Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1561 to 1570 of 2344.

• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: currently, there is a bit of biasness in terms of the way the positions have been shared. If we want to unite this country, we cannot overlook the fact that Kenya has population figures which must be respected when it comes to nominations to senior public positions. The last point is on the issue of impending by-elections. If we pass this list, we are likely to get two by-elections in this country. I was just wondering, as a Member of this House and a member of the Departmental Committee on Budget and Appropriations, about the issue of prudent management of ... view
• 24 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to support this Bill. This Bill is very important because it is discussing CDF. We all know that CDF as a development model is actually one of the best in the world. I always get very surprised when I see some Kenyans who want to oppose this important development model. I have taken time to read through this Bill and there are a number of important issues which we should note as Kenyans. Looking at Section 4, there is the issue of how the money is shared. After the division of Revenue ... view
• 24 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: ensures minimal misuse of CDF funds. That is why there is no misuse in the CDF. There are no funds for spouses to do other things. There is no money for entertainment, travelling and aircraft charters. The CDF is used very well. Administrative expenses must not exceed 1 per cent. During the Committee of the whole House, we will amend that clause to ensure that administrative expenses are pegged to the budget submitted to the Board, and ensure that those expenses do not exceed 5 per cent of the total allocation. view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I take this opportunity to second this Bill. I want to start by appreciating the work Hon. Priscilla Nyokabi has done to see this Bill debated in the Chamber. As she was moving the Bill, I realised that a number of former Members of Parliament have attempted to have this Bill passed by other Houses which have come before us, but that has not happened. So, this is a historic moment to have Hon. Priscilla Nyokabi move this Bill in this House. It is unfortunate that we are discussing this Bill in 2015. If ... view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: some of the countries which have passed such a Bill before Kenya. As we are talking, 17 countries in Africa have passed such a Bill. You can imagine Liberia, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Sudan have already passed this law. If you asked any Kenyan whether Sudan could be having such a law, probably he or she would tell you “no” because the perception we have of Sudan is that it is quite restrictive in terms of access to information. However, they have this law. We should have passed this law a long time ago. That is why I urge ... view
• 19 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: make sure that information on public resources will be accessible by all Kenyans wherever they are, both at the national level and at the county level. Hon. Priscilla Nyokabi has rightly put it. We all come from counties. You will realise that as Members of Parliament, representatives of the people, very few of us access county budgets to know what is planned in the specific counties in terms of development projects and how much will be used. Once this Bill becomes law, this information will be available to all Kenyans. This is very important for this country. For the first ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me the chance to make my contribution to the Basic Education (Amendment) Bill, 2014. view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: I would like to thank the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology for taking time to look at this Act and making the necessary amendments. It has been confirmed through studies that provision of education to the citizenry provides the shortest exit from poverty. Any country which takes education seriously is likely to reduce the levels of poverty among its citizenry. In my view, this is the right direction. The amendments are timely, even though they have taken a bit of time before being brought to this House. In most of our constituencies, the education sector has suffered because ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: lack of BOM in schools. Most schools have survived without BOMs. Very few members of the BOMs have been left to make serious decisions relating to the education sector. In situations where you have members of BOMs who are not trustworthy, management of school has suffered. As I support, I would like to appeal to this House to fast-track the passage of these amendments. I would like to talk about the amendments in terms of the way they are structured in the Bill. In the proposal to amend Section 2, they are defining a sponsor. This Bill defines a “sponsor” ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, we need to be very careful with this definition as Members of Parliament. In most of the areas where we come from, the land on which most public institutions stand was donated by community members. Either an individual or a group of community members donated land. It has become very tricky just because you are a sponsor in the name of a church, you come and take that land and then you claim its ownership. In the future when the community wants to put up another community project on it, accessing that land becomes impossible. Some of ... view