Maanzo Daniel Kitonga

Sen. Maanzo Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to comment on the Statement in relation to exportation of labour from Kenya. There are already three people from Makueni who have found themselves in Manama, and in fact, one has now gone missing after the earthquake. Mr. Speaker,...

Sen. Maanzo Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am very happy to receive the delegation from Makueni County Assembly. I am sure that by the time they are through with the learning tour, they will be better MCAs in the County of Makueni. So far, the County of Makueni has done very...

Sen. Maanzo Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Recently there was a riot by the refugees in Kakuma Camp and within a week, a chartered Kenya Airways flight flew quite a number of them to Germany. This happened about three weeks ago. Could the Cabinet Secretary clarify whether this information is...

Sen. Maanzo Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. When I was Secretary of the Ministry of Co-operatives, the issue was that farmers used to deposit their milk there daily. Therefore, they built their shares on a daily basis and the assets belonged to them. The ownership of cooperatives is usually on...

Sen. Maanzo Madam Temporary Speaker, you know the Cabinet Secretary is on his feet, but I will be as brief as possible. First, I want to congratulate the Cabinet April 1, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 26 Sen. MaanzoSecretary for coming up with the new cooperatives law because this will deal with...

(Bill deferred)Sen. Edwin Sifuna is not present. Therefore, that Order is deferred. Let us go to the next Order. Second Reading THE COUNTY STATISTICS BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.5 OF 2024)

Sen. Maanzo(Bill deferred)Sen. Edwin Sifuna is not present. Therefore, that Order is deferred. Let us go to the next Order. Second Reading April 1, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 57 Sen. Maanzo(Bill deferred)Sen. Ali Ibrahim Roba is not present. Therefore, that Order is deferred. Let us move on to the next Order....

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Amendment Bill. I do not want to belabour points that have been said by my colleagues. I would like to point out that we have so many pieces of legislation that have been passed and signed into law, but they have not...

Thank you. Hon. Senators, now that the Mover is not in the House, pursuant to Standing Order No.97 (2) (b) , it is assumed that he has forfeited his right of reply, hence we move to the putting of the question, which I will have to defer owing to the...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, kindly defer the Bill to the next sitting. April 1, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 58

That Order is deferred. THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT (AMENDMENT) BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.46 OF 2023)

(Bill deferred)Let us have Sen. Mwaruma. If he is not here, that Order is deferred. Let us go to the next Order. Second Reading THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT (AMENDMENT) BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.49 OF 2023)

(Bill deferred)Let us have Sen. Lenku Ole Seki. Since he is not present, that Order is deferred. Let us go to the next Order. Second Reading THE NARCOTIC DRUGS AND PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES (CONTROL) (AMENDMENT) BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.1 OF 2024)

(Bill deferred)Sen. Kathuri Murungi is not present. So, that Order is deferred. Let us go to the next Order. April 1, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 59

Second Reading THE COUNTY OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.3 OF 2024)

(Bill deferred)Sen. Ledama Olekina is not present. Therefore, that Order is deferred. Let us go to the next Order. Second Reading THE SPORTS (AMENDMENT) BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.33 OF 2024)

(Bill deferred)Sen. Ali Ibrahim Roba is not present. Therefore, that Order is deferred. Let us move on to the next Order. Second Reading THE COUNTY WARDS (EQUITABLE DEVELOPMENT) BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.20 OF 2024)

Sen. Karungo Thang’wa is not present. Therefore, that Order is deferred. April 1, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 60

(Bill deferred) That is the last Order as per today’s Order Paper. Hon. Senators, kindly rise. ADJOURNMENT

Hon. Senators, there being no other business on the Order Paper, the Senate stands adjourned until tomorrow, Wednesday, 2nd April, 2025, at

Sen. Maanzo Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to comment. I wish to begin with a Statement by Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda concerning delayed flights of KQ. Kenyans indeed travelling can get very inconvenienced. This happens when something goes wrong with an aircraft or it fails...

Sen. Maanzo Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, this morning I have received a document which has a very detailed presentation, though to me it looks scientific in nature. I believe it goes on to explain the scientific mechanisms of some part of what I had asked. However, I would like...

Sen. Maanzo Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to ask the following two questions to the CS, Water, Sanitation and Irrigation-

Sen. Maanzo Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I will start with where Sen. Hezena left. For a long time in Kenya's history, we have never had such an operation - a massive vaccination of animals. For vaccination to be, you must be controlling a certain identified disease like an...

Sen Maanzo Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to the policy statement, which informs the law relating to budgeting and the finance bills. I would like to say that having a policy statement is very March 18, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 30 Sen Maanzoimportant...

Sen. Maanzo Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to comment on this very important Report and also thank the Committee for making an attempt to look for solutions for this big problem of debt management in the country. I also thank the Senate Majority Leader for...

Sen. Maanzo Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I beg to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Water, Sanitation and Irrigation the following Question-

Sen. Maanzo Mr. Speaker, Sir, although there has been an attempt to answer the Question, I have asked in (a) why the construction works have stalled. We have been told about the war in Ukraine, but I have not seen the nexus. I can confirm having been a Member for...

Sen. Maanzo Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I welcome the students to the House. When you visit Parliament, you learn a lot. For those who are reading history and civics, you are going to have about 10 to 15 marks questions in relation to Parliament in your form four...

Thank you, Sen. Maanzo. I want to confirm that most donor funded projects collapse because of corruption and entities work together to not support and fully utilize those resources. In our counties, we see a lot of such donor funded projects stalling and collapsing. This leads to future denials of...

Sen. Maanzo Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to say that the moment we passed the SHA and SHIF law, the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) law was repealed. Therefore, there is no possibility or chance that people will go back to that. Certainly, we must do our...

Sen. MaanzoSen. Cherarkey has suggested that we court martial these people or sentence them to death by shooting at Uhuru Park. However, I want to tell him that for us to be able to do so, we will need to change the Constitution of Kenya and bring back the death...

Sen. Maanzo Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 53 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare on the employment status of staff contracted by the national Government under UHC programme during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the Statement,...

Sen. Maanzo Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. This is resulting out of a petition. Hospitality is a very key earner of foreign exchange into our country. It has to be organized in such a way that at all material times, visitors from other country feel free to come to our...

Sen. Maanzo Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was just asking, for example, if Sen. Olekina gets a seizure and I am seated next to him, what will I do? This is for the benefit of here and the rest of the community. This is because many people get seizures and...

Sen. Maanzo Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I want to ask a question in relation to the question asked by Sen. Mumma. I have confidence with the Cabinet Secretary on this particular issue because she is a medical doctor. What efforts have you made to educate the public on...