Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for this opportunity. I also add my voice in supporting this important Bill that amends the Public Finance Management Act. Even as I thank the Mover and the Seconder, the only thing I do not agree with the Mover on is when she says it is timely. It is actually long overdue. This should have been done either in the first or second year of this parliamentary term. This is because with the counties, we need to do a lot in terms of financial reforms so that we achieve the provisions of the Constitution on prudent ... view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: procurement process is properly controlled to avoid the kinds of things we are seeing in the counties. Those things can only be done if we comprehensively review the Public Finance Management Act. You realise that of late, we have just been amending particular items and we still leave those gaps. We have to help this country in terms of public finance management. It would be important that we look at this Act comprehensively. In terms of what this amendment Bill is proposing, the issue of uniform revenue collection system is critical. I wish this would have happened a long time ... view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I must thank Hon. Mutua for this Petition. I totally agree with you, Hon. Speaker, that matters pension are under the Ministry of Finance. So, the right Committee to address the matter would be the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. I totally agree that the issues raised are weighty and need to be sorted out as quickly as possible. view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to thank the Committee for that Report. As you are aware, they have said my Bill’s report is ready. I hope when we resume, I will have an opportunity to move my Bill and debate it. view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: I want to comment on the bursaries. I think from the Report, it is coming out very clearly that some constituencies have already disbursed bursaries and others have not. The truth of the matter is that even those that have disbursed bursaries, they sent the money and schools were closed immediately. Would I be in order to ask the Chair to liaise with the Ministry and provide a general Statement that this financial year disbursed bursaries will be used in the next financial year? So that, even those of us who had disbursed, we will not get into problems with ... view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to make very quick remarks on this matter. I want to remind the House that this is not the first time this House is saying that a particular Bill is a money Bill. On that basis, it is rejected. We did that in the 11th Parliament. It is happening again. As Members of Parliament, we all swore to defend the Constitution. By all standards, this is the senior House in terms of experience and knowledge. It is important we help this other House. With your experience, Hon. Speaker, we can help the other House, ... view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: I submit my contribution, Hon. Speaker. view
• 12 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to assure Dr. Nyikal that I will spare a minute for him. He is actually an expert in this area. I will only talk for one minute. I thank the Mover of this Bill. For me, this should have happened when we were doing the main Health Bill. When we passed the main Health Act, this should have been part of that. I thank the Mover for coming up with this amendment because it is going to help this country. Many Kenyans are travelling outside the country to seek medical help and, ... view
• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to make my contribution to this important Bill. I must thank Hon. Mwadime and the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning for this important Bill. This Bill, in terms of amendment, has actually taken too long. As you can see, we are aligning this important Act to the new Constitution. The new Constitution is already 10 years old. So, it means that we have been very unfair to Members of Parliament because we are doing this after 10 years. I want to challenge Hon. Members… view