Maanzo Daniel Kitonga

Sen. Maanzo Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Statement. There has been a serious problem in the counties. There has been delay of monies which has not been properly explained at the Council of Governors (CoGs) . Nevertheless, there have been good promises that the monies...

Sen. Maanzo Sen. Cheptumo, please proceed.

Sen. Maanzo Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to welcome the team from Makueni County Assembly to the Senate. I also welcome the team from Namibia. A few years ago, I visited Namibia and we were treated very well. There is a very good example of...

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Sen. Maanzo Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am one of the neighbours in dispute with the boundary with Taita-Taveta. The Constitution of Kenya fixed the boundaries as of the districts of 1992. There is also a law which used to exist dealing with provinces as they were then. When that matter...

Sen. Maanzo Mr. Speaker, Sir, I look forward to the constitution of commissioners of the IEBC and I believe this matter will be settled as soon as possible. The matter has been to court and the court indicated that it had no jurisdiction to deal with the matter. However, I...

Sen. Maanzo Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I rise to support the Statement about Kaimosi Friends University College. When charters were being awarded, it was not just to this particular university but to quite a number of universities but all of them have not been actualized. University education is important. It...

Sen. Maanzo Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. For a long time, Kenya Power has never taken seriously the issue of power outages. Sometimes there is no notice and then power goes off. You could be having newborns in nurseries and a certain hospital may not have back-up systems or the...

Sen. Maanzo Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to support this great Petition. This has been lingering on for long time for many Kenyans. It is a question former teacher and current teachers’ organizations of Makueni have been asking on behalf of their colleagues. Mr. Speaker,...

Sen Maanzo Next Order. March 7, 2023 SENATE DEBATES 19 Sen Maanzo in terms of rare mineral rare vitamins. They are sold largely in Europe and you will find somebody chewing those nuts in almost every flight there.The problem, and we must look forward to solve, is how do we...

Sen. Maanzo Mr. Speaker, Sir, with your kind permission, two months ago I made a request for a Statement in relation to human-wildlife conflict in Makueni County. Unfortunately, I have not been called by the relevant Committee to make a presentation or received an answer on the same. March 2,...

Sen. Maanzo Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to make a Statement on behalf of Sen. Oketch Gicheru.

Sen. Maanzo Yes, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have the two assignments. I would like to support the Senator for Nakuru City County and reiterate our sentiments. We work very closely with her and I can see she is working very hard for her people. So, we support her in that...

Sen. Maanzo Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This matter affects all counties and I rise to support Sen. Cherarkey. I want to take a different dimension on it. When COVID-19 came, the people who suffered most were the clinical officers. The disease was new and there were no equipment to...

Sen. Maanzo Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to support this very important course. The plight of counties is now worse than it has ever been. Monies have not been remitted to counties yet statutory deductions ensue. It seems that there is no communication from these...

Sen. Maanzo Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. This Bill is very important. I believe that it is still in the middle of discussions. March 2, 2023 SENATE DEBATES 39 Sen. Maanzo.I thank Sen. Mungatana for cleverly and wisely crafting this Bill to avoid conflict of law. There are quite a...

Sen. Maanzo Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Allow me to quote the Bible. Leviticus 13:22 states- “Do not practice homosexuality. Having sex with another man or with a woman is a staple sin” Further, Leviticus 20:13 states- “If a man practices homosexuality; having sex with another man as with a...

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Sen. Maanzo Sen. Kisang’, proceed.

Sen. Maanzo Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. It is always a pleasure for students to learn from us, to be role modelled by us. Every time we have visitors, we look forward to invite them and welcome them to follow the proceedings. I encourage those young children one day...