Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: At one point, the Chair will remind you that you were elected and gazetted. I was actually elected and gazetted. So, we are equal in terms of controlling this fund. You will find that you end up having conflict between the Chair and the Member of Parliament who is the patron. Any time you go to the rural Kenya, we might like it or not; we might legislate it or not, but the issue is that the CDF is equal to the Member of Parliament and the Member of Parliament is equal to the CDF. When things work well, they ... view
• 15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other thing concerns the board’s budget. The law is very clear. It says that not more than 5 per cent of the total allocation. What we need to do just as other boards do is that we need the board to submit a budget which they can present to the Parliamentary Committee and if this Committee is convinced that the budget makes sense, it is approved. This makes a lot of sense because we are paying The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can ... view
• 15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: all the board employees at the constituency. I really do not understand. For example, this year, the board got about Kshs1.7 billion. They are not implementing any project and that money is purely for recurrent expenditure. I know that the board members earn allowances and not salaries. I cannot imagine the kind of allowances we are paying to the tune of Kshs1.7 billion. I propose that the budget for the board should be submitted to the Select Committee on the CDF so that the Committee can look and approve the budget according to the needs of the board. We have ... view
• 15 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other point I want to touch on is the issue of the Kshs100 million minimum figure. We are only allowed 6 per cent of the money to be used for administrative purposes when it comes to the CDF. So, you can only allocate 6 per cent of the total budget for administrative issues. Look at what is happening in some of the counties. We have even heard of counties which are spending more than 100 per cent of the budget for recurrent expenditure. This means that there will be no development. In CDF you are ... view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, let me also take this opportunity to thank the pioneer Mediation Committee. It is good that this Committee was able to agree. I have read this Report and I realize that some of the issues we had raised as National Assembly, we were told have been taken care of, although that does not seem to appear in the Report. When we discussed this Report there was the issue of ward committees and constituency committees. I am happy that those have been done away with. Had that not been taken care of then I would have objected to this ... view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, let me also take this opportunity to thank the pioneer Mediation Committee. It is good that this Committee was able to agree. I have read this Report and I realize that some of the issues we had raised as National Assembly, we were told have been taken care of, although that does not seem to appear in the Report. When we discussed this Report there was the issue of ward committees and constituency committees. I am happy that those have been done away with. Had that not been taken care of then I would have objected to this ... view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, what the Chairman is confirming to me is that the constituency committees and the ward committees are no longer part of this arrangement. That being the case, I am happy to say that I support the Report. When you look at the CDF Act, 2013 and specifically Clause 36(1) there is a clear provision of what we call the County Projects Committee. It is expected to serve the same purpose as this Committee where people are expected to sit and share information. As a result of sharing information, we will avoid duplication of efforts so that we do ... view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, what the Chairman is confirming to me is that the constituency committees and the ward committees are no longer part of this arrangement. That being the case, I am happy to say that I support the Report. When you look at the CDF Act, 2013 and specifically Clause 36(1) there is a clear provision of what we call the County Projects Committee. It is expected to serve the same purpose as this Committee where people are expected to sit and share information. As a result of sharing information, we will avoid duplication of efforts so that we do ... view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: almost all counties will get value for their money and our people will benefit out of these interventions. Hon. Speaker, the initial fear of Members of Parliament taking the responsibilities of Government should not even have been there! I was elected by the good people of Kitui Central. The same people elected the governor, Senator, and the County Women Representative. One person voted for six different individuals. One would say, “I am voting for you so that you address my priorities in terms of needs.” It is important that the six leaders who were elected, irrespective of where they sit--- ... view
• 3 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: almost all counties will get value for their money and our people will benefit out of these interventions. Hon. Speaker, the initial fear of Members of Parliament taking the responsibilities of Government should not even have been there! I was elected by the good people of Kitui Central. The same people elected the governor, Senator, and the County Women Representative. One person voted for six different individuals. One would say, “I am voting for you so that you address my priorities in terms of needs.” It is important that the six leaders who were elected, irrespective of where they sit--- ... view