with the Ministry of Health, efforts could be made to ... view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: where one is required to state where they belong. I think it is difficult for intersex persons to state where they belong. This Petition is important and should be taken with a lot of seriousness. We do not know the statistics, but I believe they can be established and intersex Kenyans can be assisted. I am sure Kenya will be in the lead and it will encourage other countries to assist persons with GID. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me an opportunity to comment on this very important legislation. Elections are very important in a nation and I want to go straight to the point where there are contentious issues. First, I would like to mention that this week, 8 Members of Parliament from Sweden visited the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives and after the normal business, we shared with them. They explained to us that in their country, the term party hopping is unheard of although they have eight different political parties. The reason why it is not there is ... view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: 80 per cent of their members in every election go back, which is totally the opposite of what happens here. view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: The problem has been nominations which are not free and fair and where the mechanisms and the time given are really not defined in law. While I support this law, I do not think that has been given sufficiently in this law. That is why in the Third Reading, we have a lot to do to make this law even much better. It is not clear whether IEBC will conduct nominations. That has not come out clearly and is not legislated. So, it leaves it neither here nor there. But it is for the parties to decide. view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Again, I have seen several Acts of Parliament have been combined in this law; which can even be better. We need to come up with a situation or law whereby members’ democracy is promoted within a political party. Political parties are the basis of serious politics. In the United States of America (USA), when candidates lost to George Bush, they supported the party. We did not see some crossing to the democrats to support Bill Clinton or to compete with him. They stayed even when they were discontented to decide whom they will support on the voting day. view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: For good democracy, we need strong parties whereby people will not leave parties simply because they feel one or two things have not been done. There are enough lawyers in this House and also in the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. So, at the Third Reading, will refine and make sure that Members are protected. view
• 31 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Party hopping is not a good ideology. This is a negotiated document which is a very good step. That is why it has two signatures of the Leaders of the Majority and Minority Party. Therefore, it is a big step in forming strong political parties so that in future, people do not just party-hop carelessly. It weakens political parties and democracy. Therefore, I want to urge Members to support this Bill because elections are not far and we have already made gains for the country. But we will refine it during the Committee of the whole House stage so that ... view