Maanzo Daniel Kitonga

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 81 to 90 of 616.

• 21 May 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Tea is a very important plant in the country. I want to take the direction of the tea growers; the farmers. In the last 10 years, there have been issues, although most of them have been sorted out either by legislation, management or the Government, especially where the tea farmers were not getting a proper deal for their sweat. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my first trip to Meru County was with you. We were going to sort out a very urgent matter on tea growers. We went to your constituency with quite a number ... view
• 21 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I had an opportunity to look at this Bill. I think Sen. (Dr.) Oburu, the Senator for Siaya, and the Senator for Meru understand the genesis of this Bill. When we were in the National Assembly in 2013, there was this culture, which developed where the National Assembly used to bash the Senate whenever an opportunity arose. Similarly, the Senate would bash the National Assembly. Eventually, some ideas developed. That is why you see this Bill seeking to deal with bicameral relations. However, I do not think it initially came out in good faith. The Constitution ... view
• 21 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this Bill had its origins on the wrong footing. During the Parliament that was there after 2017, there was a little bit of improvement in those frosty relationships. It was the House leadership, which used to lead the bashing from the ‘Lower’ House to the ‘Upper’ House and that would go unchecked. It happened until the time the Speakers agreed to be comparing notes on whether a Bill is a money Bill or not according to Article 110 of the Constitution. I agree with the Senator for Nandi. That is why you see some of us ... view
• 21 May 2024 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 Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 21 May 2024 in Senate: That happened to Sen. (Dr.) Zani’s Bill on co-operatives. She really worked on it, but when it got to the National Assembly, it underwent a natural death. Now that she is no longer in Parliament, it is very difficult to revive it. However, I have seen a new co- operatives Bill and I think that is a blessing. While in the National Assembly, I sponsored a Bill to deal with snakebites because people from Lower Eastern and Coastal regions experience many snakebites and many of them die. Snakes have gone unchecked by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and neither has ... view
• 21 May 2024 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 Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 21 May 2024 in Senate: It is important when the law is followed on the face of it, especially, the Constitution. When the constitutional provisions are as clear as they are now, in relation to the bicameral status and when the Constitution has made it clear what the role of each House is, then there is no need to have a Bill of Parliament that seeks to interpret the Constitution or amend it in one way or another. The spirit of the law of the Constitution must remain so that we leave the Constitution and the letter of the law as it was enacted by ... view
• 16 May 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the department dealing with weather is very important in the country. The Kenya Meteorological Department is of huge significance to the country, but many times they have not been giving advice. I like what the Senate Majority Leader is proposing in this law. There is a trend which is common currently. That is setting up as many boards as possible. That has an implication on the wage bill of the country, unless you have a serious justification. We must first know what is wrong with the Kenya Meteorological Department. Are they not well funded? For one ... view
• 16 May 2024 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 Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 16 May 2024 in Senate: So far, this department has the support in terms of devolution. Every county in this country has a County Executive Committee Member (CECM) in charge of environment. They even have directors in charge of weather. They may not have sufficient instruments to deal with local weather, but they can collaborate with the Government to have the information shared with them. In fact, if you check your phone now, you can see the weather forecast of any place on earth. The bigger challenge has been predicting how weather will be or when danger is likely to strike. The United States of ... view