Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: The other thing is the issue or reducing the time and cost of registration of business in Kenya. The cost normally becomes very important when people ask for bribes or facilitation fee to register businesses. In a situation where we make it very easy to register business, some of those indirect costs will just die a natural death and the cost will be reduced and because it is a one stop shop, the time of registration will also be good for business people. view
• 19 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: The other important thing in this Bill is that when you look at the proposed SAGA which is going to be headed by a Chief Executive Officer (CEO), you will realize that the person who is going to be appointed by a CEO of this SAGA, the issue of professionalism and competence is given a lot of focus. This is very important especially in this country. Many people have gone to universities to study different disciplines. Since we have competent and qualified people, it is important that we make sure that some of those important positions in some of those ... view
• 19 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: are occupied by people who meet the requirements in terms of academic qualifications and experience. When I look at this Bill and the person expected to be a CEO, I can see a deliberate attempt to make sure that the person who is going to head this institution is going to be a very competent person. If we get competence at the highest level then, automatically, those who will be under that person will be given the right directions and will be making the process good for the country. But there are two areas that as we think about this ... view
• 19 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: The other area we need to focus on is this: We are foreseeing that if we register a parastatal or a SAGA to coordinate all those important exercises--- This is not the first time we are registering SAGAs in this country. Most of those Ministries have SAGAs which are attached to them. Those SAGAs have been drawing from the Exchequer in terms of financing their operational cost and at times the finance and development cost. view
• 19 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: When the Leader of the Majority Party was moving this Motion, he mentioned that we expect that the money that will be generated from registration will be adequate to run these SAGAs. It means that it is going to be a self-financed SAGA but, when you look at the last clause, it says that establishment of this SAGA will require that the Exchequer supports it. It means that we, as Kenyans, are likely to support through our taxes the operations of this SAGA. With the new kind of policy where we are saying let us reduce the number of SAGAs ... view
• 19 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Due to the issue of time and I can see the light giving me a warning, I want to support this Bill and urge hon. Members to support it so that once it becomes law, then we have a very clear legal framework to move registration companies forward in the most efficient and effective manner. With those remarks, I support the Bill. view
• 18 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me the chance to support the Finance Bill, 2015. We are all aware that this House passed the Appropriations Act. In that Act, the 2015-2016 Budget is estimated at Kshs2 trillion. Out of the Kshs2 trillion, about Kshs1.3 trillion is expected to be domestically generated through revenue collection. As I look at this Bill, a question which keeps lingering in my mind is whether this Bill is going to enable us finance the Budget that we passed. I am not sure if that question has been answered. However, we must accept one thing: ... view
• 18 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: In terms of the good things, I am impressed with the proposal to exempt from taxation goods which are going to be used in film production. This is an area which is going to help Kenyans in terms of developing our local talent and at the same time assist this country to create employment for such individuals who are talented in this area and who have not fully been engaged in terms of employment. So, this is a good proposal and we need to support it as a House so that the requirement to have 60 per cent local content ... view
• 18 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: we must bear in mind that the more you tax fuel in this country the more you are likely to increase the cost of living because most of our industries and factories use fuel. So, the production process is so dependent on fuel consumption that by increasing this amount you are likely to affect the production cost in this country. That will lead to increase in prices of products and services. That will increase the cost of living which in the long run will hurt Kenyans living below the poverty line. As we think about the additional Kshs3, let us ... view
• 6 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. This is a very important petition. I am actually very impressed they are using the words “village managers”. Normally, we call them “village elders”. Most Members of Parliament have actually been petitioned by these village managers to see whether the Government can consider some compensation for them. As we are all aware, they do very good work. They actually assist chiefs and the assistant chiefs in the maintenance of security in our villages. That committee should take this matter very seriously and, as much as possible, dispense with it as fast as possible, so that ... view