Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2131 to 2140 of 2344.

• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support the one on water drilling services. I think the explanation given by the Chairman is that this is done by the Government. You will realize that there is a lot of drilling which is done by Non- Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and some of our development partners. I think this will affect such drilling in the dry areas like where I come from, namely Kitui and North Eastern, where the Majority Leader comes from. There are also areas where we do not need to increase air ticketing. If you ask how many Kenyans know about ... view
• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me also join hon. Sakaja in thanking the Members of this House for supporting these amendments. They are very important to the youth, women and people with disability of this country. So, I want just to challenge the groups concerned to take advantage of this legal framework and use this opportunity to make their lives better. I want to thank all the Members. I also want to thank Kenyans for making sure that we have this new law. view
• 23 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me also join hon. Sakaja in thanking the Members of this House for supporting these amendments. They are very important to the youth, women and people with disability of this country. So, I want just to challenge the groups concerned to take advantage of this legal framework and use this opportunity to make their lives better. I want to thank all the Members. I also want to thank Kenyans for making sure that we have this new law. view
• 22 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I also rise to support this Bill and I want to start by saying that it is actually encouraging that more resources have been sent to the counties. You realize that we have moved to about 43 per cent of the revenue, which is going to the county governments. As we say this amount has increased as a House, we need also to bear in mind that the revenue we are using is actually for the Financial Year 2009/2010, which means we are about three years behind. I am just trying to imagine if we used ... view
• 22 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: increased allocation to the counties, it is important that this House fast-tracks approval of the remaining reports, so that as we allocate money in the coming year, we will be talking about the latest audited reports. The other thing in this Bill to consider is the timing. Today is 22nd April, 2014 and if you look at the calendar, we expect itemized budgets by around 30th April. This means we have only about a week plus to allow the counties and the Ministries to also submit their detailed budgets. We are a bit late and this calls for proper timing ... view
• 22 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: So, I will urge the authorities that we get these functions properly costed so that when we budget, we actually do not under-budget or over-budget because we do not know the amount it will cost to undertake these functions. view
• 22 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the other thing I want to talk about is this money which has been sent to the counties; it relates to electrification of the rural areas. Fifty per cent of the amount has been left at the headquarters, that is the national Government and 50 per cent has gone to the rural areas or to the counties. The experience we have is that implementation of these projects takes a lot of time. Actually, there are a lot of delays in implementing these projects. I would urge the county governments to make sure that when this money gets to ... view
• 22 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I would plead with the county governments to ensure that when this money gets to their accounts, it is used and we have Kenyans getting electricity. It is very important for our areas and our people to get electricity for their domestic use and even for industrial use. view
• 22 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the other thing which is also important and which needs to be noted is the issue of the fiscal capacity of these county governments and the efficient use of the money when it gets to them. This Bill indicates that it was not possible to determine the fiscal capability or the efficiency in use of resources by county governments. This is a very worrying statement. They are saying that they have only been there for one year and on the basis of that time, we might not be able to assess their fiscal capabilities but I want to ... view