Maanzo Daniel Kitonga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Feb 2025 in Senate: I am sorry. view
• 12 Feb 2025 in Senate: Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this very important Bill. The basis is that climate change is real, and the law we have been having in place is old. Bearing in mind that we have a new Constitution, there was every need to align the current law with the new Constitution and at the same time, put this squarely as a devolution matter. Devolution is very important when it comes to afforestation. Although this has been treated for a long time as a national affair, there is every need to devolve it to the counties and ... view
• 12 Feb 2025 in Senate: which grows naturally in dry areas, even when you plant when the rains are insufficient, they still grow because it also naturally with little to no rain. Those who have done it have managed to recover the forest and have an organised forest cover of indigenous trees that grow naturally in that area and are very suitable for commercial purposes because that particular tree, the Mukau in Makueni County is ideal for timber and also stays leafy. It can also be eaten by animals when there is insufficient food. Parts of the branches are a delicacy to goats. Therefore, the ... view
• 12 Feb 2025 in Senate: If you have an environmental law, a forest law and at the same time have a cooperative law where cooperatives can be organised to grow trees for forest cover and commercial purposes, then it becomes better to mobilise the people to make sure that tree planting takes place. In cases where the trees need to be watered, then you have an organised team to make sure that the trees grow. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I emphasise that we will be best if we do seedlings appropriate to a climate area and conserve the trust lands so that the natural bushes ... view
• 26 Nov 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to comment. Those are my names, Daniel Kitonga Maanzo. This Address came as a requirement of the Constitution and the President is supposed to address the two Houses on the State of the Nation. A number of things have been said, but most important is the issue of agriculture. In this country, we are aware that there was a big fertilizer scandal. I have been in the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. We followed up the matter, brought all the evidence that there was fake fertilizer in the ... view
• 26 Nov 2024 in Senate: No, I do not want to be informed by Sen. Cherarkey. He belongs to the same lying Government and most probably, he will lie to me. He will not inform me. view
• 26 Nov 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am true to the facts of the report and I am aware that it has been worked on, and it is going to be tabled before this House. The Report is already in this House. The Chairman of the Committee is here and he is going to contribute, and he will tell us. view
• 26 Nov 2024 in Senate: It is here. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, can I allow the Chairman of the Committee to inform me because this is becoming a back-and-forth argument and yet, they know there is fake fertilizer in the country and no one has ever been compensated? view
• 26 Nov 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I still insist that none of the farmers in the country have been compensated and nothing has been done about it by the Government of Kenya. That was supposed to be done by the Ministry of Agriculture. We have summoned them several times, they have appeared before us and they said they will rectify that and yet, that has not been done. That is the position, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. view
• 26 Nov 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the former Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture was a Member of this House. Many times, when we took him on the issue of fertiliser, he used to get surprised on this Floor. You remember the first time he denied there was fake fertiliser in the country? When we proved him wrong, he said he had been misled. In fact, according to him, and that is why we will meet him a lot of times, even outside here when we are taking a break, he will say that other people brought this fake fertiliser and misled him. So, ... view