Daniel Kitonga Maanzo

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 931 to 940 of 1514.

• 9 May 2017 in National Assembly: A large part of this country practises the Islamic faith. It is only fair that they are given a view
• 9 May 2017 in National Assembly: compliant tax regime and Sharia compliant financial practices, so that they do not hurt their personal law. The moment you get into personal law and faith, then the Constitution protects you. Therefore, this law should be within the Constitution for us to protect the Kenyans’ faiths and ensure that whatever we do does not injure their faith. This should fall within the Islamic Law which is supported by the Islamic faith and the Constitution. Therefore, fixing the Islamic finance arrangements makes it fair to people who practise Islamic faith. I support the Bill to that extent. This means it is ... view
• 9 May 2017 in National Assembly: We have to make sure that this Finance Bill does not hurt Kenyans. Right now, the cost of living in Kenya is very high. This begins with taxation. Are we making this Bill to make sure 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
• 9 May 2017 in National Assembly: that we provide the Government with more money to cater for its activities while hurting Kenyans and discouraging any development? Majority of Kenyans are very poor. Very few Kenyans earn high salaries. They earn very little salaries. That is why in future, we need to look, as a country, at means and ways of investing in the resources that we have, like other countries have done. We need to take care of our oil. We need to invest in it. I am sure Kenya will make Kshs40 trillion out of that investment and that will cover our Budget 20 times ... view
• 9 May 2017 in National Assembly: We have a disaster in this country because agriculture has been devolved. Food security should be experienced in the counties. Counties should provide food for their people. But this kind of arrangement does not give Kenyans enough food. It is not clear where our investments are going. It is not clear where Kenyan taxes are going. When it comes to insurance, they are not well balanced. Under Article 174(g) of the Constitution, resources should be distributed equally across the country. That is why the money we collect as taxes should be taken care of. When you overtax Kenyans, then this ... view
• 29 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute on the Basic Education (Amendment) Bill. Basic education deals with pre-primary schools which is currently devolved and is being handled by the county governments. In fact, from previous practice, it was in the main Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and currently it is structured in such a way that pre-primary school has P1, P2, and P3 and then after three years, children proceed to Standard One. view
• 29 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: One of the biggest challenges of this law has been infrastructure. Children are introduced to education at that age. If they are not introduced properly to education, they may not get it right. Education is what constitutes the future of many children in this country. A good education is what determines the future of the particular child. Education creates equalisation. It equalises people in a country. The opposite is corruption, which causes inequality in society. Therefore, getting it right at the basic education level is very important. Being aware that the Ministry of Education, Science and Education is working on ... view
• 29 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: I support the law. It must coincide with the Constitution. This is part of what was being amended. Article 43(1) of the Constitution provides for the right of every person to the highest attainable standard of health, including reproductive health care. There are also the rights to basic education and health in the country. That is what the law is trying to ensure. I want to congratulate Hon. Grace Chemutai Kiptui for having come up with the amendments to make basic education better. This will provide free and compulsory basic education to every child. What has been happening in private ... view
• 23 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the amendments to the Division of Revenue Bill. When we passed this Bill in this House, I expected that it would be supported in the Senate and that there would be no amendment. So, I want to support Hon. Rev. Musyimi and his Committee. The amendments they have made are likely to affect the general Budget as a whole. Also, all the monies which have gone to most of the counties have not been accounted for. In fact, the previous county councils did much better in ... view
• 23 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: In fact, statistics show that many of the counties, except two or so, have not yet had their revenues higher than what was there previously. For that, there should be a challenge to the counties that they must disclose the revenues they make. They are county governments that raise a lot of money which should be used for development within the counties. Most of the monies the counties get, unfortunately go to pay employees. The counties are bloated with employees, most of whom have duplicated roles; some of them even perform the roles of chiefs, others do not know exactly ... view