Maanzo Daniel Kitonga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 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
• 8 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to ask a supplementary question in relation to the delay of decent burial of the deceased. The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration is studious with a clear mind on what he is doing. Bearing in mind that a murder trial can last for many years, could the Cabinet Secretary explain or indicate whether there is a way his office can liaise with the family to have the deceased laid to rest, now that some ground has been covered and people have been charged? If they are waiting for somebody to be convicted, ... view
• 8 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to comment on the Statements. I want to comment on the striking doctors and say that every other day, the doctors come to Parliament to strike. A doctor is not trained overnight and is among the most brilliant people in the country who went to medical school and after seven years, I believe these people are qualified to work. However, the requirement is that they have to go through an attachment and then now become fully-fledged doctors. During attachment, this is the time they acquire some of the skills and ... view
• 8 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In relation to the same matter, I remember one time it was on this Floor and at that moment it was blamed to a stolen motorbike. Right now, it has graduated to other factors. We just made a law here, which has gone to the National Assembly. Hon. Cabinet Secretary, while looking for a permanent solution, what are you going to do in terms of the boundaries of the counties that have been a dispute? There is a market built by one county, but they cannot collect any cess or anything out of it. This ... view