Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: that is brought to this House simply because MPs have been arrested. The truth of the matter is that our Constitution is very clear that once you are arrested you are assumed innocent until proved guilty. Unless that has been done, you should enjoy bail like any other Kenyan. This idea of denying people bail is unconstitutional. We are a law-making House and it will be very unfortunate that we make laws and then people just break them. When we swear after elections, or when taking up whatever public office we are given, we all swear to protect the Constitution ... view
• 26 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: With those remarks, this must stop and I support. view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for allowing me to say one thing about this Bill. I did not get a chance to contribute to it and I want to say one thing which I think is important for Members. Today is 20th June, 2018 and we are passing this Bill so that it can become law. This means we are just confirming to the county governments that they can prepare their budgets. You know the national Government budget is already finalised because we have approved the estimates. We need to think seriously as a House, how we can facilitate ... view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for allowing me to also make a contribution to this Bill. This Bill is aimed at supporting revenue raising measures in this country. This is all targeted at improving tax administration in the country. We know out of the many programmes the Government plans to implement, we must think of how to raise revenue to fund them. This amendment, in terms of timing, I appreciate the Chair, Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. The amendments are focusing on revenue raising measures and very soon, we The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report ... view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: will be discussing the Finance Bill, which was presented to us just the other day which in a broader way, will be focusing on the same. So, I see a situation where we will finalise on this Bill and we are likely to get some of the provisions of this Bill, when it becomes an Act of Parliament, finding their way into the Finance Bill. view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: So, in terms of structuring the processing of the two Bills, the timing is excellent. I must support the House Business Committee and the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning for ensuring that this comes earlier than the Finance Bill. Even as I say that, I want to discuss a few things. Because of the nature of the amendment and the fact that they are few, there is a bit of repetition in terms of what we are saying. view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: So, let me just throw a spanner into the works in terms of what we are calling ‘zero rating’ as opposed to ‘tax exemption’. Hon. Mbadi and Hon. Limo, the Chair of the Committee, have explained that when you zero rate an item, it is likely to be cheaper than when you tax exempt it. What you call Value Addition Tax, the inputs which come in as you process, will be taxed. However, we must also think about the other alternative to it. Because of corruption issues in this country, and we all agree in this country corruption is a ... view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: They are even likely to exaggerate the figures so that even the tax we have paid in a genuine manner is likely to be going back to the manufacturers. We do not refund exactly what should be refunded as a way of compensating for tax inputs. That is where we need to be careful. Theoretically, on matters of administration and tax issues, there is the element of cost of taxation or efficiency in tax collection. I do not know if I would be wrong to imagine that there could be a situation where by zero rating items, we are opening ... view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: The other issue I would like to talk about is gaming. It is important that we seriously tax gaming proceeds. It should be prohibitive tax. If we are serious about stopping gaming, we cannot just allow people to move away with these huge amounts of money without being taxed. One of the problems we have in this country is that our school children are working hard, but when they see somebody has just used Kshs20 and has obtained Kshs20 million, they lose the focus. The question is: What signal or message are we sending to these young ones? We are ... view
• 20 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Time has come when this country must send the right signal to our young ones that hard work pays. You just do not just sit and become rich. You must work hard to become rich. That way, we will be instilling the right values in our children, so that they can work hard and do not go for short cuts which seem like every Kenyan is going for. This concerns me. So, as we tax this, it is important that we start sending the right signals in terms of values so that our children and the young people can know ... view