Daniel Kitonga Maanzo

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: Makueni, WDM-K view
• 21 Dec 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, you know the words “court order” mean from the Magistrate’s Court to the Supreme Court. I am really pleading with my good friend, Hon. Musimba, to drop this. If you limit it to the High Court alone, it means that somebody may suffer because a Magistrate’s Court or another court cannot assist. So, I think it is very important that we remain with “court order” so that any court can assist in this matter. view
• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to support this very important Bill. Roads are very sensitive in the country. From the experience we have gone through in the last 10 years or so, these amendments are important and due. I want to agree with Hon. Kwenya, and I believe the Committee will adopt his proposal. We should strictly adopt Master’s in management. That empowers the engineer, despite 15 years’ experience, to be qualified in management or governance, although governance is a wide field. If somebody has a Master’s degree in management and experience in governance, ... view
• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: get poor contractors working on these roads. Somebody with management skills and experience is likely to even help identify those contractors who have good engineers and who can do a good job. Tarmacking takes quite some time. There are quite a number of roads now lost in counties. This include Nairobi County, between KERRA, KURA and all relevant institutions. When we make amendments, we should not just extend to KERRA and KeNHA, but to all bodies so that they have a similar standard; whether they are doing town roads, rural roads or highways, but it should be uniform. I believe ... view
• 25 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: has been won fairly, it therefore, improves on efficiencies. Where you are trying to do a road where tenders have been interfered with, and people are on the appeal process. They go to court then the whole matter is delayed and the Financial Year elapses. Nowadays, the Government is also starved of funds. So, the more you quarrel with the management of KERRA or KeNHA, the more time the Government saves, and the more they push you ahead, the more it creates confusion. So, when it creates efficiency in the organisation, we save time for everyone; the Ministry and for ... view
• 24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. I am on the Committee dealing with this Bill and I had opportunity, when the Bill was presented to us by KIRDI led by the CEO Prof. Tuigong, to tour their facilities in South C, Industrial Area and Kisumu. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Construction of the facility in Industrial Area has been stuck for 10 years. Contractors have been frustrated. It would be very important to fund this particular initiative by KIRDI, which was really boosted during the term of President Kibaki, to become a reality. The background of Prof. Tuigong is traceable to a Russian university, and so, he understands this area of research very well. When I visited the facility in Kisumu, I realised that fish has very good leather. view
• 24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, please, protect me from my good friend, Hon. Sankok. view
• 24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The facility in Kisumu manufactures leather from fish, which is very strong and good leather. It makes fish by-products useful to the country. The leather makes very expensive goods. Once the park in Industrial Area is complete, it will be used to incubate SMEs from research. Once businesses are incubated, young people would be able to begin production by themselves. If we think of a post COVID-19 era and post COVID-19 economic recovery, this is the way to go. Many young Kenyans are looking for jobs yet they are talented. They can be guided ... view
• 24 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: The KIRDI is very useful. Research in the country is important and manufacturing is key. I am a little disappointed as a Member of the Department Committee on Trade Industry and Cooperatives because manufacturing has not been funded properly, and it is a responsibility of this House. Any young person who tries to manufacture or venture, having borrowed money from KIE and other places… I have a lady in Makueni Constituency who is manufacturing nails having been helped by KIE and properly incubated after university. She did not look for a job, but went straight into manufacturing nails and she ... view