Maanzo Daniel Kitonga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important law. This law, although prepared months ago, Sen. Okenyuri seems to have been thinking and knowing what is happening to many young people in this country. In a country, the Government cannot hire everybody. Not all young people or young graduates or people who have been to school can be hired by the counties or the national Government. Therefore, there is need for job creation. This is one way for people to begin small businesses and grow them into big-time international businesses. This ... view
• 11 Jul 2024 in Senate: There are many people who carry goods and sell them on the streets, but they are harassed by the existing laws. Therefore, there was need to protect and nurture such businesses into big-time businesses and this law will serve such so that we can have organized street vending. Already there is some organized street vending. Sometimes they sell African regalia, kitenges ’, Maasai beads and all that, in the car parks. This happens periodically and it does not have a certain law. It is even better when certain streets are gazetted and preserved for this trade in an organized manner, ... view
• 11 Jul 2024 in Senate: There are others who even sell car accessories. They walk long distances and they save people's time who have no time to walk to the shops. These are the people who eventually grow into bigger shops, more settled, more organized and will even pay bigger levies to the counties. Subsequently, their spending power is enhanced and they are now able to grow their lifestyles. Therefore, a law like this at a time like this is important, so that everyone is accorded an opportunity. This particular law must protect these people and the people themselves must be responsible. That is why ... view
• 11 Jul 2024 in Senate: will be easy for everyone to transport goods. Even the ones with mikokoteni will know that they have an opportunity to take their children to school, feed themselves and grow. The selling of food, be it cereals, requires cleanliness. Therefore, there must be places where people can clean their hands and washroom facilities by counties because these issues move together. This will make the street business profitable. We heard Sen. Mungatana speaking about a certain outbreak. When people do not maintain cleanliness, there is bound to be outbreaks of diseases. One of the major ways of dealing with such diseases ... view
• 10 Jul 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am one of the Members of the Committee on Delegated Legislation. As you know, you and I have been in the National Assembly for 10 years, and currently serving our third term of Parliament. I am blessed to have been a Member of the Committee on Delegated Legislation for 12 years now. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with these regulations of the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), which the Committee has sought to nullify, we had difficulties which I have never seen in my lifetime in Parliament. We summoned the Cabinet Secretary, who is supposed to ... view
• 10 Jul 2024 in Senate: They gave an organized Gazette notice and, in fact, announced that these regulations were to be effective by 1st July. Of course, the tariffs were never published and there was a little bit of disorganization in the presentation of these regulations and keenly with the tariffs missing, then the regulations had a gaping hole. We pleaded with the Ministry to let us have these tariffs. We have never seen them up to today. Without the tariffs, then you have a very big component of the regulations not accompanying and not being part of the regulations, and they cannot come when ... view
• 10 Jul 2024 in Senate: Health is a very serious matter. You heard the Senator for Migori talk of his experiences on how he, unfortunately, lost his mother due to lack of very little money, health insurance and such. Many Kenyans are going through this and many of the Gen Z are not insured. Many of the Gen Z and many other Kenyans would want to know how they will be treated when there is a need of this nature, for instance, when you have been shot by police or injured in a road accident and that data has to be availed. One of the ... view
• 10 Jul 2024 in Senate: for people who are unable to pay school fees, such as the university fees and medical fees. Many people lose their lives because they cannot be attended to when there is an emergency or when they get sick. Therefore, there is need for us, as the Senate, to make sure that we interrogate the regulations thoroughly. I really want to thank the Chairperson of the Committee, Sen. Gataya Mo Fire, the secretariat and the legal officers of the Committee, for being so thorough and bringing forth a lot of issues and questions, and for being of great assistance to the ... view
• 10 Jul 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to second and urge the Senate to reject these torturous regulations, which are unconstitutional and illegal. This will go a long way in helping solve the problems of Kenyans, especially the Gen Z, who suffer very much when they get sick or go to hospitals. I want to ask the Cabinet Secretary together with the Principal Secretaries under her and all her team to be vigilant, so that Kenyans may be served well. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to second. view
• 10 Jul 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to second this important Motion. Senate Mashinani is a forum whereby the Senate interacts with people of different counties. I have only experienced the one that was in Lodwar. While we were there, the Committee of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries visited Lake Turkana. I do not think I would have visited it, unless the Senate offered this opportunity. We went there to address the issue of co-operatives and fishing. The Senator for that county also guided us well on many things. By the end of the day, different committees had a good picture of ... view