Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2151 to 2160 of 2344.

• 24 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also rise to support this amendment to the Public Finance Management Act, 2012. I want to remind the Members of the fact that this House passed the 2013/2014 Budget. Part of that Budget of Ksh130 billion was supposed to come from sovereign bonds. When the implementation of the Budget started, reality dawned on us and the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the Finance, Planning and Trade Committee were made aware that even though this money was part of the Budget, the legal framework for sovereign bonds to be floated out there in the ... view
• 24 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: So, in short, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, what I am saying is that if these amendments do not see the light of the day in terms of being approved by this House, then we are saying our approved Budget will automatically register a deficit of Kshs130 billion. We will then have either to think of another alternative source of that money or reduce the budget on some of the programmes which had been budgeted for. 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
• 24 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am sure none of us Kenyans is willing to see our prioritised projects and programmes not being implemented this year and being pushed forward, because we cannot float a sovereign bond and then get the money from out there. In addition, changing or amending this law is also very important to this country. This is because one of the advantages we are likely to enjoy, as a country, from engaging in external borrowing will be higher credit worthiness or credit rating of the country will improve. What that does is that, as a country, you ... view
• 24 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, even as I talk of these amendments and as I support them, I think, as a country, we need to be a bit more serious than we are. We actually approved this Budget last year. We have only two months to the end of the financial year and these amendments have been brought to this House to be approved. As I give this contribution, I am asking myself: If we approve these amendments next week, how much more time will we have to get this bond through, get the money and implement the projects? view
• 24 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I get very surprised when we read in the newspapers that the Opposition is asleep. I am saying that if, as the Opposition, say the timing of this is wrong and it should have been brought here in January or December, so that we got it right, I think we will have done our work. It is to point out the gaps and it is for the Government to come up and make sure that these things do not happen. So, I get very amazed when I read in the newspapers that the Opposition is asleep, ... view
• 24 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, what I am saying is that we will keep on pointing out these things; it is the work of the Jubilee Government to make sure that we get the timings right. I think in terms of timing, we are getting it wrong. Even if we approve these amendments, we are not likely to be in good time to get this money to come to this country; this is why we would want to propose that in future if there will be need to amend this Act, then it will be very important that we get the ... view
• 24 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: I want to support what hon. Mbadi has said, that the issue of direct payment to a supplier is a dangerous move and we need to get it right. Imagine a situation where you get money moving from China to a supplier in Germany and the only thing which comes to Kenya is records to show that it has been paid. Then how do we account to Kenyans in terms of this money? I think we cannot accept that kind of arrangement; that is something which must be changed, so that we get it right. This is because it is ... view
• 24 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to say that this is important and urge hon. Members to make sure that we pass these amendments as soon as possible, so that the financial year does not close before we get this money and then we are not able to deliver services to Kenyans as was promised to them when the Budget was approved. view
• 24 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I support the amendments. Thank you very much. view
• 20 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Yes, I really have a burning issue. I am a member of the HBC and at the same time also a member of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. One of the things we are saying in the Budget and Appropriations Committee is that we do not want supplementary budgets coming to us every time. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I think this week we have gotten three Supplementary Order Papers. Is this not a pointer that the HBC is not doing justice to this House in terms of planning? view