Maanzo Daniel Kitonga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 May 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 31 May 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this has been experience not only in this particular place, but in many other places where people have been evicted without proper notices. There must always be a notice before eviction. There must be proper court orders when necessary. The police who are nearby should also be able to protect such properties. When residents report, they have the capacity to stop the eviction before anybody goes on to disturb the peace of peace-loving Kenyans. The damage caused then is enormous. I am surprised that the matter has eventually ended up in the Senate. Why have these human ... view
• 25 May 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. First, I want to comment on the matter from Murang’a County. No Kenyan should die in our hospitals simply because there are delays or hospitals in the counties are not prepared to handle emergencies. The health sector should be fully devolved to the counties. On the prisons matter, I thank the Kenya Women Senators Association (KEWOSA) for the action they took. They fundraised and paid some of these fines. When Governor Sonko was a politician, he used to do this quite a lot. He would pay Kshs100,000 fines to free people. What is most ... view
• 25 May 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute on this very important law. I am also in the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and I congratulate the Chair and the Members. It came to a situation where the Chair was using his own money and I believe God will pay him one day, so that we do public participation. The cotton grown in Kenya has gone through a lot of problems over the years. It used to be very popular in the 1980s but now, it has staggered and there is a lot of problems ... view
• 25 May 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 25 May 2023 in Senate: The problem has been how the country has handled this crop. Firstly, it is lumped in the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA). That is why we want to have a new law. It has come out clearly from the discussions that have gone on in this House that we will have many amendments during the Committee of the Whole. When you look at the history of cotton in the world, it has been grown in America. The African slaves used to grow cotton. It has also been used to make clothes which is a basic need. It is therefore highly ... view
• 25 May 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 25 May 2023 in Senate: Tanzania. Therefore, Tanzanians end up with a lot of cotton which they sell in the world markets at best prices because their government is involved by helping the farmers. We need to come up with a solution by ensuring that the proposed board is devolved. Are we really going to have a national board? If that is the case, how are we going to appoint the members and the Chair? Are we going back to the case where the President appoints the Chair or will it be Parliament or the counties? Should the counties have their own boards? What would ... view
• 25 May 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 25 May 2023 in Senate: Cotton can persevere dry seasons. If you make cotton growing better, they will start growing it. They have ginneries around Busia and they are looking forward to this. One of the ways of managing this is through the cooperative movement. Cooperatives in Kenya can cooperate with other cooperatives abroad. That will get rid of the brokers, which means that we will do our own ginning and spinning and deal with the final product which is clothing. Therefore, the Government has to take the cooperatives seriously because there are countries which have succeeded in growing this plant such as India and ... view