Daniel Kitonga Maanzo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 571 to 580 of 1514.

• 14 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to the Public Finance Management (Amendment) Bill of 2017. I have looked at these amendments. They seek to clean up the Public Finance Management Act so that it becomes more useful when it comes to public finance management. There are many definitions which have been made clear. It is also clear that there is no delegated power to the Cabinet Secretary in this Act. The Bill has also handled the matter of finance dealing with counties. view
• 14 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: There are quite a number of important amendments as to how county governments will conduct their affairs when it comes to managing public finances in the country. Generally, the amendments are good and also seek to make definitions where there were none and clarities where issues conflicted. Definitely, this will make the management of finances in the country much better. I have looked at definitions and also how the counties deal with finances. You will find that the county executive in charge of finance has clear mandate as to what to do and there is no conflict of interest. Also, ... view
• 14 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Committee Member for finance is the one given that mandate and is the one held accountable under this Act. The issue of county governments’ securities has also been defined. That has not been the case before. Therefore, these amendments will go a long way to make sure that in this era where corruption is being fought left, right and centre, the monies Kenyans have raised in form of taxes are secured, properly used, and people who are in charge of that money are held accountable. Therefore, I support these amendments and I urge Members to support them. Thank you. view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I am also in the Departmental Committee on Trade, Industry and Co-operatives. My Chairman, Hon. Kanini Kega, has put the record very straight in as far as this law is concerned. This is a very important law when it comes to trade, the movement of goods and the recognised international standards. This borrows heavily from the practice in South Africa and the United Kingdom which are some of our main trading partners. We had an organisation which was already handling this, pursuant to a Presidential Order. There was a need to make a law to make ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: that you could see people from the international scene. People from different parts of the world attended this event and Parliament did very well. I thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to support. view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to support the limitation of debate on Motions. I would also like to indicate that under the Standing Orders, before debate on a Motion begins, depending on the interest of Members, a Member can move a reduction at that particular time despite us having passed this particular Motion so that as many Members as possible can contribute to Motions with a lot of public interest. I, therefore, want to agree with the timings and the timelines given in this Motion. I beg to support. Thank you. view
• 18 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 18 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No. 97(4), could we limit the time for each Member’s contribution to five minutes? view
• 18 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: If we can kindly reduce it. It is ten minutes from the notice. Could we kindly reduce it to five minutes per Member? view
• 18 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion on the Ratification of Bilateral Air Services Agreement between Kenya and Jordan, Jamaica, Bahamas and the Protocol amending Air Services Agreement between Kenya and Turkey. view