Benson Makali Mulu

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• 7 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: 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
• 7 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. While I support the proposed experience of 10 years, I oppose the amendment regarding academic requirements. It is unfortunate that we want to reduce the academic requirement for appointment as Principal Secretary (PS) to Bachelor’s Degree. In the Civil Service, there are certain careers where you cannot progress to the next job group if you do not have a Master’s degree. You can imagine of a situation the PS is in charge of people who have higher academic qualifications than him. This country is not short of Master’s degree holders. Currently, almost everybody has ... view
• 2 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Let me also take this opportunity to support the Division of Revenue, Bill 2017. I want to thank my Chairman and deputy for giving us the important figures captured in this Bill. So, I will not spend a lot of time talking about figures because they have been presented by my Chairman in all the details which are necessary. I just want to spend a bit of time to talk about the bigger picture. This Bill is very important. We all know it takes care of what we call the vertical division of revenue between ... view
• 2 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: is excess collection, then that money will go to the national Government to take care of payments of loans and other activities. We have put Kshs7.7 million to take care of Equalisation Fund. I want to remind this House that the money for Equalisation Fund has been put in every budget every year since we joined the 11th Parliament. Unfortunately as we speak, I do not think we have disbursed a single cent out of the Equalisation Fund kitty. It defeats logic and all the thinking around the Equalisation Fund. It is clearly there in law and money is not ... view
• 2 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, this Bill is very important and we should make sure that it is implemented. When you compare what the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) recommended and what we have given them, you will realize that some elements have been left out. I must thank the drafters of this Bill because they are explaining why they were not able to give money as recommended by CRA. This is a constitutional requirement. You will recall there are also some important things which the CRA recommended, for example, the establishment of two regional cancer treatment centres which we have not ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for also giving me this chance to add my voice to this Motion. view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I really want to start by thanking Jude for coming up with this Motion even though I have my concerns in terms of timing and in terms of what he is trying to do. 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
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: If you read through the Motion, you will find that it talks about our own Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs being requested to come up with persuasive and compelling mechanisms to ensure Kenyans register as voters. That did not come out very clearly when Hon. Jude was moving the Motion. What we should be thinking about, in terms of timing is that we are time barred. I want to tell Kenyans wherever they are to, for now, ignore this Motion. Go out and register as a voter. But, for the future, this Motion is important. view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: As we move forward, we need to borrow best practices from other countries. If we had what we call an integrated comprehensive registration system, we would come up with a system where once you are born, you get your birth certificate. Immediately you reach 18 years, your Identity Card (ID) comes out automatically. So, you are given your ID. As a country, I believe we need to have voters card and an ID. Why do we not come up with legislative framework where once you get an ID, it becomes your voters card? That is so that you just produce ... view
• 1 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I appreciate the frustration my friend is going through. I did not say that we should not persuade Kenyans to get voters card. If anything, what is important in this Motion is the issue of persuasion. I think we need to go out there and persuade them to register. But instead of persuading them when we are about to go for an election, it is good that we come up with long-term plans and mechanisms to make sure that people register as voters. That is why I am saying that one of the attractive things ... view