Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1951 to 1960 of 2344.

• 28 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairlady, while I support this amendment, I am getting a bit worried. We are using the words “Mineral Rights Board”. I thought at one point we would approve this. What happens if at the end of the day, this terminology disappears? Does it mean we have to come back? At what point will the Chair introduce this, so that it is approved officially? view
• 28 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I rise to oppose the extension Motion. We are now at Clause 69, and the Bill has about 198 Clauses. On a serious note, 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
• 28 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: even if we were to rush and do justice to this Bill, I do not see us doing justice to this Bill, unless we continue sitting until morning. We are only one-third through the Bill. Therefore, I propose that, since we are breaking for only a week, we still have time to do justice to this Bill. I oppose the Motion. view
• 28 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. This amendment is quite important because mining is--- view
• 28 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was saying that I want to support this amendment because it is a very important amendment. The fact that mining is a very expensive exercise and involves a lot of money, it is important that we have the Cabinet Secretary, National Treasury and the Cabinet Secretary of the concerned Mining Ministry getting together, otherwise if you leave it to an individual, it becomes very tricky. So, I like this amendment and I support it. view
• 23 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: I thank you, hon. Speaker. I also want to support the points made by the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs and more so because I have taken time to read through this Bill. While I agree with what hon. Chepkong’a is saying, it is important that we also get the communication right because the House Business Committee was informed that the Committee was ready to have this Bill debated. We have taken a lot of time to prepare for this debate. So, in a situation where we come here and we are ready to debate ... view
• 23 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: dissolve them. That is the procedure that makes a lot of sense. Prepare to discuss the Companies Bill and after that we can discuss how to dissolve the companies. Thank you. view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I also want to support this Motion, which is important. It is a fact that in this country, the male gender has been discriminated despite the fact that we have a very clear constitutional provision that no Kenyan should be discriminated against on the basis of, among others, sex. This is a bit historical. Maybe the policy makers are assuming a number of things. One of the things being assumed is that men get a lot of employment opportunities in this country. On that basis of them getting employment opportunities, to some extent, they are the most ... view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Youth Enterprise Developoment Fund and the Women Enterprise Development Fund are not performing very well. In some counties, they are registering very high default rates, and people are not repaying the loans. I strongly believe that this is happening because in most cases, men, as heads of families, encourage repayment. They will tell the young men to repay the money to the Government. They will also tell their wives to repay this money to the Government. Since they are not benefitting from these funds, they have developed a “do not care” attitude. That push to the youth and the women ... view
• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: I think if we set up a fund for men who are between 35 and 60 years of age, we are likely to get these other funds performing well in terms of repayment. It is important that we support this Motion, so that men get this Fund. I do not want the terminology that we use that indicates that we should have a fund encompassing all people. I think the youth and women have already benefitted, and so we need to have a fund which targets men between the ages of 35 and 60 years for us to experience a ... view