Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2041 to 2050 of 2344.

• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the chance to also support this Bill. It is quite timely. It would not have come at a better time than now bearing in mind that the operational law is of 1940, that is before Kenya became Independent. A number of things have changed. When you look at Kenya today, a lot of discoveries have been made and areas which had been marginalized for a long time, and which have been classified, or categorized, as useless in terms of economic potential, have come up; a number of minerals have been discovered ... view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the chance to also support this Bill. It is quite timely. It would not have come at a better time than now bearing in mind that the operational law is of 1940, that is before Kenya became Independent. A number of things have changed. When you look at Kenya today, a lot of discoveries have been made and areas which had been marginalized for a long time, and which have been classified, or categorized, as useless in terms of economic potential, have come up; a number of minerals have been discovered ... view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: citizens of this country. This means that with time, Kenyans will be able to take over some of the technical areas and actually manage them. The other good area is that of employment. The Bill clearly states that, when it comes to employment, miners will make sure that they employ Kenyan citizens. I would also like to add--- I would plead with the Chair, who has done a very wonderful job, to make sure that he does not leave out Kenyan citizens, but considers them wherever mining is undertaken. We know in this country there are times when you talk ... view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: citizens of this country. This means that with time, Kenyans will be able to take over some of the technical areas and actually manage them. The other good area is that of employment. The Bill clearly states that, when it comes to employment, miners will make sure that they employ Kenyan citizens. I would also like to add--- I would plead with the Chair, who has done a very wonderful job, to make sure that he does not leave out Kenyan citizens, but considers them wherever mining is undertaken. We know in this country there are times when you talk ... view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: going to be exploited; we want them to be informed; we want to make sure that they will benefit from this natural resource. We have even said that our locals must benefit from this natural resource; we are not saying that other Kenyans should not benefit. We are saying, that as other Kenyans benefit, those who actually live next to where resources are should benefit more. Over time we have complained as a community of marginalization. That is why we see the issue of Kibwezi-Kitui-Mwingi- Isiolo Road becoming very central to us. We are saying that if this road is ... view
• 16 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: going to be exploited; we want them to be informed; we want to make sure that they will benefit from this natural resource. We have even said that our locals must benefit from this natural resource; we are not saying that other Kenyans should not benefit. We are saying, that as other Kenyans benefit, those who actually live next to where resources are should benefit more. Over time we have complained as a community of marginalization. That is why we see the issue of Kibwezi-Kitui-Mwingi- Isiolo Road becoming very central to us. We are saying that if this road is ... view
• 15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me this chance to support this Motion. The purpose of regulation is to facilitate the implementation of the principal Act. I like the recommendation in terms of annulling a number of these regulations. This is because if you look at them, you will find that they are likely to slow the process of implementing the projects under the CDF. view
• 15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Starting with Regulation No.5, the idea of reducing the number of days in which the locals are informed about the elections; that is from 14 to seven is very important. This is because what happens is that when members of the public are given a lot of time to prepare, some of them engage in serious campaigns. Some people who were elected ended up spending a lot of money to get elected at the ward level. Their anticipation was that when they got elected and became a member of the CDF Board, he or she would recoup his or her ... view
• 15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: the money for projects to recover their money. However, what happened is that after they were elected to the board, some of them became very frustrated because they were unable to access that money. So, what is happening is that even though they sit in the board, they are just there because they were elected. view
• 15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: In terms of removing them, it is not clear what you need to do to remove them. This is because it talks about either being declared bankrupt or being seen to divide the committee. Some of them are not doing that currently. The whole idea of reducing the number of days is very good. I even propose that we reduce that further to possibly two or three days. This is because any time you walk to any village in this country and you ask the locals or the people who reside in those areas who they would propose to be ... view