Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairperson. You know I am actually concerned that the Chairman is dropping this important inclusion. If you look at Chapter Six, the whole essence is to make sure that people behave and believe in high levels of integrity and 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
• 1 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: transparency. We are talking about investments and securities. Many Kenyans are going to commit their resources to those particular professionals, in terms of making investment decisions. The question I am asking myself is: If you want to bring the bar to that low, that we do not hold those people to that high level of integrity, what are we saying? We have seen many Kenyans who have been misadvised and, at the end of the day, they lose so much out of their savings. Some end up dying due to pressure and such like things. To me, Chapter Six should ... view
• 1 Jul 2015 in National Assembly: transparency. We are talking about investments and securities. Many Kenyans are going to commit their resources to those particular professionals, in terms of making investment decisions. The question I am asking myself is: If you want to bring the bar to that low, that we do not hold those people to that high level of integrity, what are we saying? We have seen many Kenyans who have been misadvised and, at the end of the day, they lose so much out of their savings. Some end up dying due to pressure and such like things. To me, Chapter Six should ... view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance to contribute to this important Bill. This House approved the Estimates about two weeks ago and this Bill is derived from the same. So, it should be very easy just to go through it because it is a replica of the Estimates. I just want to say one or two things and then I can allow other Members to contribute. Looking at this Bill, we realise that the Government is expected to spend more than Kshs1billion in the coming financial year. Public expenditure in any economy is very important because ... view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: two or three things we need to take note of. We have said in this House that the issue of absorption rates at the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) is an issue of concern. I want to plead with the departmental committees so that the spending of the funds that we have allocated to the departments in this financial year is monitored seriously. I want to appeal for serious monitoring of the Budget so that the money that we have given is used for purposes of improving the lives of Kenyans. view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: The other thing which we need to take note of and which we need also to monitor is the public debt. The National Treasury keeps on saying that the debt is still within manageable levels. But it is important that, as we move forward, we keenly monitor public debt.This is an area which, if we do not monitor keenly, we can auction our future generations. It is very important that we have a balance between the current and future generation in terms of repayment of those debts. view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: The third thing is about safety nets. This Budget has provided a lot of money to take care of Kenyans who are disadvantaged - marginalised groups. It is important that even as this money is being used, because we have Kshs19 billion, the challenge we have been having and which has been reported by most of the Members here is mis-direction of those resources. It is important, as Members of Parliament that, even as we interact with our people down in the rural setting, we make sure that, that money is directed to the right target group. Otherwise, it will ... view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: As I conclude, there is the issue of Appropriations-in-Aid (A-in-A), which is well captured in this Bill. The issue of A-in-A is important and it should also be monitored thoroughly. We have realised that there are some Accounting Officers and MDAs that are not able to provide the actual figures in terms of how much they are collecting. I remember the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources at one point was indicating that, through her departmental committee, they discovered some MDAs are not actually declaring how much they are collecting. So, this is an area we ... view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I want to support the approval of this Bill. view
• 24 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this chance. I also want to thank Hon. Sakaja for donating a minute to me. I will be very brief. I want to support this Bill. Two things are of great interest to me. The issue of having a data bank for the unemployed youth is very important. The other issue which is very important is ensuring that the information which is going to be given by the youth is of high integrity. We know that there are people in this country who have fake certificates and they provide false information. ... view