Maanzo Daniel Kitonga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. We want to thank the House for allowing the Ad hoc Committee to resolve issues affecting Kenyans. This is a matter that has been pending before the courts of the United States of America (USA), and the House of Parliament for many years. When this Committee was set up, it met most victims, and most of them were orphaned children, and the widowed. People have lost their parents, husbands, or wives in this process. This is something Kenyans who were old enough by 1998, 25 years ago, know and remember very well. The biggest ... view
• 15 May 2024 in Senate: have been in touch with this Committee and made their contributions. He has been briefed and has sought a document from this House, which is what we are debating today. At least he needs a progress report and a report, which they can carry while visiting the USA with the President. They could then make a presentation to the Government of the USA, so that it could also be of help in lobbying for us through the Senate and the Congress. When we got an opportunity, we lobbied with many of them and they are waiting for this amendment, so ... view
• 14 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to comment on the Statement of Sen. Mundigi, the great Senator for Embu. When it comes to the--- 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
• 14 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. While supporting Sen. Mundigi, I would like to say that the dams have to be useful to the counties next to them and the neighbourhood. Other than the generation of electricity by dams, there must be ways of making sure that flooding by the dams are properly controlled now that it is overflowing. We thank God that nothing went extra. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is important to note that the Petition is on devolution, which is very key. The request may be appropriate, but the framers of our Constitution found it that the deputy governor ... view
• 14 May 2024 in Senate: I have yet not contributed to this Bill, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 14 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I thank --- view
• 14 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy, Speaker, Sir. I thank the Mover for coming up with this Bill. This Bill is very important. It deals with maternal, meaning the mother, then newborn, meaning a child who has successfully been born, and the child's health to mean the growth of a child. Bear in mind that a child is up to 18 years of age. Makueni County pioneered this, although it was not in any written law. Professor Kibwana, together with his cabinet, came up with a maternal mother-child hospital. It was done very reasonably, very clean, and not far from the Level ... view
• 14 May 2024 in Senate: Then comes delivery time. As Sen. Omtatah has said, he was born at home. I too was born at home, deep in Makueni at the time, even the road services were very difficult to find. The nearest hospital was 200 kilometres away, which is Machakos town. Some traditional methods and experts knew how best to deliver a baby. My grandmother, thank God, was such an expert. Therefore, I was safely born. Then, if something was to go wrong, it would have taken two days to get to Machakos District Hospital. There was only one bus, which only appeared every 24 ... view
• 14 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, again, most people who bring many children into the world, are young women and therefore need that information. There is a new system of Community Health Practitioners (CHP). This law must feature them prominently. It should even go to their financing and their preparation to make sure that in every village there is a CHP and also a midwife, who is very experienced and has the basics and equipment to detect things such as blood pressure. Such a person can advise in case a woman goes into labor and that there are mechanisms to ensure the ... view
• 14 May 2024 in Senate: This calls for a lot of information to the young people which could be part of the curriculum system and which could be relayed by the community health workers. It will ensure that young expectant women are taken care of very well during that particular time. Otherwise, although the national Government has been given some role, we should lead the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Health. That role should be devolved. The monies should be devolved and make sure that all services are held at the county level because even if you have Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, there are ... view