Daniel Kitonga Maanzo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: 25 Tuesday 18th November, 2014 Looking at career development of many teachers in the country and many people who are stationed at one area even if they are very educated, this will be an encouragement. Her appointment would be an encouragement to other people within the education sector that one can actually grow up the ladder before their retirement and they can serve their nation according to their qualifications and that they can make an input. If you look at the institutions she has led before, she has led them very successfully. We are sure that she would lead the ... view
• 11 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute on this important Bill; the Water Bill, 2014. I come from a region where water is a very scarce commodity and with your kind permission there is a little bit of noise in the House. view
• 11 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. Section 108 of the Water Bill, 2014 is about compulsory acquisition of land. When somebody has been given permission by the county government or national Government to extract water, compulsory acquisition of land has been a very thorny issue in the country. This is because this section is not amended and I will be proposing amendments during the Committee Stage. The way it is, there is a possibility that people could lose land and then fail to be compensated. Individuals could sneak and steal private land simply because they have been licensed It is also ... view
• 11 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: these people have not been compensated to date. I think this sort of law is important. The other important factor in that we have riparian ownership, whereby people adjacent to a river have certain rights to it and its water. Rivers have other resources such as sand which used to benefit the people under riparian ownership. The Water Bill is quiet on the safety of our environment among other things. This sort of law is scattered in several pieces of legislation in this country. It will be good if we put all these laws together so that matters relating to ... view
• 11 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: that we can have serious afforestation. This could be happening every rainy season and throughout whenever people can plant trees. We used to have a policy of planting a tree whenever a tree is harvested which provided that when you harvest a tree, you plant ten trees, so that we could conserve our water towers. This also has a bearing with the rain and the wind patterns. The more forest cover we have, the more we slow the wind and get more clouds for rain. This gives us rainfall and water in the country. I support the Bill and I ... view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity. view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I would like to seek your indulgence that we comment on the very important Petition presented by the Deputy Speaker. It is very important for the nation that we do it. The Petition is about a matter which has been giving milk farmers problems for a very long time in the country. So, if you could indulge the House to make a few comments on this matter, it would be good. It is a very important matter for the nation. This is a very important Petition, which is directed to the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives, in ... view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity--- view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you asked me to press the intervention button. view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: I am seconding hon. Mule’s Motion. view