Daniel Kitonga Maanzo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 351 to 360 of 1514.

• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. If we had kept the word “charge” together with the amendment in (b), we would have given the board powers it does not have under the Constitution or even under the Act of Parliament generally. We know the purpose of the Equalisation Fund is to develop areas which may have been left behind over the years in development. These people can only get money from the National Treasury through the Budget, but cannot raise their own money internally for the same purpose. view
• 10 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of my family and the people of Makueni, I wish to condole with the family of the late Hon. Suleiman Dori. Hon. Suleiman Dori was a personal friend. In fact, he recently lost his father while both of us were travelling. We travelled back to Mombasa and he was able to lay his father to rest. He has young children. He was very hard working and kind. Recently, I was with him at the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDP) Office. He was following up the projects of his constituency. He dealt with a ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. The amendment seeking to be added is the “details of human resource established within the service commission outlining the total number of employees and highlighting their gender, age, county of birth and county of residence.” Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the most important thing about this amendment is that we want to get the true face of Kenya in the public service. This is in the spirit of making sure that there is fairness and the Public Service Commission (PSC), or bosses at ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as stated in Chapter Six, we need to reflect the face of Kenya, fair distribution of the public service jobs and gender parity. This is because whenever they hire, the Constitution talks about the two- thirds gender rule. So, whenever the Government hires people for key positions such as Cabinet Secretaries, Principal Secretaries and senior Government positions, it is good to have a balance in gender and ensure that every region is represented. This is because the Civil Service is largely what is used to share the national cake and wherever a senior civil servant has ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, all the taxes we collect and the Budget we make here are managed by such individuals. So, it is only fair that we ensure that there is equity in sharing The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: of resources and jobs in seniority. A PS who is an entrant is paid differently, but some of those young people in the Civil Service grow to the top. Recently, we vetted a number of PSs and CSs and you could see there were men and women. The PSs equally have a bit of balance but we want this to be documented so that we have a point of reference and that audits can be conducted within certain intervals. People retire daily, change jobs, go into businesses, others leave the Civil Service to work for the United Nations (UN), others ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: We want to ensure that there are no cartels so that parastatals and the Government is generally not skewed. At times, when advertisements are made, they already know who is going to occupy those positions. But they just advertise for the sake of it and people apply. The interviews are skewed. You know who is going to be appointed and you just cheat the public. So, we want to have a law to ensure that when audits are conducted, we need to put people to task. If they are found to have abused their offices or have given misleading information ... view
• 27 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Under Article 186(4), Parliament, which includes the National Assembly and the Senate, can legislate on any matter. In regards to the standards of parking bays, it means that any law originating from the Senate must come here unless it is another law already in existence. This means that this House may debate and decide whether that law will be passed or not. This law originated from the Senate and is in the National Assembly and this constitutes Parliament. Then, I think nothing really stops us from accepting or rejecting this law after debate. Thank you, Hon. ... view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this important Bill. I was a secretary in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and I am very familiar with the origin of this Bill. At that time, even the Government policy and the mood was to support the youth. That is the first time President Kibaki set up the Youth Ministry, powerfully so, with the deceased Mr. Kinuthia Murugu as the Permanent Secretary. The Ministry, incorporating sports, was really vibrant those days and there was a lot of hope. From the current statistics, the youth have ... view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: A lot of people have tended to misuse the youth in politics. They say very good things about the youth, but when it comes to the practicality of it, there is zero happening about the youth. Now we have devolution. We should see a lot of activities. We should see youth as members of county executive committees (MCECs) and other appointments, and even in elective positions. In fact, quite a number of young people, including our own colleague, Hon. John Paul, are young people in the House. The Mover of this Bill is Hon. Gideon Keter, who is a young ... view