Daniel Kitonga Maanzo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: that time, we are like a blind beggar holding a bowl which somebody has placed gold and do not realise something very valuable is in there. As a country, it is high time we realised we have valuable water resources like rivers which should have well-planned irrigation schemes. Drip irrigation which is mostly done in green houses saves a lot of water, whether it is rain, river or borehole water. Through irrigation we can sell our food and animal products to many parts of the world where they do not have land like us and grow food on stones or ... view
• 18 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: we need to be a little bit keen so that whatever has been proposed by the ministry and is now pending, we can make it much better for the benefit of this country. I thank you. view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support the Petition and also wish to say that, as the Committee on Delegated Legislation, we approved the laws or Regulations which were to be followed on COVID-19. The question is who is implementing. The Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government is involved. The police and the Ministry of Health are involved. Is there really a way the Departmental Committee on Health which is going to consider this Petition can find so that there is proper implementation? This matter also affects the counties and the Council of Governors (CoG). Now they want to ... view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support the Petition and also wish to say that, as the Committee on Delegated Legislation, we approved the laws or regulations which were to be followed on COVID-19. The question is who is implementing. The Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government is involved. The police and the Ministry of Health are involved. Is there really a way the Departmental Committee on Health which is going to consider this Petition can ensure proper implementation? This matter also affects the counties and the Council of Governors (CoG). Now they want to have a devolution conference ... view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of the people of Makueni, who were at one time represented by Hon. Nthenge, my family and the political party of his association at some point, we wish to pass our condolences to his family and say he has been a good role model to many politicians. He participated in the second restoration and he ran under FORD-ASILI after the split of the original FORD and was elected as the Member for Kamukunji. He decided not to vie anymore because he thought he was no longer useful to the new style of politics which ... view
• 11 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of the people of Makueni, who were at one time represented by Hon. Nthenge, my family and the political party of his association at some point, we wish to pass our condolences to his family and say he has been a good role model to many politicians. He participated in the second restoration and he ran under FORD-ASILI after the split of the original FORD and was elected as the Member for Kamukunji. He decided not to vie anymore because he thought he was no longer useful to the new style of politics which ... view
• 10 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity… view
• 10 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important debate. Health is everything. If there is no good health, the nation really suffers. A healthy population ensures that we have a working nation. When people fall sick, the biggest challenge they face is paying hospital bills. In fact, Members of Parliament have become the insurance for many Kenyans. Many times you will have to fundraise to pay hospital bills. Sometimes Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) waives the bills when the management is satisfied that the person is really stuck. Many times bodies are ... view
• 10 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: 19 pandemic patients are not covered in whatever sense unless somebody has taken a special insurance. I can assure you that Kenyans who are able to take personal insurance, and even those who understand the concept, are very few. Kenyans have to learn the concept of NHIF and that kind of insurance. Many Kenyans in the villages fall ill and end up in hospitals. They find themselves not belonging to any scheme and the only scheme becomes the Member of Parliament. It is real trouble, especially with the COVID-19 pandemic situation. I am thinking of a law that looks like ... view
• 10 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: We need to capture what appears in the memorandum of objects and reasons that this is going to be universal health coverage for real and it must cover all Kenyans. I know the President of the Republic, Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta has been very keen on this. He asked counties which have been successful like Makueni to work on it. That is why even the former County Executive Committee member… view