Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: hospitals. That means that this denies them the opportunity to buy basics like food and pay for education and water. So, when you exempt mosquito nets from taxes, this will be very cheap and the Kenyan poor will be able to afford them. This is in the right direction in terms of assisting the poor. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I like what hon. Mbadi said about the dead. Most of the communities in this country value the dead more than they value those who are alive. That is a fact. In my community, people will spend a lot of resources to bury their loved ones. If you analyse what is involved in the burial cost, you will find that most of the cost goes towards transporting the body. If we make the transport cheap, we will be making savings for our people and as a result they will have more money in their pockets which ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: The other area I want to touch on is on electricity supply. We are trying to make sure that electricity supplied through REA becomes cheaper. I think this House needs to support these amendments because even the so-called laptops for primary schools will benefit from this amendment. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, is that the right signal? I thought I had 15 minutes and I have not spoken for five minutes. Could I be guided by the Chair? view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: It is okay, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me also talk about water, which is a very rare commodity where I come from. It is very precious. Any efforts which are made to make drilling of boreholes cheaper in that region are more than welcome. I want to support these amendments because our people will be able to access water. We know what water can do in terms of improving our cleanliness, small-scale irrigation and having kitchen gardens. All these will work towards improving the income of our people. I think this is another important area and we need to ... view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the last point I want to touch on is agriculture. We know that agriculture is the mainstay of this economy. We also know the multiplier effect of agricultural outputs. If we get it right in the agricultural sector, we will be doing well in terms of creating employment opportunities for our people, improving income of our people and improving the per capita income of this country. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: The amendments that hon. Mbadi has proposed make a lot of sense to me. That is why I am saying, hon. Mbadi--- view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those comments I second. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you very much. view
• 12 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: No. view