Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to second the Motion on next year’s Budget. I must thank my Chairman for moving this Report. I also want to register my complaint because I have just been called to second without any preparation. However, let me just give it a shot. I will not dwell much on the figures because I think the Chair has done that and I am sure the chairs of the departmental committees will do the same. I want to take this time to highlight some of the key findings of the Budget and ... view
• 6 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: correct all these needs then they can be factored into the Budget from a perspective that they can be allowed. This is because we are now a bit restricted with resources. The other thing is the issue of the managed equipment services. As my Chair was presenting, he mentioned what we call the medical equipment services and the CT scanners. What we have found out, as a Committee, is that the implementation of programmes is facing challenges. We associate this to the fact that we do not think proper project or programme appraisal is being done. Time has come for ... view
• 6 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: The next item I want to speak about is the public debt. As a Committee, we caution the Government that even as we continue borrowing from outside and internally, let us bear in mind that the basic principles of public debt management demand that you need to balance inter- generational interests in terms of public borrowing so that we do not overburden future generations with paying the debts which we are taking today. Even though every time the National Treasury keeps on saying that we are within the international indicators, it is important that we bear in mind that Kenya ... view
• 5 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to join my colleagues in noting the President’s Address to the nation. As I listened to the President make his Address, I experienced humbling moments more so when the President apologised to the nation for anything wrong he might have committed against Kenyans. To me that was really in line with what the Bible says that we should forgive those who have committed things against us 7 times 77 times. When I heard the Head of State telling the nation that he is apologetic of any wrong he might ... view
• 5 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this chance to join my colleagues in noting the President’s Address to the nation. As I listened to the President make his Address, I experienced humbling moments more so when the President apologised to the nation for anything wrong he might have committed against Kenyans. To me that was really in line with what the Bible says that we should forgive those who have committed things against us 7 times 77 times. When I heard the Head of State telling the nation that he is apologetic of any wrong he might ... view
• 5 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Looking at the Address, there are some things you realise that one of the things the President was supposed to report on was the realisation of national values and governance principles. As I look at that report, this is one area where as a country we have performed below expectations. Even as we look at the Address, it is important as Kenyans we seriously do internal or personal evaluation and find out where the rain started beating us. I believe there is something we are not getting right more so in the area of national values. Issues of corruption in ... view
• 5 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: Looking at the Address, there are some things you realise that one of the things the President was supposed to report on was the realisation of national values and governance principles. As I look at that report, this is one area where as a country we have performed below expectations. Even as we look at the Address, it is important as Kenyans we seriously do internal or personal evaluation and find out where the rain started beating us. I believe there is something we are not getting right more so in the area of national values. Issues of corruption in ... view
• 5 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: On the area of food security, we and the President can make statements, but to me there are three key areas unless we address and focus resources to, we are not going to get it right. The first one is irrigation. We must provide resources for irrigation. I call on Kenyans to look at areas where food can be produced through irrigation to feed this nation. I have in mind the Ukambani area. It can give the nation three harvests of maize and beans every year if irrigation is properly structured. view
• 5 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: On the area of food security, we and the President can make statements, but to me there are three key areas unless we address and focus resources to, we are not going to get it right. The first one is irrigation. We must provide resources for irrigation. I call on Kenyans to look at areas where food can be produced through irrigation to feed this nation. I have in mind the Ukambani area. It can give the nation three harvests of maize and beans every year if irrigation is properly structured. view
• 5 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: The other area is farm inputs. The Government must come out strongly and support farmers in provision of farm inputs if we have to get it right in the area of food security. view