Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: When you combine all these factors, even though the KPA has demonstrated that they are able to repay this loan, I do not think it is the right time for the Government to guarantee the KPA. I think what we need to do as a House is to ask the KPA and more so the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure to answer some of the questions I have raised - which are the implication of the new Lamu Port, the SGR, Kenya losing competitive advantage where Uganda and Rwanda are going through Dar-es-Saalam and the issue on public debt. If ... view
• 7 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I oppose the borrowing. view
• 5 May 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, this is the second amendment that hon. Members are questioning its constitutionality. I am getting concerned and wondering whether this House should be discussing amendments which are not constitutional. We all swore to protect the Constitution. view
• 5 May 2016 in National Assembly: There is also another thing which worries me. I thought before a Bill is brought to this House for consideration, issues to do with its constitutionality are sorted out. This Bill went through the relevant Departmental Committee. These amendments are championed mostly by Members from the Coast region. I am worried because this Committee did not take time to sit down with these Members to sort out some of these issues. We know that there are land issues in the coastal region. I am not very comfortable. I am thinking of stepping out because I get worried when I see ... view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to second this Procedural Motion. As the Leader of the Majority Party has said, we are all aware that we passed the Supplementary Estimates last week. It is, therefore, important that we approve the Supplementary Appropriation Bill. This will enable the various Government departments and Parliament to use the resources that have been allocated to them through the Supplementary Estimates. I plead with my colleagues that we approve this Procedural Motion so that the Government can use the money that has been approved. If we do not, we will have to wait for ... view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to second this Motion and remind the Leader of the Majority Party that I am Mulu and not Muli. Those are two different names. As I support the Supplementary Appropriation Bill, I want to appreciate the good work that was done by this House last week. That work started at the level of the Liaison Committee that you chair. We will not be doing justice to the Members if we do not appreciate the good work that has been done by the Liaison Committee, and Members who approved the Supplementary Estimates which have ... view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, once this Bill becomes an Act of Parliament, we will access more resources. This will enable us to achieve whatever we had planned. This is important. Members should be aware that we will assist the tourism sector to start growing. We know that it has been on a downward trend. view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: The other area which is also benefitting and important is the agricultural sector and, more so, the area of irrigation. A sum of Kshs400 million has been allocated to the National Irrigation Board (NIB). Those are additional resources. We are aware that NIB is currently being faced with challenges, including corruption allegations. We know that some Board members have been suspended, although there is talk that they are being reinstated. My plea is that once this House approves this allocation, the funds should be disbursed for use. The absorption rate of the Budget in this sector is very low. This ... view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: Even though this House will approve the Supplementary Appropriation Bill, there is an important area which we need to take note of. This will help this House, as we continue to approve supplementary appropriation Bills in future. Since we are allocating more resources to certain ministries and reducing the budgets of others, it is important that we know the implications of the reductions and increases in terms of targets to be met. This country has moved to programme budgets where we talk about outputs and outcomes. We talk about performance targets. As a House, it is important to know how ... view
• 4 May 2016 in National Assembly: We should also ensure that once supplementary estimates are submitted to this House, we get budget monitoring. We should have half year budget monitoring so that, as we increase the resources, we know how far the resources we had allocated in June last year, for instance, have been utilised; and whether they have achieved the expected targets. That will provide important information to this House, on the basis of which we can agree whether we need to add or reduce the resources. view