Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: these resources we are allocating every year. To make things worse, we are increasing this figure from about Kshs4.5 billion to Kshs9.3 billion. I agree with my Chairman that it is important we do an audit of how this important programme is being implemented. It does not make sense to allocate resources where the actual implementation does not take place. If you go to most of our Level 4 hospitals, you hardly see signs of this money. Some have equipment which are in stores. They cannot use them because they do not have the capacity and the required skills. Others ... view
• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: As we look through the conditional grants which have been given to the county governments, generally, we need to agree that it is important for us to have a follow up and make sure that this money reaches the people. For example, there is some allocation here to support national agriculture and inclusive growth project. This programme is very important for food security in this country. If it is implemented, it will go a long way in trying to achieve one of the Big Four agenda items on food security. So, it is a matter of ensuring that we monitor ... view
• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: The other thing is the issue of resources. We have some resources here which have been provided under the Kenya Devolution Support Programme to build capacities of the county governments in terms of public financial management, human resource management and most importantly, planning, monitoring and evaluation. If this money is utilised well, it can go a long way in supporting these county governments to make sure that the resources allocated end up being used for the right purpose. view
• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Clause 16 of this Bill talks about public debt. It indicates that debt is going to increase from about Kshs450 billion to Kshs687 billion. If you look at notes 11 and 19, you see the impact. Note 19 says because of all these requirements to pay - because some of these are first charged to the Consolidated Fund - the only amount the Government is left with to plan for our roads, defence and energy is only Kshs143 billion out of a total collection of Kshs1.8 trillion. You can see the impact of some of these things we keep on ... view
• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: There is the issue of National Treasury explaining why they have not met some of the requirements of the Commission on Revenue Allocation. There is also the issue of the cancer regional centres. There was a recommendation in the last Budget that we build two cancer regional centres. This House approved Kshs4 billion for that purpose. This year, CRA is proposing that we provide additional Kshs5 billion for the same purpose. The National Treasury is saying that it cannot approve this because the policy on that matter has not been finalised. I ask myself how we were able to allocate ... view
• 15 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: people in the ministries to make sure that before they allocate resources for any of these programmes, thorough appraisal is done to make sure that Kenyans get value for money. As I conclude, generally, I like what my Chairman said on this issue. Since the 11th Parliament, every time we discuss the Division of Revenue Bill, it always ends up at the Mediation Committee. There is always a mediation committee to finalise the discussion. I plead with both Houses to make sure that this time we approve this Bill without going to the mediation process, so that we do not ... view
• 14 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I agree with the Leader of the Majority Party in terms of the time it has taken for the two Bills to be finalised. view
• 14 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: I want to comment on the issue of public participation. We all agree that public participation is a very important component of the whole process. I have heard Hon. Gikaria say that they will be visiting Kitui County which happens to be my county. I am wondering to what extent they have mobilised the local leaders. I chair the parliamentary forum for that county, but I am not aware of the visit. I wonder whether they have done leadership mobilisation. Otherwise, public participation will not be effective. view
• 14 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 14 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this chance to contribute. I belong to Wiper Democratic Movement which is a younger brother to ODM. In the African culture, the big brother does not leave the young one. He takes care of him. We get very surprised when we hear Hon. Mbadi, who is our big brother, trying to say that the younger brother does not matter. The younger brother should not be blackmailed. I support dialogue. My party supports dialogue. For your information, this discussion about dialogue is actually a brainchild of the Wiper Democratic Movement – Kenya ... view