Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the chance to comment on this Bill. As the Constitution demands, this Bill focuses more on counties. Our Constitution is clear that it is the Senate which has the overall responsibility of taking care of the county function. As a House, we will be doing justice if we just support this Bill so that the counties can deal with their itemized budgets. view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Even as we do that, I am getting a little bit concerned about the timing. It is not clear to me why it has taken this long for the Senate to pass this Bill. As a House, we have already started debating our itemized budget. But this is the time we are allowing the counties to do their itemized budget. So, we need to request the Senate to improve on the timeliness of this Bill. Otherwise we will make counties look like they are not performing while we are hindering their work. view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: The other issue I want to raise is the formula. The CRA is supposed to initiate the 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 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: formula. We are now in the fourth year since we came to this Parliament. The formula we used in 2013 to do this Bill is the same formula we are using. We need to be fair to Kenyans. If the Constitution requires that we only do it for two years then it is important that this formula is renewed and updated after every two years. I plead with the CRA and the Senate because the criterion will also come to this House--- We should fast-track that process so that we get the new formula to help our counties. view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Looking at the Bill, this is what we call horizontal allocation of resources. When we debated what the national Government and the county governments will get, that was the vertical allocation of resources. As a House, we have passed that counties will get about Kshs2 or Kshs3 billion. Horizontally, the Senate has gone ahead and allocated these funds to each county. I want to focus more on conditional grants. This is money. When the national Government will give money to counties to do specific functions, most conditional grants will be directed to the health sector. This has been the case ... view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: We need to improve in terms of monitoring so that we monitor these resources which we are pumping into the health sector so that they are used for the intended purpose. Unless we do that, our people will continue suffering and at the end of the day, they will keep coming to MPs. I am sure most of us here have become like banks to those who are sick. Anytime you go home there is somebody who tells you that my parent, son or daughter is sick and has been referred to Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) for an X-Ray or ... view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: This should be done by the Senate, and more so the county assemblies. It is the responsibility of the county assemblies to take this matter seriously so that the money given to county governments as conditional grants is properly monitored at that level and Kenyans get services. In that case, we will be helping our people and it will reduce the burden on us as MPs. In that case, we will have a healthier Kenya which will contribute, in the long run, to improving human resources. view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: The other issue I want to talk about is the money which has been given to compensate dispensaries and health centres for providing free health services. This money is sent quarterly to counties, but every time you visit these institutions, they have no drugs. When you ask them they say that they have not been supplied with those drugs. Basically money is there but the reimbursement system is very cumbersome that at the end of the day, the drugs get there late or when most patients have started looking for alternatives. view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: The other thing which is the most important is value for money. We have sent a lot of money to counties. I do not want to say that money is being misused. Maybe it is being misapplied but as a Kenyan, I would like to know the value of that shilling which taxpayers have allowed counties to use. At the end of the day, it is the taxpayers’ money. We need to get value for money in terms of goods and services. We talk about a county having received Kshs20 billion but if you do a quick review, you will ... view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: All that we are saying as the National Assembly is that we can only point out these things to help our colleagues in the Senate and in the county assemblies so that they take the matters we have raised here and run with them to monitor, audit and ensure that Kenyans get value for their money. Time has come that we must focus on prudent use of public resources so that whatever resources we get, we do not allow them to be misapplied. view