Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me start by thanking Hon. Duale for moving this Bill. The area of public finance in this country is very important. That is why in the Constitution there is a whole chapter on Public Finance. This is Chapter 12. At the same time, the issue of public finance makes both the CORD and Jubilee to work very hard to be in Government because while in the Government you are able to control public finances. These amendments are very important to this country. We have implemented the Public Finance Management Act since 2012. That ... view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: At the county level, we need more control on how much resources should go to Development as opposed to Recurrent Expenditure. A situation where the Bill proposes that we exclude county governments from this requirement to have a minimum of 30 per cent for Development Vote is something we should change as a House. This will ensure that both the national Government and county governments spend, at least, 30 per cent of the resources allocated to them on development. The other important issue is approving public debt. The current law has a provision where the county government can authorise public ... view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, another important aspect is under Clause 14 which talks about votes on account for county governments. For example, for the last three years, the National Assembly has not approved the Division of Revenue Bill and the County Allocation of Revenue Bill on time, as per the requirements of the existing Act. We have had delays every time. It is last week when the President assented to the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. This was done so that we do not leave a situation where county governments have no alternative to get resources until important Bills are ... view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: that even as we do the financial monitoring of our budgets, it is important we monitor the non- financial aspects of the Budget. We have shifted to programme-budgeting. That means we are more on outputs, outcomes and the targets we achieve. As a result of that, we will compare money spent against the output. In that case, you can have a fairly good assessment of the Budget. This is very important and will help this country in monitoring the Budget. Clause 32 is tied to Clause 1. The county assemblies have been given the mandate to authorise the thresholds of ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you very much for giving me a chance. I know you believe I can only contribute to finance matters, but I have told you many times that at times you get to a level where you can contribute to anything because you can research and get the right things to say. I want to support this Motion by Hon. Rose Nyamunga. The other day, I was looking at the newspapers and a potential competitor of Hon. Rose Nyamunga was saying that the Member does not champion the interests of the people she represents in this ... view
• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: promoting other people‟s economies. I am really surprised that we want to import fish from China. While we have cordial relationship with China, we can produce enough fish in this country for our consumption and possibly export and not import. I want to urge the Department of Fisheries to support our farmers, so that we can become exporters of fish and not importers. I know we have capacity as a country. We have the potential to produce enough fish for this country. If we do that, then, we will be helping our people. My last point relates to fish processing ... view
• 6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would like to thank the Member for presenting this Petition to this House. Land issues are sensitive in this country. I want to support and urge the Departmental Committee on Lands to look into that matter. If it is possible, they can fast-track the matter. The way Petitions are being treated in this House by some of the Committees is a bit frustrating. Our Standing Orders allow about 30 or 60 days for Petitions to be finalised and then feedback is given to the petitioners yet Petitions take quite a long time in this House. The ... view
• 6 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: I presented a Petition in February this year and up to now, that Petition has not been concluded. Since land matters are quite important, I urge the Committee to take this matter seriously. The issue of Land Control Boards in the districts is a very sensitive matter. Most counties have no Land Control Boards and many land matters are stuck. They are all pending. I urge the Committee to liaise with the Cabinet Secretary to ensure that this idea of establishing Land Control Boards is fast-tracked, so that our counties can start addressing land matters. With those remarks, I thank ... view
• 30 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me the chance to add my voice to the Kenya Roads Bill, 2015. We are all aware that roads are important to this country because they provide necessary infrastructure for Kenyans to move from point “A” to 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