Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this chance to also add my voice to this interesting debate. I believe it will cause no harm to continue thanking the Committee for this good work to ensure that Article 100 of our Constitution is implemented. Former speakers have said many things about this Bill. I am supporting it although, at the outset, it is clear that there are some areas which need to be worked on. view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to start from where Hon. Katoo has left on the issue of the Political Parties Act, 2011, and more specifically, on the issue of sharing the Political Parties Fund released to political parties. Looking at the relevant clause, there is 53 percent, 20 percent for all other parties and 20 per cent for the SIGs and this amount is tied to the number of MPs, governors and members of county assemblies (MCAs). I think this is an area I will request the Chair of the Committee to do a bit of work. Currently, there is confusion ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Otherwise, people can take advantage of this. More so, our sisters can take advantage of this grouping of women and the special group that is being targeted will never realise the dream of being in this House. For the marginalised areas or groups, we need to be very clear, although it is defined in the Constitution. But there is no harm if we repeat this definition so that people do not take advantage of it. We have seen people who want to take advantage of these general terminologies so that they can benefit. Another area of interest to me is ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: We need to come up with legislation that will ensure that nobody says they cannot participate in an election because people are violent. If we get this right, then more of our sisters will participate in elections. This will stop us from thinking about giving them special seats through nomination. I want to congratulate our sisters from Ukambani. We do not just elect them because they are our sisters, but because they go the extra mile to campaign. As you can see, the Temporary Deputy Speaker has won two times and she campaigned seriously to get that seat. I do ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Elections in this country are very expensive and we must think of a way of ensuring the playing ground is fair for everybody. That way, when it comes to finances, nobody will be disadvantaged by the fact that you are either male or female. At the end of the day, if we support our sisters, they will come out in larger numbers and compete like anybody else to be voted in. I want to agree with those who said earlier that women are the majority in this country. But, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information ... view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: nobody can explain why they lose elections. Being the majority, they should be able to vote for their own to come to this House. But this is a topic for debate on another day. For now, we should make the playing ground level for everybody in terms of financing. We should not expose our sisters to violence and thus making them to run away from contesting. If we go this way, we will be helping them. view
• 16 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Noted, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. In terms of areas where we need to improve, we will recommend amendments in the Third Reading but, generally, this is a good initiative… view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I confirm that Hon. Barasa is a Member of that Committee. I agree with you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, that he has a right to ask for a Statement from the Floor even though he would have gained more by raising the same matter in the Committee. He is one of the Members who question the Cabinet Secretary on a regular basis compared to the rest of us who might be seeing him from television screens. However, you must also realise that if you look at all the Questions which are being raised on the Floor ... view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me also support this important Bill. I take this opportunity to thank the Mover for bringing the Bill back to the House. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you remember in the 11th Parliament, which I know you were a Member, this Bill was before the House, but it did not see the light of the day. At the end of the day, it was not passed. I thank the Mover for bringing it back. view
• 9 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: This is a very important Bill. When you listen to Members making their contributions on the Bill, it has come out very clearly that livestock has been, to some extent, ignored by the Government. Some statistics have been quoted during the debate. We have heard that this sector contributes about 12 per cent to our GDP. That is a very high percentage. view