Benson Makali Mulu

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• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: The other point is that as a House, we need to support this Office in terms of providing a budget for it. In the past, this Office has not been very well resourced in terms of a budget. For them to achieve that independence, we need to provide more resources for this Office. view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: The last point is the issue of age. This is a point the Committee overlooked. It is important we say it openly. This is a position for eight years - it is not a position for two or three years. By this person assuming that Office, by the time she gets out, she will be 68 years. It would have been better if they got somebody who was in his/her mid50s so that the person retires in the early 60s, but in a situation where she is assuming this Office at the age of 60, we are being unfair to ... view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: I admire her level of integrity. Her net worth is only Kshs68 million having worked up to the age of 60. That is commendable. I think she will do a good job in terms of fighting corruption in this country. I support. view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. Let me just confirm that as the Budget and Appropriations Committee, we discussed these changes. I want to agree with what Hon. Nyikal is saying in terms of whether we went back to the committees. However, what we have said is that these amendments are just kind of cleaning the document. There is nothing to do with changing of figures and activities. I want to give a very good example. This House passed the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) Bill which is now an Act of Parliament. In that Bill, and through miscellaneous amendments, we ... view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: Hon Temporary Deputy Chairman, it is important we put this on the HANSARD that when it comes to reporting on Budget, you do not capture the differences you report. You capture the total figures, but the difference is when you have deficits. For example Kshs1,721,285,046 and the other one is Kshs1,706,285,046, the difference is Kshs15 million. As he is explaining, he is talking about Kshs15 million but the figures for purposes of the document which will go out, we will have to capture the figures cumulatively and not the difference. I thank you. view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 4 Dec 2019 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I am on a point of order, acting Prime Minister. Is it in order for the Leader of the Majority Party to mislead this House about public participation? It is very clear to all MPs because we have a schedule showing that every year, we go to 12 counties and in the fourth year, we will have done the 47 counties. view
• 28 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish I had more than four minutes, but I will try to say what I want to say within four minutes. I said yesterday that we discussed the Supplementary Budget as the Budget and Appropriations Committee and we made a number of observations which, to me, are very important. As a House, we must push for the implementation of some of these observations. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 28 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Looking at the Supplementary Budget this time, there are a number of programmes where the law has not been adhered to. The law is very clear that when you are adjusting the programme or even the total budget, you should not go beyond 10 per cent. But a number of programmes have gone beyond 10 per cent adjustment. We cannot be a House which makes laws and, at the same time, assist the National Treasury to break the law. We need to be firm in our position to say that in terms of programmes, budgetary adjustment should not go beyond ... view
• 28 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: to counties. I think it is a basic principle that money should follow functions. The Constitution expects those functions to be implemented at the county level. With those remarks, I support the Report. Thank you. view