Benson Makali Mulu

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• 4 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: more surprising when I see the Chair of a Departmental Committee being included in a Select Committee. I want your direction on this matter because it can send a wrong signal in terms of how Departmental Committees of this House will operate. I do not want us to down play this matter because it is very serious. How we deal with it might be tricky and can influence the operations of Departmental Committees. view
• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to take this opportunity to thank the Petitioner for the important issues he is raising in his Petition. The Petition is reminding the House of the issue of budget deficit which is with us every year. What the Petitioner is saying is that we need to think seriously about how to fund budget deficits without interfering with interest rates. This House has already initiated some legislation which might help, at the end of the day. The Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade might also need to fast-track amendments to that legislation. The Petitioner ... view
• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me start by thanking the two Committee Chairmen for this feedback on the Petitions. Most of us have pending Petitions in this House and it has taken quite long for us to get feedback from the Committees. So, I appreciate Hon. Kamanda and Hon. Mbiuki for the feedback. I want to comment on Hon. Kamanda’s Report. Hon. Kamanda has reported that the plans to implement what was requested are there, but they are subject to availability of resources. That makes me worried. If they think the Petition has merit, the Committee should go ... view
• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The intention of this amendment is good. However, it is unprocedural in terms of the way public finances are managed. The work of the Controller of Budget is to implement the budget after it has been passed by Parliament and the county assemblies. Determination of the ceilings is the work of Parliament and county assemblies. What worries Hon. Mutura is the fact that some county assemblies are spending about 80 per cent of revenue on recurrent expenditure and only 20 per cent on development. At the national level, we do not even spend the ... view
• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I support this amendment. Even as I support, I really wish the Chairman would have included the issue of reporting to include reporting on inputs and outcomes, rather than financial reporting only. We have changed to programme budgeting. That would have really helped us. Currently, she is just reporting on finances without telling us how much is being achieved as a result of using those resources. That is very important. Unless that is being addressed, I wish he could consider that amendment. view
• 3 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I thank the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade for this important amendment. We have said in this House many times that independent commissions are independent and they should not be subjected to another independent commission. On that note, I support this amendment and urge Hon. Members to support it. view
• 2 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: I support the amendments to Clause 5. It has been exhibited by the Chairlady of the Committee that forests are found in counties as well as the national Government. It is important that consultations take place. view
• 2 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: THAT, Clause 6 be amended- (a) by deleting the marginal note and substituting therefor the following new marginal note- Public Forest Strategy (b) in sub-clause (1) by deleting the word “national” appearing immediately after the words “formulate a” and substituting therefor the word “public”. view
• 2 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: As the Chair has said, this is just a matter of replacing the word “Director- General” with “Chief Conservator of Forests”. I support. view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am not ready to contribute to this one. view