Makali Benson Mulu

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Yes.

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, in the detailed Report, we agreed that there was some money for Senate oversight. This figure includes a part of that money. However, what we said as a Committee, which is properly documented, is that there should be a very...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon Temporary Speaker. I also stand to support this Bill. As a Member of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, allow me to make two opening statements to set the record straight regarding what Hon. Oundo and Hon. CNN have said. If...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) No. The money is there. It was not a separate fund. They just budgeted for it as part of the normal Senate resources but we are now saying we need a very clear framework so that when the money is used by the...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Yes. That should be the position.

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I want my Chairman to make this clear. He has said the increase is Ksh400 million, but the figure read that the increase is Ksh500 million. Is it a mistake? The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. Martha Wangari) : Chairman...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Wacha wewe. Wacha tuongee bwana. Si Majority Leader ameongea. Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. I have listened to the Leader of the Majority Party and what I thought we should just do is that even though clauses that would have helped Kenyans… Kenyans did...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I have realised that I am looking at the wrong Order Paper. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. Martha Wangari) : I had given some guidance. There is a Supplementary Order Paper that has gone round. Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central,...

Hon. Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to say something in relation to the Question which Hon. Kamket has forwarded to the Departmental Committee on Education and Research. This matter cuts across the whole county and not just the arid and semi-arid...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I just want to indulge you on this matter. This matter of expenditure as per Article 223 of the Constitution is a matter of national interest. That is why the Petitioner had petitioned Parliament so that the matter is...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Yes. I would be proposing that we adjourn the debate to another day.

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that we adjourn the debate to another day to allow Members to look at the Report and then we can debate from an informed position.

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to add my voice to the debate on this important Report that has been tabled by the Committee on Special Programmes, chaired by Hon. Mulyungi, the Member of Parliament for Mwingi...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I can confirm that I have taken time to read through the Bill and the 389-page Report. The idea of giving us five minutes is good. However, it discourages some of us who take time to read...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I thank Hon. Members for their contributions to this important Report of the Public Debt and Privatisation Committee. I assure Hon. Members that the Committee is going to take their comments seriously and follow them up....

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be deleted and substituted therefor with the following new Schedule— SCHEDULE (A) (B) (C) (D) Recurrent Expenditure Ksh 302,322,000 12th June 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 30 Sub-class total 302,322,000 Development...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Hon. Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move that the Committee do report to the House its consideration of the Equalization Fund Appropriation (No.2) Bill (Senate Bill No.30 of 2023) and its approval thereof with amendments. (Question proposed) (Question put and agreed to) (The...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee in the said report, and request the Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah, to second the Motion for agreement with the report of the Committee of...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to second this Motion. I want to appreciate our Committee Members for the good work they are doing of ensuring we oversight the CFS expenditures. The report moved by my Chairperson...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Ten minutes.

Hon (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I do appreciate. There are about three things I want to say which are very important. I was talking about the issue of overdraft facility at the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) where the National Government...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) I beg to move: THAT, Clause 3 of the Bill be amended–

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I start by thanking the Vice-Chairlady of our Committee for moving this Bill effectively, which I stand to second. 11th June 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 30 Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM)As I do so,...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I assure you that I will be very brief. I can see the speed at which you are doing things; it is supersonic. That Commission needs to be more aggressive in liaising with the Ministries, Departments, and Agencies...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. A number of those Technical Training Institutions (TTIs) are at different levels of implementation. It is important to operationalise them by equipping them once they are completed. I support. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. Martha Wangari) : Next is...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I agree with my colleagues, Hon. (Dr) Nyikal and Hon. Melly, that this Department is supposed to be very active in terms of managing issues relating to inter-governmental relations, but we realise 6th June 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. Martha Wangari) : I said that if you intend to speak on this, press your intervention button. Hon. Makali, go on. Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Even as I agree...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) My name is not David, Hon. Temporary Chairman. You are on Hansard. My name is Hon. Makali Mulu. We, as a House, are giving TSC almost Ksh360 billion. We demand fairness in recruitment and promotion. We cannot allow a situation where letters are...

Hon (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also want to join my colleagues in appreciating this good work and make the following observations. Hon. Temporary Speaker, if we look at the Supplementary Budget, we will realise that a few areas have been...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Before I contribute, I ask for your intervention on a matter. I am the Vice-Chairman of the Public Debt 5th June 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 102 Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM)and Privatisation Committee. As a Committee,...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Since I know what is in the Report, I can make my contribution. Let me start with that point as part of my contribution to the Budget Estimates. Hon. Members, if you look at the Budget Estimates, the budgeted amount for CFS expenditures...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, what I was saying is that this information is very important in relation to what we are discussing. Why am I saying it is important? If we compare the projected revenue collection of about Ksh2.9 trillion to the money used...