Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second this important Motion. Even before I do that, I want to take this opportunity to wish our Muslim brothers well during this time of Ramadhan. Getting to the subject matter of this Motion, what the Senate has done, as my able Chair has said, is to disagree with the National Assembly in terms of the Division of Revenue Bill. They have proposed changes which we had not agreed on as the Budget and Appropriations Committee (BAC), and which were adopted by this House. There is an amendment to Clause 5 which talks ... view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: We need to be clear in terms of the regulations we are talking about here. Are they the regulations contained in the Public Finance Management Act? If so, are they not static? I imagine it to be a dynamic situation that has to be reviewed annually based on the collections of each year. The other issue is that of moving the county’s equitable share from Kshs310,000,000 to Kshs335,670,000, meaning that they have increased the equitable share by Kshs 25,670,000. We agree as a House that counties need to be given more money. I think there is no dispute on The ... view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. You may have to guide the House in terms of what the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of the Minority Party are saying. The fact that the Bill is the same as it was last year does not mean it cannot come to this House because times have also changed. Maybe with time, this Bill might now make more sense than it did last year. I think this is critical and should be analysed, otherwise, we will kill all these Bills. view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. From what Hon. Ichung’wah is saying, it makes a lot of sense. Seven days will be too short. I support the amendment to retain 14 days. view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: 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
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. This amendment by Hon. Kuria is important to this country. We need to look at it from an objective perspective. The problem why we are suffering is that people work for the national Government and the county governments, but when it comes to payments these governments can take a whole year to pay. At times they take two years. What is happening through those kinds of acts is that, the Government is killing individuals with small-scale The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report ... view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you. I want to assure my friend, Hon. Kuria that we are supporting these amendments basically because they are going to benefit Kenyans. At the same time, we must note something. What will happen at the end of the day is that we are likely to clog the system such that even the Kenyans we would like to benefit will not benefit. The Government does not collect money upfront. It does every month. We pay taxes monthly. That is the same money that the Government uses to pay contractors. What is going to happen? Through this amendment, we are ... view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: The other side of the story is that such a law is likely to slow down the process of awarding contracts such that the same contractors we imagine will benefit by getting contracts will have no contracts to implement. The truth of the matter is that as we put these funds on record, we are sure of what we are doing. Therefore, as much as we want to help Kenyans, we must appreciate the way the economy works. Otherwise, we will clog the system and get stuck. view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: I want Kenyans to be paid when they work, but they should be paid within realistic arrangements. Let us agree to have payments made within 90 days, which is a very good timeframe. I would humbly request Hon. Kuria on the issue of when monies due should start accruing interest, we could extend that period slightly. We may agree to payments being made within 90 days, and if six months lapse without payments being made the amounts in respect of the pending bills start accruing interest. That way, we allow the National Treasury about three months to play around, during ... view
• 8 May 2019 in National Assembly: I thank you. view