Maanzo Daniel Kitonga

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• 14 Jun 2023 in Senate: I thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I am actually top in the list. I am a Member of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries. Recently, in one of the agricultural fairs in Makueni that was dealing with mangoes, Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jr. who was a Senator here said that he was surprised that in the next two years, the remaining extension officers will retire. The county has no extension officer. Agriculture being a devolved function, extension officers are so important. Recently, we visited Twiga Chemicals. We were asking the manufacturers of these chemicals how the people on the ... view
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• 14 Jun 2023 in Senate: in a certain manner, so that there is maximum production. If you do not guide the farmers, then they will end up doing a lot of work with negative energy. The whole idea of extension services is very important. It is critical and needs to be acted upon immediately. I know there is a policy in the country aimed at reducing the number of boreholes. Sen. Tabitha Mutinda calls it a service like Kenya Prisons Service and the National Police Service. The services should be devolved so that agricultural extension officers can be hired by the counties and the national ... view
• 14 Jun 2023 in Senate: Therefore, this is an important Bill. I believe it should be concluded as quickly as possible and become law, so that extension officers are all over the country. I believe the overall agricultural value chain addition will become much better. Therefore, we will produce more, have food security and export. view
• 14 Jun 2023 in Senate: At the same time, the country is considering doing irrigation. We need extension officers who will help the country to deal with drip irrigation. That is sort of modern farming which is non-rain-fed agriculture. That is why we are doing the Thwake Dam in Makueni to enables us have water in Kitui, Makueni, Kajiado and Machakos counties, so that farmers can use it for irrigation as well as construction of Konza Technopolis. The project is important. It had stalled but I am sure there are top gear activities going on by the National Treasury and the Ministry of Water, Sanitation ... view
• 14 Jun 2023 in Senate: I thank you and support. view
• 13 Jun 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, five minutes are enough. I rise to support this very important Bill. I congratulate Sen. Crystal Asige and Sen. (Prof.) Kamar. It has distinguished the current practice on learners. Whatever has been happening has been without a law. There are international conventions on this. The Constitution has touched on it and there are scattered laws on how to deal with this issue. With this Bill, it is settled that people with disabilities will get an opportunity to learn because education is an equalizer. If Members, including those from the National Assembly, took care or employed a ... view
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• 13 Jun 2023 in Senate: have a system so that these children or adults can have an opportunity to have an education and other opportunities in life. Most of them can be corrected through surgery and treatment. Many cases have changed. Although, some people have been tilted to believe that when you have a disability and get registered, you are not able to pay taxes and can get a car cheaply. We had a nominated Member in the National Assembly, who is now in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), who used to say that he would not want to go and be prayed for ... view
• 31 May 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to comment on the Petition on eviction and say that sometimes there are fraudulent evictions. People go to court, they obtain a judgement or a ruling ex-parte and at times end up evicting others. If you are not quick enough, then the events end up being very sadistic. Again, by the time you go back to court, you will already have been overtaken by events. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is something that the Senate should take very seriously because the Government is talking about housing, yet houses which have been constructed, including ... view