Daniel Kitonga Maanzo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1431 to 1440 of 1514.

• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: So, it is very important that the country has proper security systems because this gives confidence to the whole world and supports the tourism industry, which is our biggest foreign exchange earner, as it has always been. Therefore, it is important that we have proper security systems in the country and we invest in a proper security system because it is good for business and advancement of the country. This includes supporting the policemen to have proper gear and we have given enough budgets into this in the past. Proper security systems will boost a proper intelligence system and make ... view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: I want to submit that this cannot happen without proper supply of electricity all over the country and it is a challenge to the Government and we need to do something to have proper budgetary allocations for electricity production so that the country can be covered well, if we are ready to have the security system. We need to get value for our money when we invest in security and it is true that the Constitution and the law have to be followed when it comes to procuring of those systems. However, all legal systems have exceptions and where the ... view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: What I saw in the case of Australia where we had travelled to, even with train systems, where somebody fails to use their car before they get into the train, the police will be alerted with immediate effect and before you get to the next station of the train, the police would be there. They would be telling that person that he would be charged because he failed to check in his units before he got into the train. You should be so efficient that within seconds, an anomaly would be noticed. We want Kenya to get to such standards ... view
• 26 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Therefore, I support and urge hon. Members to support it so that we can secure our country. view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker for giving me an opportunity to make my comments on this Bill. The idea of the Protection Against Domestic Violence Bill is very necessary in the country, however as a legal practitioner, I have difficulties while looking at the Bill and the crimes proposed therein, even after looking at what the Committee has done. You can see the Committee has gone through the Bill almost in totality by deleting or making proposals. view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: When you look at definitions especially when it comes to protection of a spouse and any children or other dependant persons within that family fraternity, my difficulties are when it comes to defining the crimes therein. Section 3 talks of the meaning of “violence” and then goes on to talk of abuses. Some of the abuses indicated there, hon. Speaker, are already described by other laws; the Penal Code and the Sexual Offences Act. So, in my submission, there is a lot of repetition including offences such as incest and other offences which are already in the law. Unless we ... view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: As a person who has practised law before, I am aware of what happens with the cause list in courts. If you are to include these offences, and the Act requires that they be ran in camera, the cause list will be crowded. My proposal to the Committee would be that we have a special court dealing with these particular offences and a special court dealing with family matters. The truth of the matter is that there have been a lot of abuses in families. In fact, this Bill has left out children with disability. We have all read daily ... view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: We need to go further as a House and include all offences. We have seen cases whereby, while people are in the process of dating, there are abuses. Sentences for such offences as proposed in this Bill are already in conflict with existing law. Therefore, my proposal will be that although the proceedings indicated here are to be heard in camera, there is need to set up a special court. I had already discussed that with the Vice-Chair of the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and I believe the Chairman will see the sense of that. view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: In other jurisdictions, where this law has been borrowed from, they have actually got special courts or tribunals where a person who is qualified to be a chief magistrate presides. He may sit with a specialist on family matters or counsellors because most of the issues handled here are family matters and they are very emotional. Therefore, we could have a tribunal or a court to dispense these matters. Otherwise, for the protection of children and victims in the family, this is a good law. There has also been occasions where--- view
• 21 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: ( Loud consultations ) view