Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to add my voice to this important Bill. I thank the Mover of this Bill because if you look at it, you will find that it is not changing anything to do with the retirement age. It is moving the retirement age from being part of a regulation to being part of an Act of Parliament. So, in terms of enforcement, it will give it more power. Looking at what is currently happening in this country. It is high time we started asking hard questions on whether the age ... view
• 1 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: consultancy because they have experienced and skills. Instead of working for one individual, they can work for many clients because they have skills. If you are an accountant or an auditor retiring at 60 years, you can become a consulting auditor or an accountant. You can do that for many people. If we go that way, we will help the human skills in this country. The human resource in this country is underutilised. We have many people who are trained and they have not got jobs. We need proper planning for human resource. Those of us who have issues with ... view
• 29 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I join my colleagues in stating that it is a pity that institutions like Infotrak exist in this country. I remember when computers were introduced in this country, we used to say, “Garbage in garbage out”. I agree with those who say that we need to look at the research methodology. Issues of research are taught at master’s degree level. One does serious work at that level. As an economist, I have done advanced econometrics. This lady has to be professional in her work. I do not want to mention names. If you want to prove ... view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I wish I would get one or two extra minutes. However, let me try to squeeze what I have prepared into those five minutes. To do that, I will avoid repeating what others have said. view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: From the word go, I must state that the Senate has not done a good job in this country. It is either they did not understand the formula or they ignored or refused to understand it. I agree with my colleagues, Hon. Mbadi and Hon. Kanini Kega, in some of the details. However, there are some very fundamental questions which we must ask. As the representatives of the people, we should have been given more time to critically analyze and look at this formula. In addition to what Hon. Mbadi has said, those of us who come from Arid and ... view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: At the same time, rural electrification is captured very well in the Equalisation Fund which has never taken off in this country. Where is electrification in this formula? These are the difficult questions the Senate should have asked. Instead of asking that, they are celebrating and saying that they got more money for their counties. I agree with Hon. Mbadi that is a promissory note. It is a conditional allocation depending on whether the economy improves or it does not. If the economy does not improve or perform well, you can compute what will be there. view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Let us look at the fiscal prudence which was divided into two by the CRA on more effort to collect more revenue and once you collect it, how can you account for it? The Senators are telling us that they do not care whether the governors collect more money and account for it. We are talking about corruption everywhere in this country. We must resist. The Senate did not do a good job. view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: The other point is data credibility and availability. This formula talks about indices which are combination of parameters for you to get the index. You might apply the population figure for 2019 on the figure of 18 per cent population. However, if you do not apply the same figure on the issue of roads, urbanization and access to healthcare, then you are misleading the country. For this formula to serve the country well, then it will be very important for the 2019 Population Census figures to be used across the board. In that case then, we will get the right ... view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: The other thing is public participation. The CRA took a lot of time to come up with this formula. There were lots of consultations. Hon. Members, I am sure you know the kind of commissioners we have at the CRA because we approved them in this House. Those are very educated people who did a lot of research to get to where we are. However, after all what they did, some parameters have disappeared from the formula. To what extent was the Senate able to conduct public participation to this formula before they made a decision? view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: As I conclude, we have suspended the formula in the Financial Year 2020/2021. It will not be used. When you read what Hon. Kanini was reading in terms of county allocation, it is allocation ratio plus zero formula. The formula will not be applied anywhere this year. We will not apply the third-generation and second-generation formulae. So, we should ask ourselves what we are applying. These are the critical issues that the Senators should have considered. Unfortunately, they did not do that. view