Daniel Kitonga Maanzo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1271 to 1280 of 1514.

• 7 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to support. view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I want to support this Motion. It is true that what happened with the recent Marriage Act was an amalgamation of several Acts of Parliament. I have had opportunity to practise law in this area as a lawyer and after the amalgamation of the Acts, it was not automatic that the regulations were also amalgamated. Therefore, there is need for regulations to be made under this new Act by the relevant body, which, in this case, is the Attorney-General’s Office. When these regulations are made, they will come to ... view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: The issue of upward revision of the marriage certificate acquisition fee has been occasioned by the new Act. Conducting a marriage now becomes a more expensive affair and may not be affordable to many Kenyans hence the easier options. view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: As you know, a nation begins with a family and this is very important. A strong nation is founded on strong families. Therefore, this particular bond is good and cannot afford to be The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: weakened by the laws that we make. Again, the acquisition fee has to be checked under the regulations, so that the locality and what one has to go through is checked. The other issue that is raised here is that there have been inhibitions in registering marriages because of those challenges. That is why I agree with the Member who talked about a resolution and not urging the Government to come up with these procedures, which as a House, we have to look at again to make sure they are correct. There is also the issue of the Registrar of ... view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: I agree with the proposal that all sub-counties should have a centre with an officer who will also conduct civil marriages, which can happen on any day of the week. Those officers should also be booked to visit areas where civil weddings are being conducted over the weekends. Therefore, this will make the law we have made much better. I therefore support. Thank you. view
• 3 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to the Division of Revenue Bill, 2015. Without repeating what my colleagues have said, I would like to state that part of the problem with money going to the counties is corruption. Corruption can be sorted out if we devolve the services of the EACC to the counties, so that the EACC has sufficient capacity to deal with matters relating to finances at the county level, where normal processes of government procurement and executing projects take place. At times these processes are tied up by the law. view
• 3 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: We can deal with the issues of corruption at the counties. I support devolution and the money going to the counties. In counties where the governors have worked well, we have seen the effects of devolution and that it is a good thing. One of the worrying things about this Bill in the schedule is the Equalisation Fund, which has been allocated Kshs6 billion that has not been utilised at all since the inauguration of the new Constitution. Now we have to look for almost Kshs4 billion to take care of the new agreement between the Senate and the National ... view
• 3 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: It would be fair that the Equalisation Fund is utilized, so that people who are suffering in some parts of the country, because there has not been equity since Independence, can be served and be like other Kenya. Finally, money allocated to Level 5 hospitals is justified. We need to improve on them so that services can be properly devolved. There should be, at least, one such hospital in every county to deal with new challenges such as cancer treatment. Currently, we are having a lot of challenges in Kenya and we are losing many lives to diseases. I beg ... view
• 27 May 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. As we wait for you to make a ruling, I would like to state that ceilings are provided in the Budget Policy Statement (BPS), which we passed in this House; it is a property of the House. Therefore, the Budget now flows from the ceilings and there is no way any committee or Ministry can go beyond the ceilings. At the same time, while the process goes on, the Budget Office gives each committee an expert to guide them during the budgetary process, so that each committee is view