Maanzo Daniel Kitonga

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• 25 Sep 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I want to take this opportunity to congratulate Sen. Mariam Omar for a very big attempt to clean up the cooperative movement. At one time in life, I was the Secretary for Cooperatives in Kenya and I am very much aware of the troubles of the movement. At that time, my Minister was Joseph Nyagah. May his soul rest in peace. The movement has been yearning for this moment and I like what she has done. This is an amendment of the original Cooperatives Act. When I was the Secretary and the new Constitution ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in Senate: the proposals of Dr. Zani and Sen. Mariam Omar, which are very good, and what is already is in the Bill. Currently, the Bill is a total overhaul. The cooperatives movement begins from the village, comes to the county and national government, and then goes international. We have the International Cooperative Alliance, which carries all the cooperative societies in the world. I had shared that with Sen. Mariam Omar. I was asking whether she had taken time to compare notes with the best practices in the world, especially Europe. The Senate should have sponsored her to visit some of the ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in Senate: The cooperatives movement, especially the agricultural one, can even be found in North Eastern. There are farmers who used to come see me in office, all the way from North Eastern. They run a serious co-operative there. There are farmers in Mandera, Garissa and along the rivers. There are other activities like herding cows that are in the cooperative movement. This cooperative movement is also strong in China, but best practices are found in Europe, the Nordic countries. There are milk and transport cooperatives and that is how we borrowed the Matatu SACCO. They are not SACCO but they have ... view
• 24 Sep 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to make a brief comment on the request by Sen. Kavindu Muthama on stalled projects in the counties. It is not just in Machakos County, but there are many stalled projects in many counties. This originates from the fact that counties have not received money for quite a while. In this House, we have a proposal to reduce the funding of the counties. We stand for devolution because it is very important. At all times, the national Government is the collector of taxes. So, whenever there is a shortfall of revenue, it should not ... view
• 24 Sep 2024 in Senate: more expensive they become because the contractors are on the ground. This is also associated with pending bills. The more you have debts, the more it becomes difficult to pool the resources we have together to develop the counties much better. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support the statement. There must be a consultative effort from the county governments and the national Government to make sure that all stalled projects, including Thwake Dam, are revived and completed so that we do not incur more expenses with the county. I thank you. view
• 19 Sep 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. On issues of enforced disappearance, before the President, His Excellency Dr. William Samoei Ruto became President, he said that no more people will be found dead in River Yala. We have now found people dead in Quarry. The worst that can happen to a Kenyan is to disappear, and then your family makes an application for habeas corpus, it goes to the court, and then the court is not given the person whether dead or alive and that becomes the end of that family. That means the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard ... view
• 19 Sep 2024 in Senate: family will never know where their kins are. That is in the department of the Executive, particularly the National Police Service. I urge the Acting Inspector General of the National Police Service because he is aware it. If he wants to get away with this because he has been convicted by the court, then he should produce the bodies or the persons alive. He will then purge the contempt and everything will go well. The moment you are contemptuous before a Judge, you can only go back to that judge. The only way to purge the contempt is to comply ... view
• 19 Sep 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on a point of order, I would like to rise under Standing Order No. 41 on Quorum. This matter is so grave and important for every single county and it has to proceed when there is a full quorum of the House. view
• 19 Sep 2024 in Senate: I have also applied it under the Standing Order No.39. The quorum should be 15 Members. view
• 17 Sep 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I had prepared myself to make comments on Sen. Sifuna's matter, but unfortunately, from your ruling, then I am unable to proceed. view