Benson Makali Mulu

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Look at this Bill. There are some things which are very important to note. One of them is that the Service through the board, will ensure there is quality assurance both of goods and services. That way, whatever things Kenyan consumers will be exposed to will not be harmful to their bodies. Another important issue that has been captured in this Bill is ensuring that, where standards are not met by some of the bodies that are mandated to assure quality, efforts are put in place to achieve those standards and bring improvement. This is very important. It will ensure ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Another important issue is the appointment of the board membership. There should be emphasis in ensuring that bodies which will nominate people to the board are registered. This will avoid issues of getting un-qualified people doing quality assurance in specific areas. The board membership is expected to have competent people who will carry out the work of that important board. view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Another important issue that has been captured in this Bill is ensuring that accreditation systems are prepared, well designed and implemented. This is one area we have not done very well. Even though we talk about quality assurance, I do not know whether the expected standards are clearly stated anywhere. So, the proposed board should take up this role and ensure that expected standards are designed, approved and implemented. So, if you fall short of the standards, then you are not accredited. view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Another important point is an issue I think we cannot legislate. I think the reason why we are having problems… For those who read the newspapers yesterday, it was clearly stated that Kenya is losing about Kshs8 billion worth of taxes because of counterfeit goods. When you look at that amount and what it can do in terms of services and goods in this country, it means we have a big problem in our hands. It is important that as Kenyans, even as we come up with this new service, there are areas we cannot legislate. I encourage my countrymen ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: With those many remarks, I support this Bill. I wish that Hon. Members will do so during the Committee of the whole House and Third Reading so that it becomes an Act of Parliament. Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the chance. view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Let me also add my voice to this important Bill. As I do that, I must thank Hon. Duale for the way he has moved this Bill. I was very impressed as a finance person. He did it very well. Looking at our Constitution, public finance is given a whole chapter, namely, Chapter 12. That tells us as Kenyans how important the issue of public finance is in this country. But in terms of implementation and day-to-day operation, it is the PFM Act and regulations under the same Act that are used to implement ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: county level, there is the endorsement of Parliament that is going to ensure that we get good procedures and entities which have been subjected to thorough vetting. view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Clause 5 is important because it discusses the Parliamentary Budget Office. It has added some responsibilities to it in terms of monitoring the budget. What is impressive to me is the new subsection which is demanding that now, the PBO, through the Clerk of the Assembly, can write to any department or ministry of this country and demand information to be provided in the required format. This is a good move in terms of public management of resources. This is because this House oversees all the ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) and for us to oversee the MDAs, we need ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: In Clause 8, there is a requirement that there will be no procurement three months to the elections and specifically from the development vote either at the national or at the county level unless authorised by the National Treasury. The Auditor-General’s reports that he has just released for 2016/2017 reveal that we had heavy expenditures when we were about to go for elections, which were incurred by governors at different counties. It is clearly pointing to the fact that people were looking for money to campaign. In a situation where we declare that three months to elections one cannot procure ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: In Clause 10, in the process of preparing the Budget Policy Statement, there has been a focus only on revenue and expenditure requirements. There has been minimal mention in terms of borrowing requirements. This clause states that it will be mandatory as you prepare that important policy statement to indicate what will be the borrowing requirements as you finance your budget. This is where we have been having problems in terms of budget deficit. This will go a long way in ensuring that we get it right at the planning stage before we even go for implementation. view