Daniel Kitonga Maanzo

Hon. Daniel Maanzo (Makueni, WDM-K) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am a Member of the Committee on Delegated Legislation. Having been in this House for 10 years, I am aware we passed a scrap metal law. It is applicable in the country. When you have a law, regulations...

Hon. Daniel Maanzo (Makueni, WDM-K) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to eulogise the late Hon. Kamoti. I served with him in the Committee of Delegated Legislation for 10 years. Unfortunately, we lost him this weekend. Mine is to pass condolences from the people of Makueni to...

Hon. Daniel Maanzo (Makueni, WDM-K) Thank you, Hon. Chairman. The clarity put in Clause 68 is very important because many a times, we rely on conviction rather than with somebody with proceedings before a court of law, and this one relates even, to an investigation of proceedings and not just...

Hon. Daniel Maanzo (Makueni, WDM-K) Hon. Chairman, I like Hon. Millie’s amendment of enhancing. If you see the jail term compared to the amount of money put, then it is easy even for it to be lower. Somebody can pay the fine and get away with it and then the...

Hon. Daniel Maanzo (Makueni, WDM-K) Hon. Chairman, you know for every authority, there has to be a way of sanctioning that authority, if it acts beyond its powers or is unreasonable. That is a principle in the Constitution. That is why people go for judicial review. I think what Hon....

Hon. Daniel Maanzo (Makueni, WDM-K) I am supporting Hon. Millie Odhiambo.

Hon. Daniel Maanzo (Makueni, WDM-K) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the experience in the country so far with national disaster management and the structure which we have means that we really need this amendment, so that it is specific who is responsible. For example, if it is something to do with...

Hon. Daniel Maanzo (Makueni, WDM-K) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, when making this law, one of the things that we especially thought of was the county governments. Even if you have many other bodies coming to assist, you need a body with structures. For example, most county governments now have fire...

Hon. Daniel Maanzo (Makueni, WDM-K) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. Having experience of the previous Children Act and a lot of litigation generated by children’s law, in Clause 5, we are inserting the word “protection” after “wellbeing” and we know children’s rights are supreme. Ordinarily, the court’s interpretation is...

Hon. Daniel Maanzo (Makueni, WDM-K) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, this intersex issue has even become part of litigations so far, and many children have suffered. The matter, in fact, is coming up in constituencies when children are reporting to Form One. That is the time this situation is being realised,...

Hon. Daniel Maanzo (Makueni, WDM-K) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. From the outset, as at now, this Bill does not concern the counties. When it comes to implementation, obviously counties will have a great role to play, especially in...

Hon. Daniel Maanzo (Makueni, WDM-K) I want to support that amendment. There has to be at least minimum qualifications for a person dealing with health. So, they should have minimum knowledge in this area and a little bit of training and understanding about health or first aid. I support. (Question,...

Hon. Daniel Maanzo (Makueni, WDM-K) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. Other than the definition that has been given, for you to be a community health worker, the people in that area must trust you, know that you have the necessary experience and are available when emergencies occur. Most of...

Hon. Daniel Maanzo (Makueni, WDM-K) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This is a very important Bill. It is one of the Bills which promotes the creation of jobs in this country. PWDs have been disadvantaged for a very long time. However, we have noted that many PWDs have abilities...

Hon. Daniel Maanzo (Makueni, WDM-K) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. The world has become a global village. In one of the conferences I was sponsored by this House to attend before COVID- 19, this was a major...

Hon. Daniel Maanzo (Makueni, WDM-K) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to comment on this very important matter. There has been a lot of trouble in the last four days. As it has been stated before, when Kenyans buy fuel in jerrycan and keep them in their...

Hon. Daniel Maanzo (Makueni, WDM-K) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the Motion. I want to agree with Hon. Mutunga that a lot of times, donors want to deal directly with county governments. Devolution is one of the most important phenomena of our Constitution. There are a lot...

Hon. Daniel Maanzo (Makueni, WDM-K) I thank you for giving me an opportunity to discuss this very important Bill. An election law is very sensitive. When I looked at this Amendment Bill and the existing Act, I came to the conclusion that, although the amendments have been proposed by the...

Hon. Daniel Maanzo (Makueni, WDM-K) Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me an opportunity. Sorry I was sharing with Hon. Wamalwa the implication of this amendment. In my understanding, it is good because it is dealing with nomination of Members to the county assemblies. The practice has been when a...

Hon. Daniel Maanzo (Makueni, WDM-K) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, the distribution of Special Funds has been a challenge despite having been set up by the Constitution 2010. On the request to make inarable land arable, efforts have been made by the Government of Kenya, for example, through Thwake Dam. It...

Hon. Daniel Maanzo (Makueni, WDM-K) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I rise to support the Committee Chair on that amendment. The first bit of this law was selective across the country and the regions. Remember, counties are clumped into regions because of the new Constitution. This was segregative, therefore,...

Hon. Daniel Maanzo (Makueni, WDM-K) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this seems to be a substantive amendment that seems to enrich Hon. Ichung’wah’s amendment. The Chairperson of the Committee, Hon. Mwathi, has briefly explained that it is going to be electronic and you can see the inclusion of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)...

Hon. Daniel Maanzo (Makueni, WDM-K) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, this should be a policy and not plan. In the first place, this law should have been informed by a policy. It being a private Member’s Bill by Hon. Ichung’wah, the Member for Kikuyu, he could also include the issue of...

Hon. Daniel Maanzo (Makueni, WDM-K) I think Hon. Ichung'wah or the Chair should clarify this one because Article 58 of the Constitution deals with quite a number of issues. This proposed amendment should probably have stated what qualifies to be a national disaster and to what magnitude. Maybe, it should...

Hon. Daniel Maanzo (Makueni, WDM-K) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I support the Petition by Hon. Baya. Some of his prayers, however, may lack jurisdiction to act upon. They may need some channels which are diplomatic, probably through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to be effected. Parliament, for example, may not...