Daniel Kitonga Maanzo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I would like to second this Motion. First of all, I want to thank you for giving us the opportunity to serve in this very important Mediation Committee. view
• 1 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: The contentious issues have been where there have been proposals for changing the county headquarters. In some counties, there have been serious issues and there have been attempts to shift the county headquarters, especially where governors feel that they need to move the headquarters to areas where they have more votes. Therefore, the assembly tends to intervene. The Transition Authority did not complete this exercise. Therefore, we need to have a legal framework so that, in the event any county wishes to change its headquarters, there has to be a process where the people can participate, the county assembly is ... view
• 1 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: We have emphasized that public participation is very important and also the approval by the National Assembly. Before the county headquarters were fixed, a serious process was undertaken. This is a matter that is fixed in the Constitution. Therefore, it is only fair that we have a proper mechanism to do it. I beg to second. view
• 1 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman for giving me an opportunity to contribute on this amendment. First of all, I want to support the Criminal Procedure Code. It regulates many other crimes named in several other Acts of Parliament. Sexual offences are very serious and that is why we are including them in the Bill. Therefore, they should be treated with the seriousness they deserve. They should be categorised as has been proposed by the Chairman. It is proper and I support it. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this ... view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute on this very important Bill. I take this opportunity to thank and congratulate Hon. Priscilla Nyokabi, Advocate, for a serious job well done and for trying to put in place what has been very contentious for many years. Article 35 of the Constitution was supported by Kenyans overwhelmingly when they passed the new Constitution. Kenyans wanted to have access to information. Information is very key. In fact, there is a religious saying that “People perish for lack of knowledge”. Knowledge is The electronic version of the Official ... view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: information. If you are knowledgeable, you are likely to save lives. Intelligent information is power. You saw intelligent information in the Egypt plane crash case where intelligent information had been given that there was a possibility that a bomb was going to be sneaked into a plane. Just a one-kilogramme bomb caused loss of many lives because that information did not get to the right people, or whoever was given that information did not take it seriously. This law talks about intelligence information and how it should be processed. It also talks of the Commission on Administrative of Justice, which ... view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: joined terrorism. If it is a family member and you do not release that information to the Government, they will not be able to stop mass murder of people in case terrorists strike. view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: We have to look at it although I can see that the Official Secrets Act, Cap 187(3) is repealed. Immediately we pass this law, that particular sub-section will be deleted. It has been taken care of by other issues. This means that by this law, we have not absolutely banned all official secrets. We should not release our country to anybody who would want to take it over because we have released all our secrets to the enemies. In fact, if you release certain information on the protection of the country or to its detriment, you can be charged in ... view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Recently, a pressman was arrested for releasing information related to corruption. After serious deliberations and consultations, the writer was released. Again, what do you do to a malicious writer who, knowing very well that the information that he has is not true, goes on to publish it? The publisher and the writer are liable. I support this Bill. It is a great law that has come at the right time. Not only does it deal with official issues relating to the Government, but also general information, so that Kenyans are well informed and are aware of things that affect them. ... view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: I support this law. I will be consulting with the Mover at the Committee Stage, so that we can improve and make it serve Kenyans better. view