Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I appreciate your direction on this matter because it is very serious. view
• 21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: The Committee has a job well cut out for them. They need to move with speed so that they look at pricing of petroleum products. It has been said - and I do not need to repeat - that the pricing is a function of many variables and VAT is just one of them. Actually, the levies are more than the VAT. What we need to do is let the Committee take time and looks at specific levies and sees which ones make sense and the ones that do not; more so, bearing in mind the current situation that we ... view
• 21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: To cushion Kenyans against what is happening, the Committee needs to work very fast. I like your proposal, Hon. Speaker, that even as they bring their report to this House, where possible, let them have a draft Bill on what needs to be changed so that, as a House, we can immediately work on this matter and have it behind us. We represent the people and we know what they are going through. view
• 21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: I plead with the Vice-Chairman, who is here and I hope he is taking notes, and Members of the Committee that the matters that have been raised by Hon. Members in this House are taken The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: into consideration as they do their report. I will be looking forward to the report to be tabled in the House as soon as possible so that we do justice for the benefit of Kenyans. view
• 21 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 19 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to comment on the first Petition which relates to the issue of food security. I agree with the Petitioner. I just urge the Committee that even as they consider this matter, they should note that rain-fed agriculture will not take us far. Actually, what we need is irrigated agriculture. In our Ukambani region, we have two very big rivers, namely, Tana River and Athi River, which flow all the way to the Indian Ocean. At one point, I had a chance to work in Sudan; not South Sudan but the upper one. I realised ... view
• 19 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: an excellent job, but over time we ended up messing up the planning. If we stick to the original planning, we will be able to secure our people in terms of food security. On the second Petition regarding the issue of debt, I sit on the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I confirm to the House that part of the Budget that we passed contained quite a lot of resources for paying pending debts. How I wish that we could just pursue the implementation because we had already set aside the resources. The Committee on Implementation and other relevant committees should ... view
• 19 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Even as I rise to support the Central Bank of Kenya (Amendment) Bill, I start by thanking you for using your discretion. With regard to the two Hon. Members who have just spoken, Hon. John Mutunga has a PhD in Economics and Hon. Mboni Mwalika has a Masters in Economics. Yours truly has a PhD in Economics. So, these are potential finance ministers and governors of the Central Bank of Kenya. That is why I thank you for your discretion because with what is happening in the country, you may not be surprised to ... view
• 19 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not know whether you might have experienced this, but most grandmothers are not literate. I am sure some of us might be lucky to still have their grandmothers or their children’s grandmothers still alive. They use their grandchildren to withdraw money from M-Pesa. Even when they want to read anything on the phone, they ask their grandchildren to do it for them. Most of them have suffered. Their grandchildren have gone to an extent of going through their phones and doing the fuliza thing. When you send Kshs5,000 to your mother, she tells you ... view