Daniel Kitonga Maanzo

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• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: people who are elected in co-operative societies such as SACCOs should be relied on because they are trusted with people’s monies which they keep. That is the reason the Committee came up with that amendment to make sure that this Act and the people who deal with SACCOs are properly within the Constitution and can be trusted to protect the monies entrusted to them. view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, first, I must declare my interest to Hon. Duale. He always challenges me. I am a member of the co- operative movement. view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: If you look at the Bill in Clause 27(7), it says that the tribunal may reverse the decision of the Authority. First, it is the Commissioner who hears the case if a SACCO’s licence has been 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
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: revoked. Secondly, it is the Cabinet Secretary who hears the case. The reasons have been given there what the Cabinet Secretary must use. If the Cabinet Secretary is unable to resolve their issues, they are taken to tribunal which is like a court. After that, it can still go to the High Court and then to the Supreme Court. This is a good amendment to make sure that there is flow in the old Act. view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: I thank you, Hon. Duale. view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. The amendment proposes to delete the words, “the authority may consider fit.” There are regulations under this Act to be made under the Statutory Instruments Act. The regulations will prescribe the procedure of dealing with a matter instead of the Authority being the final decision maker. There is going to be a process. The amendment makes it better. As other Members have stated, regulation of SACCOs if extremely important because there are millions of shillings belonging to people. Therefore, Sacco Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA) is very important and must come up with regulations which ... view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me an opportunity to comment on this very important issue. First and foremost, it is clear that the so- called mortgage as has been perceived by many Kenyans is salaries in advance. It is not something extra for any Member of this House. Again, as Hon. Ichung’wah has said, it is impossible for this House even if it passes this legislation to benefit from it. It will go to the next House. This Bill has been brought so that we can tidy up the law, comply with the Constitution and fix issues relating to ... view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me an opportunity to comment on this very important Petition. We went through this in Makueni recently when the construction of the railway was going on. There should be a better way of engaging the community. If those international contractors do not engage the community in advance, it will delay their work and cost the Government a lot more. Some of those matters can easily be resolved if the communities come together with the contractor, especially on the issue of the percentage of locals who will work on that particular project. In the case ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. view