Maanzo Daniel Kitonga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 May 2024 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 16 May 2024 in Senate: also plant fruit-bearing trees such as mangoes and oranges. When the weather is appropriate, we also plant avocado and macadamia trees. I got many seedlings from the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development through his counterpart in Makueni, but it was coincidental with his impeachment. Although it appeared as a bribe, I directed that we plant the trees, but we would vote against the Cabinet Secretary who supplied fake fertilizer. Tree seedlings should not be given to Senators as a bribe. The timing should also be right. We have many laws on environment that need to be improved. Weather ... view
• 16 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, there was a problem in Athi River, where a developer built houses on a riverbed. The concerned Government agencies such as the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) were taken to court and informed that he was not a riparian landowner. Even Jesus Christ said that you cannot build a house at the bottom of a river. You can only do it on a rock, if you want it to survive during a rainy season. I cautioned people on this Floor, through the television, and those I met, that both the court and the developer were wrong. ... view
• 16 May 2024 in Senate: There is also something called contributory negligence. They should have used commonsense to know that a river’s course had been diverted and the land was riparian. The Government is acting too late on the issue of riparian land. The late Hon. Michuki would have never allowed something of that nature or a law like this to be brought to Parliament if he was in charge of environment. It is just for the sake of creating employment, which eventually leads to ballooning the wage bill. It is totally of no consequence other that what scientists are currently doing in the country. ... view
• 16 May 2024 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 16 May 2024 in Senate: This law has not said what will happen to the currently existing department. Will the Act dealing with that be repealed? If so, how many Acts of Parliament will be repealed? Will they be split into two or what will happen because there is a law existing? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is clearly over legislation, unnecessary and waste of public resources. I do not support it. I urge other reasonable members of the society like Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale to reject it, so that we can do the right thing and save Kenyans’ funds. Let us do the right amendments ... view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Cabinet Secretary has talked about exploratory boreholes, where they are making an attempt to study aquifers. view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: Ordinarily though, we have many dry boreholes in many parts of the country and this usually attracts a criminal penalty. What is the Cabinet Secretary doing about the people who have been given contracts to dig boreholes and they end up being dry boreholes and what is the cure? Other than exploring, there are many people who have wasted Government’s money when they dig up boreholes. What is the result of that study? view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. First, I congratulate the Cabinet Secretary Mvurya for coming up with the idea of cooperatives to manage mining in the whole country. This also being a devolved function, it should be by region and work with the county governments. This will go a long way to help Kenyans realise their potential in mining. My question is about copper in Makueni County, where some unlicensed company was exploiting this alleged cooper deposits in a place called Kathonzweni precisely, Kiangini, where he visited recently. What is the current status of that mineral for no further action ... view