Maanzo Daniel Kitonga

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• 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: We would like to save the environment by implementing safe farming methods. We should encourage organic farming and spraying so that the pesticides do not injure Kenyans who will handle the pesticides. This country has experienced the ‘death’ of the extension officers. Agriculture is devolved and so, deployment of extension officers has to move from the national Government to the counties. The existing extension officers have about two years to retirement. I hope they will be good citizens who will continue helping the farmer in the village. view
• 25 May 2023 in Senate: The country has to train more extension officers in agriculture because there are none. We must have a policy on extension officers because Kenya is an agricultural economy. We are doing away with extension officers gradually. Therefore, we must have a training policy for extension officers and have them placed in counties. They will work to save the nation from the gap we will face when there will be nobody with knowledge on handling herbicides, animal husbandry or crop production. All the extension officers who know about cotton are retiring. Others are dying out of economic hardships upon retirement. We ... 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: Madam Temporary Speaker, this is an important law. I would like to make a distinction between the National Assembly and this place. It is almost next to impossible to get a private Member’s Bill going through in the National Assembly. After this Bill is passed here, it will go to the National Assembly. Since the National Assembly has many Members from cotton growing constituencies – such as those in Makueni County – I hope they will improve this Bill and even hasten its processing. As a result, cotton growing in this country will not only be well censored but also ... view
• 24 May 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity. I would like to comment on the second Petition in relation to the training institutes, which by the Constitution, have been devolved to counties. It is not just in Nyeri County, but it has happened to many other parts of the country. It is a matter that touch all the counties. However, the decision made on the Petition from Nyeri will give a direction to other counties. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, getting these training institutes to an international level where their training can be useful to the young people ... view
• 24 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
• 24 May 2023 in Senate: I support this particular Petition. It is urgent and the whole country is waiting for it. view
• 23 May 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me the opportunity to comment on this important Petition. The Constitution is clear that any Kenyan, who thinks that there is an unresolved matter, can bring it to Parliament, which includes Senate. These teachers have walked a long journey. They have been trying to make these claims over a long time. They have gone to different Government departments and not found the necessary assistance they were looking for. I believe the Committee dealing with education, and the Senate as a whole, has the power given to it by the Constitution to resolve this ... view
• 23 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