Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 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
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support this Procedural Motion on Limitation of Debate on individual Members’ Bills. It is also important that I make observations. Bills are very important to this House. Most of the debate focuses more on Bills - both by the Government through the Leader of the Majority Party or Individual Members’ Bills. I have observed that some of us who fall under the category of any other Member were only allocated 10 minutes. At times, in Bills where we have interest and have taken time to do a bit of research, we are limited ... view
• 25 Jan 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I second. view
• 20 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this chance to also comment on the Budget Policy Statement. I have read through this document. I must appreciate the input of all the people who have given their comments into this policy paper, which is quite important. 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
• 20 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: When you analyse this important document against the legal requirements in terms of what the Constitution says; in terms of what the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act 2012 says; and in terms of what the regulation says, you will realise that the National Treasury has never scored 100 per cent of what is expected of them for the last three years we have been receiving this document. They normally score between 70 and 80 per cent. Since this is just a framework of a document to be prepared, the National Treasury should work hard to meet the expectations of the ... view
• 20 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: I think it is important that the National Treasury moves very quickly. We are proposing to amend the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act, so that we come up with what we call the Treasury single account. In that case, any resources which are not being used immediately by the different Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), can be used by the Government to avoid borrowing at commercial rates. That is very important. view
• 20 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: Over time, this country has released a lot of money through cash transfers. In the just ended financial year, we had provided Kshs19 billion. It is important for the House to come up with a mechanism of auditing how these resources are being disbursed and see whether in terms of targeting, we are getting it right. If I consider my constituency, and I have heard most of my colleagues say this, there could be money that does not reach the targeted group. It is important we get an audit of these resources, so that as a country, then the issue ... view
• 20 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: The other issue that I want to speak about is the money we use in terms of leasing police cars. Last year, we provided money for leasing of about 1,200 police cars and the whole essence was to make sure that there is visibility of the police, which is expected to improve the security situation in the country. It is important to conduct a value for money audit for this programme which has been receiving a lot of resources from the Exchequer, so that we can know the objective of setting up the programme and whether it is being achieved. ... view
• 20 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: We could do what I call value for money audit or cost benefit analysis to know whether we should continue with this programme or not. This is closely tied with the way we prepare our Budgets. We have adopted programme budgeting and through this, we focus more on outputs and targets. We have said many times that when we are preparing Budgets, it is always good to know that we have provided resources to achieve specific outputs and targets, so that as we move forward, we know how far we are in terms of the implementation of those specific outputs ... view
• 20 Dec 2016 in National Assembly: This is more so in my county. If we are talking about cheap source of energy and then such an important policy document is prepared and there is no mention of coal as a source of energy, that is an issue of concern. The Government committed to heavily exploiting coal in Kitui County, so that at the end of the day, we can get a cheap source of energy and at the same time help in industrialisation which will in the long-run create employment. view