Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: I also need to thank the Members and the House leadership for discussing the Budget Policy Statement. That document informs the Division of Revenue Bill to almost 80 per cent in terms of content. One of the requirements is that the Division of Revenue Bill must provide an explanation where there is a deviation or a significant difference between what the Commission on Revenue Allocation (CRA) has proposed and what has been finally agreed. When you look at Page 176 of this Bill, the CRA had proposed that the county governments get Kshs282.4 billion. What has been approved by this ... view
• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: What this means is that the county governments are supposed to be given first priority in terms of resource allocation. At the same time, this Bill calls for serious financial management or prudent management of resources. We are being told in Clause 6 that if by any chance people go to court as a result of disagreement in discussing these allocations, and it is discovered that the same conflict would have been settled outside court, the person who makes the Government to incur that cost will be held responsible for the cost. All the managers charged with the responsibility of ... view
• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: conditional grants. To me, these conditional grants are what we really need to note, as a House. This is the money which has been allowed by the national Government to be spent at the county level. In total, the national Government has given Kshs25.7 billion to the county governments as conditional grants. Part of this money is expected to be spent on health sector, which takes a large share of this money. Free maternity services take Kshs4.2 billion and leasing of medical equipment takes Kshs4.5 billion. There is some money under loans and grants totalling Kshs1.4 billion, which will be ... view
• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: As I conclude, the other thing I want to talk about is the issue of monetary evaluation. It is important that as a House, we monitor how the funds we are releasing to the counties and to the national Government are being used. Unless we monitor, this House will continue appropriating resources but will never get to know what we are getting out of them. We have changed our budgeting process to programme-based budgeting, which has clear output targets. It is important that every year we are told about the targets we plan to achieve and if we have achieved ... view
• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I second the Bill and request hon. Members to approve it so that it paves way for the County Allocation of Revenue Bill, which is supposed to say how much each county gets. view
• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I do not know whether procedurally I will be doing the right thing but the issue raised by the hon. Member in terms of the words “purchase or leasing”, I do not know at what point we will deal with it. It is just a typing error or something. view
• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Even just a word? view
• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Yes, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. That is why I am seeking your guidance. I thought the Chairman of the Committee would be able to do it because it is just a word. view
• 25 Mar 2015 in National Assembly: Okay. Well guided, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. 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