Maanzo Daniel Kitonga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Mar 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, when we make law, it must first go with the Constitution and then the Statute. The moment you fundamentally amend the original part of the Bill, even though we stand for devolution, and housing should be fully devolved, what the Chairperson has introduced, tend to reverse what had already been passed. view
• 12 Mar 2024 in Senate: It is important, therefore, that they flow with the Constitution. This is not flowing and the amendment becomes automatically unconstitutional. view
• 12 Mar 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir, I conclude. view
• 12 Mar 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Chairperson, my contribution is brief. That there must be consistency. The whole idea is devolution. Housing is a devolved function. Therefore, the moment you introduce an element that takes it back to a national function, it becomes unconstitutional. I oppose. view
• 6 Mar 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion - THAT, AWARE THAT, at the Sitting of the Senate held on 29th June, 2023, the Senate, resolved to establish an Ad Hoc Committee to investigate the compensation to the Kenyan victims of the 1998 bombing of the United States of America Embassy in Nairobi and report back to the House within three months of its establishment; FURTHER AWARE, that on 3rd October, 2023 and on 15th November, 2023 the Senate resolved to renew the mandate of the Ad Hoc Committee for a further period not exceeding 45 ... view
• 6 Mar 2024 in Senate: NOW, THEREFORE, the Senate resolves to renew the mandate of the Ad view
• 6 Mar 2024 in Senate: Committee for a further period not exceeding 100 days from 11th March, 2024, and to table its final report in the Senate on or before 19th June, 2024. view
• 6 Mar 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I agree with my colleagues who have spoken before us that the Senate does not sit here in vain. We amended the law to bring Cabinet Secretaries to the House to answer questions. Therefore, Cabinet Secretaries must take it seriously. I agree with Sen. Mungatana, that it should become punitive unless there is a sufficient reason, which can only be a Cabinet meeting. No other reason. Even if one proves that they are unwell, they should give notice early enough. Not the way Hon. Aisha Jumwa has done, to send a letter this morning. It ... view
• 6 Mar 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important matter. The funding of the counties is our priority. From the policy statement, it is clear that just a little money has been added as equitable share of revenue and yet the counties have a lot of challenges. Although the Government has tried to post the monies in good time, the counties have still had a delay of about two months or so. The OSR has been a big challenge partly because of theft. The county levies across the nation have not been ... view
• 6 Mar 2024 in Senate: It will be good if the money is sent in good time so that we do not see the kind of ratings we saw where some counties have little consumption and others having dealt with their monies in good time. One of the other challenges in financing the counties is the pending bills. They have pinned down counties in the last 10 years. Some of those pending bills belong to previous governors. Some of the projects where there are claims of pending bills are not claimable. One cannot see the project and yet, the contractors or people who work with ... view