Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: When you look at the object of this Bill, it is to ensure that there is a centralised coordination of disaster management in this country. My colleagues have mentioned a number of disasters that have happened in this country. The fact that we are now talking about the National Disaster Management Authority which will coordinate - in a centralised way - all disaster management in this country, will be an advantage. There are quite a number of benefits that come with that kind of National Disaster Management Authority. The first benefit is that there will be quick response to disasters ... view
• 13 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I rise to second this Procedural Motion. Just as my Chairman has said, Hon Rasso appeared before the Committee and from our interaction, we felt it was important to listen to other leaders from Marsabit. We also saw the need to visit the area in order to find a lasting solution to the insecurity in the county. It will not be fair to only meet Hon. Rasso without the other leaders. We are pleading with the House to approve this extension by 45 days to give the Committee enough time to sort out the matter With those remarks, ... view
• 8 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: (Kitui Central, WDM-K) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I have listened to the Mover, Hon. (Dr.) Nyikal. What he has said makes a lot of sense. The message is that it wants to be more inclusive. It is good when we have everybody on board other than leaving some out. view
• 8 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: I support the amendment. view
• 6 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, allow me to thank my Chairman for moving the Bill. He was struggling with time since he had only 10 minutes. I have only five minutes. I will rush to see whether I can catch up. I want to thank him for focusing on the figures. So, I will not dwell on that aspect. I have seen Kenyans complain that the National Assembly has delayed this Bill, but I would like to inform them that the Bill was tabled last week on Thursday, the only sitting day from that day is today, and we are now debating the ... view
• 6 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: On county headquarters, through this Bill, we are allocating funds to construct headquarters for counties that did not have any infrastructure. We have been allocating money for the last three years and we do not know the status of implementation. This House should come up with a mechanism to track implementation. view
• 6 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: On Level 5 hospitals, every year, we allocate funds to these hospitals. They are about 11, but for how long are we going to do this without concentrating on the other county hospitals? In my view, the original thinking was that since they are referral hospitals, they should be supported to a certain level and we start supporting the other county hospitals. When people from Kitui seek medical services at the Machakos Level 5 Hospital, they are asked why they go there yet they have their own hospitals. We should address that challenge. In my view, we should reconsider our ... view
• 6 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: The other issue I want to comment on is the transfer of functions. The Bill caters for transfer of functions very well. This targets the Nairobi Metropolitan Services. If you look at the budget for Nairobi Metropolitan Services, it is higher than the equitable share to Nairobi City County Government by almost Kshs23 billion. The question is: How do we have money coming from the County Revenue Fund to the Consolidated Fund so that it can be used by the national Government? That is an important question that needs to be answered. Financial experts will have to look at this ... view
• 1 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I also want to support the amendment to this law. It is very important because when you look at the statistics which were released the other day by the Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Public Service and Gender, you could see that, proportionately, some areas are not being represented in the Civil Service. So, this will ensure that every part of this country get their right share as we recruit. Given a chance, it is not wise to put the issue of ethnicity in law. I do not know whether mentioning ethnicity is ... view
• 1 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. Well guided. view