Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I think from the explanation of the Chair, if there are other commissioners seated there, then it will be difficult to have a director chairing the meeting when commissioners are there. On that note, it is important to leave the word “commission” so that any of the commissioners can chair. view
• 5 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: I oppose this one. view
• 4 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: On a point of order. view
• 4 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. In terms of relevance, is the Member discussing the Appropriation Bill or the Finance Bill? According to the Order Paper, we are discussing the Appropriations Bill but he seems to be discussing the Finance Bill. view
• 4 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me use this time to second this important Bill, the Equalisation Fund Appropriation Bill. This is a very important Bill because this Fund was created by the Constitution since 2010, as the Chair has said. In the contributions that I have made to this House relating to budgets, I have always said that it is unfortunate that these funds have not been utilised. Today, I am a happy person. Even though it has come late as we are just winding up the 11th Parliament, I am happy we now have a framework of ... view
• 4 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: marginalised to catch up with the rest of the country. This is quite important. I am happy we have this Bill, which has been brought to the House. As I second, one of the challenges we have as a country is ensuring that we get value for money. I would urge my colleagues, Members of Parliament, to make sure that they seriously supervise implementation of projects like water projects, roads and others. If we do not supervise implementation, we will continue channeling a lot of resources to programmes, but we hardly realise the expected outputs or outcomes. The Members have ... view
• 29 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: On a point of order. view
• 29 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I agree with the Leader of the Majority Party that we step down Order No.9, but I think we should put this on record. I remember Hon. Mule also had another Bill which was related to health matters and this is the second one we are stepping down because of the Health Bill. I think it is unfair for Members to keep deferring their Motions or Bills because there is a mother Bill which we are not aware where it is, as a House, and we have not been given progress. ... view
• 28 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 28 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I just want to seek your guidance in terms of procedure. This amendment deals with a money matter. Normally, anytime you bring up money issues, there is a procedure to go about it. This amendment has not been discussed by the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I do not know whether it will be in order, procedurally, to have an amendment which relates to money matters because we also have to consult the National Treasury to do this. We cannot debate it here and approve it. Budgets are not just ceilings. There is a macro framework which informs everything ... view