Daniel Kitonga Maanzo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 661 to 670 of 1514.

• 23 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: experience which has been very successful. We can only improve it in the Third Reading to the extent of killing the NCPB Act under the National Cereals Board Act. This is because we will have two parallel systems doing the same thing and they should be synchronised by law. There are other Acts of Parliament, like the Crops Act which deals with the same thing. We now have the Coffee Tea and Sugar Acts with their regulations. All these Acts will end up in warehouses and this will have serious financial implications because who will develop the warehouse system? How ... view
• 23 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: We should ensure that, at any one given instance, our farmers know the status of their produce and whether it has been sold. What should we do with the grains that are brought into the country irregularly through our porous borders and ports? We have grains being imported and yet, our own farmers in the Rift Valley have kept their grains in the barns. We want a situation whereby farmers will no longer store food in their farms but take it to a warehouse where it is receipted. It can be sold immediately or later but they should know the ... view
• 23 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute on this very important Motion. I agree with 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
• 23 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: the Chair, my Professor, Hon. Shollei, on the annulment and also Hon. Shamalla, who is a senior lawyer, for seconding. In addition to the reasons which have been advanced, we must go back to history. Social development is important. We also encourage the National Treasury to be consistent. I would like to meet their lawyer because many times it is being misadvised on many pieces of legislation. This is not an isolated case. What has happened in this particular matter is that they put the horse before the cart. First, they go and make the proposal to set up this ... view
• 23 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: This particular kitty was specific under the Sports Act. This Report wants to amend the Finance Act. They have first tabled this proposal before Parliament to create this fund without a law and then later on, follow up and amend the law to suit it. Later on, they will realise it is still insufficient and go on to table the Sports (Amendment) Bill, which is before this House and has not been passed. It is not known when it will become law. Although there is a way you can get around the Finance Act and create this fund, it is ... view
• 23 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: activities are very expensive, especially the Olympics, in which we shine very well as a country. There is an Olympic camp where sportspeople stay when they go to the Olympics in whatever country. That is very expensive because they are hired for that particular period, which takes almost a month. The expenses are humongous. If we have a particular law and a specific fund - because there are many other funds in the country - there would be no duplication. If we follow the Constitution and the laws which exist and amend the laws accordingly, then we will serve the ... view
• 18 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairman. The allocation to the Judiciary is very important. You know there are many courts in various part of the country that had stalled, but now with this allocation, they are going to move. view
• 18 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to comment on this very important Report. The NG-CDF has been very successful in the country. It is a fund which is felt at the grassroots. It is managed with least expense and by the people of Kenya. The work of the Member of Parliament is merely oversight. Many times, the team on the ground works very well with wananchi. There is public participation and one is able to see the effects almost immediately. Despite there being a lot of funding in the counties, a lot of monies is ... view
• 18 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: need to look at the law in future so that it can be increased substantially. That is because there is hardly a big part of infrastructure of schools that is being handled by the Ministry of Education. The NG-CDF also, as seen in this Report, has serious challenges. For many Members who may not know, there was a time when NG-CDF was taken to court. In fact, there are several matters pending in court challenging the constitutionality of NG-CDF. One matter is in the Supreme Court. There are others in the Court of Appeal and the High Court. Hon. Kaluma ... view
• 18 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: There is the oversight committee where the Member is supposed to have four other members but, unfortunately, it has a very small budget. I think that oversight committee is very important and should be relooked at again by the committee dealing with the NG-CDF. We also have the challenge of the board of the management. Right now, the board is composed of four Principal Secretaries of the related ministries such as Education, Planning and National Treasury. If those PSs are not joined by the CEO or if one of them does not show up, there is no quorum. view