Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: The other issue is on source revenue at the county level. Almost all counties in this country are collecting lower than they used to collect when they were municipal councils or town councils. What has happened? Somebody on the side of the Executive needs to sit down and tell us what is the policy from the Government side in terms of source revenue, so that we grow that revenue at the county level. Unless we do that, we will continue having problems. You will then realise that we will never grow those counties as anticipated. view
• 28 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: The other point is this: When you talk to everybody in this country, they will tell you that we are an economy of cartels. When you talk to anybody, be it agriculture or industries, people will tell you that there are cartels who are blocking Kenyans from accessing the results of those resources. For example, in the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, we allocate money for fertiliser every year. But how much fertiliser gets to the ground so that farmers can grow their crops and increase their yield? As a matter of policy, what is the Government policy in ... view
• 28 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: I like what Hon. Musimba has just said on the issue of fiber optics. This country has invested a lot in terms of ICT, but look at what is happening? I am sure if you talked to my view
• 28 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: 56 Thursday, 28th February 2019(P) view
• 28 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: colleagues, the Hon. Members, you will find that they have hired brokers to tell us what is happening in their constituencies. But if there was a clear policy, this would be an opportunity to use fiber optics to create jobs. We could do international jobs while seated in Kenya and send the results to those countries and get your cheque while at home. In that case, we would be growing the economy and we would be helping those young people. There are serious policy questions which would be asked about this document and I do not think they have been ... view
• 28 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Let us talk about pending Bills. Has anybody thought about the impact of pending bills in terms of local economies? If you go to your counties, I am sure you must have lost about two suppliers or three contractors who have died as a result of blood pressure which resulted from non-payment of pending bills. They went to a bank, got a loan, they were not paid by the county government and so, they collapsed and died. Small businesses have died because of pending bills. Has anybody analysed the impact of those kinds of bills? If so, what is the ... view
• 28 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: As I conclude, it is clear to this country that there is a clear policy that the wage bill in our county governments and the national Government should not go beyond 35 per cent. How many counties are within that range? How many counties are below 35 per cent? We are in a situation where more than 80 per cent are above that level. What is the Government policy? Is it to change that figure from 35 to 40 per cent or what mechanism are they going to put in place to make sure that we are within that range? ... view
• 20 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Listening to this debate, I am wondering whether it is not time to change some of these rules. I have gone out with you to many meetings. Very few people, who come from African countries, are in suits and ties. Is it not time that we thought of a national dress which can be allowed to come in this House? Some of us feel punished when we come in a suit. I was discussing with my wife this morning and she was asking why with this temperature, I am putting on a suit and a tie. ... view
• 20 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Members of Parliament so that we have alternatives and it is allowed in our Standing Orders. The more I listen and the more I look at Members especially our sisters, you can see our weather sometimes requires going for light dressing. Sometimes our dressing is so heavy that we are not comfortable even as we sit in some of these places especially when it is hot like now. Maybe it is time we started thinking about alternatives which will make sure that we are smartly dressed but not being punished through our dressing. I rest my case. Thank you, Hon. ... view
• 19 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me also support this County Governments (Amendment) Bill. As many speakers have said, it is supposed to provide clarity in a situation where dissolution of a county government might be necessary. You realise with the current law there are gaps. These are the gaps which we are trying to address in this Bill. I agree with Members who are saying that the Senators have their job cut out for them and it is unfortunate that we see a lot of sideshows. Their work is clearly cut out for them, when you look at ... view