Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1401 to 1410 of 2344.

• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: I have visited many constituencies. I always get surprised when I hear the public or citizens saying that what they get in value for money from the National Government Constituencies Development Fund is higher compared to what they are getting from county governments bearing in mind that these governments get almost four, five or even 20 times what Hon. Members get. We need to say that if the NGCDF is able to achieve that much, being such a small fund of Kshs35 billion, I would imagine Kenyans would get a higher value from the Kshs2 or Kshs3 billion allocated. If ... view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: With those many remarks, I urge my colleagues, because this is more so a Senate responsibility, to support it so that we pave the way for counties to start preparing itemised budgets. Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The issue raised by Hon. Gumbo is very important to this House. I sympathise with my Chairman, Hon. Mutava Musyimi. It is basically because the BPS is called the Budget Act in most countries. It is supposed to be an Act of Parliament once it is passed by Parliament. The question is whether, as a House, we want to go against an Act that we have passed. One of the surprising things you encounter upon reading this Report is the fact that all the three Arms of the Government have already gone beyond their ceilings. The ... view
• 15 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: thought is important. I have said before that we can make whatever contribution we want to make. view
• 9 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, it is, indeed, a great honour to the family of Hon. Ngala Mwendwa, the people of Kitui County and Kitui Central for this House to read the history of Hon. Ngala Mwendwa and allow a one-minute silence in his honour. As you have rightly put it, Hon. Ngala is a very respected Mzee in Kitui County and in Kenya in general because of the immense contribution he has made to this country. On my own behalf and on behalf of the good people of Kitui Central, I want to take this opportunity to join other Kenyans and the ... view
• 8 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me a chance to also give conditional support to this amendment. The issue of ranking schools is good, but has been demonised in this county because of the way it has been conducted. While I am aware of all the advantages of ranking schools, I think the way it has been done in the past has not been in the best interest of this country. This has been basically because of lack of a detailed framework on how to rank schools. You realise that in the past, schools of different categories were ranked ... view
• 8 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: This Bill seeks to ensure that ranking is done at the national level. If it has to be done at the national level, then it is important for the categories of ranking to be very clear. We should rank schools which belong to the same category after doing a bit of analysis to make sure that these schools have the same infrastructural development, the same staffing levels and the same science laboratories. Some schools just hear of science laboratories. I want to appreciate what the NGCDF is doing in terms of assisting schools to build science laboratories. It is going ... view
• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to join the Chairperson of the Committee in rejecting this addition of words. The words are supposed to make this clause clearer, but if the words are causing more confusion, there is no reason to include them. So, I want to support the Chairperson’s amendment. view
• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: THAT, Clause 8B of the Bill be amended in sub-clause (5) by deleting the word “three” appearing immediately after the words “Resource Strategy every” and substituting therefor the word “five”. view
• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I want to support the amendment as proposed by the Senate because the word “licensed” is better than “accredited”. view