Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1231 to 1240 of 2344.

• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. What is coming out from this amendment, which I support as a Member of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, is 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
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: that the Controller of Budget is an independent office and we do not want independent offices to be under directions from other offices. We need to allow this office to do its work without any interference. If it is a matter of loans, they are aware of what they should do and the Constitution gives them the mandate to operate without directions from anybody. view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: I support. view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, we need some details from the Vice- Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade. What he is deleting is in line with the practice. Even at the national level, we do not allow amendments beyond 10 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
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: per cent of the Annual Estimates. When it comes to the Supplementary Budget, one of the parameters which we look at to check whether the National Treasury is adhering to the requirements of the law is whether any of the programmes have been amended beyond 10 per cent of what was budgeted for. Unless we are saying that we want double standards for the national Government and county governments, this amendment is just aligning the practice at the national level with county governments to say that if you are serious with planning and budgeting, once you come up with your ... view
• 15 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: So, I urge the Vice-Chair of the Committee to reconsider this deletion because it adds value to public finance management, but it is his amendment. I plead with him. It is an important amendment. view
• 14 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I want to support this amendment. Just as the Leader of the Majority Party has explained, we are all aware that approval of Executive appointments is done by the National Assembly and not a Committee of Parliament. So, this is just to align this Bill with other Bills of the House. I support. view
• 9 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I support. This is just a matter of definition, which is not really controversial. view
• 8 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: The request was not for this one. view
• 7 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I think this is just a matter of aligning the Bill to the Constitution. I support. view