Daniel Kitonga Maanzo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. It is true that in this country, a lot of skills in the informal sector are practised by people who have not gone through formal training. There is a lot of business going on in that sector. Training is available in particular centres in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu and Athi River. If this training was to be devolved to the constituencies such that we have an institution which makes sure that the informal sector formalises their business, then it will reach many youths. ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: (KCPE). This year, only 600,000 students are sitting for the form four national exams. So, it is not known where some 400,000 students in Kenya go after completing primary education. Some of them go into informal sector. Most of them learn skills like wood carving and fixing of vehicles. In fact, one of the best mechanics I know from western Kenya, who can fix any car anytime using very modern technology, has never been trained by anyone. He only learnt through apprenticeship through his uncle, who was a very good mechanic and who had established his own garage having been ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. You can see Athi River is mentioned because it is one of the places where we have training centres. That is the interest of Hon. Patrick King’ola. I thank him for the interruption. This is a very important thing. In fact, Hon. King’ola is right. I will not talk more so that other Members can contribute and give ideas. I agree and support that this training should be devolved to the constituencies, and the NG-CDF should be used to fund the initiative. I am sure Members and their teams will make sure it is ... view
• 6 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would like to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Education the following Question: a) How will the recently introduced new curriculum, 2-6-3-3-3 be implemented? b) What is the status of implementation and preparedness by the Ministry in ensuring smooth rolling out of the new curriculum in terms of teacher trainings, technologies such as the National Education Management Information System (NEMIS) and availability of books and other learning materials? c) Was the new curriculum subjected to the public participation, scrutiny and approval by relevant stakeholders? view
• 6 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would like to contribute to this very important Bill. The County Governments original law had a lot of gaps. I thank the Senate for a very good job done this time round. There has been much input from Senator Sakaja and Senator Mutula Kilonzo Junior to make sure that counties operate smoothly and that devolution really works in the country. They may have been misunderstood through what appears in the newspapers on further amendments and coming up with clear-cut rules of the Senate and the National Assembly. That is clear in the Constitution. ... view
• 6 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: This followed a ruling by the Supreme Court as to what should happen. I am aware when deputy speakers in counties got into a lot of trouble they received a lot of legal advice from my Senator, Mutula Kilonzo Junior. One of the solutions was this law. There is a lot of chaos in many counties. We have seen what is happening in many parts of the country between speakers and MCAs. The moment there is a little quarrel; there is no mechanism of resolving it. County Assemblies impeach speakers and quite a number have been impeached. Right now, the ... view
• 6 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: The case of the deputy governor has been unique to Nairobi County. Despite the advice from the Supreme Court, the deputy governor resigned. I believe governor Sonko has been waiting for this law because he was aware that it in the process of being passed by Parliament. He will use the law in appointing his deputy. Deputy governors are voted for just like governors. Therefore, it is good for them to be in their place. Makueni County has been good. The relationship between Governor Prof. Kivutha Kibwana and the deputy Adelina Mwau should be emulated by other counties. They give ... view
• 6 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: The gaps being filled by this law are important. There are articles of the Constitution which are being implemented properly. There has been mix up especially when it comes to public appointments. We need to look at the matter critically at the Committee of the whole 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
• 6 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: House stage because there are two sets of public officers in counties. The original county council employees were absolved but then governors employed other people. The first time, hiring of staff was a political process. There may not have been balancing of constituencies, as mentioned by the nominated Member, former Member of Parliament for Migori. There must be balance and diversity in hiring of county employees. That is why there is a challenge. The first people to be hired were hired politically and were given permanent jobs. A successive governor finds it difficult to work with such officers. So, they ... view
• 6 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I have noticed that we may have to do a little bit of fine-tuning at the Committee Stage on some of the issues. The issue of deputy speakers in the county assemblies has been regularised in the law, the way a deputy speaker is regularised in the National Assembly and in Senate. You will also notice that the panel of speakers is very important in that it helps run the assembly whenever the substantive speaker and the deputy speaker are not available. The rest, the panel and the chairpersons are able to handle very effectively and competently. Therefore, a similar ... view