Makali Benson Mulu

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon Temporary Speaker. I do not intend to interrupt my good friend, Dr. Oundo. I think for the sake of informing Kenyans and without misleading them, he knows very well that the Constitution states the equitable share is on audited and...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon Temporary Speaker. I do not intend to interrupt my good friend, Dr. Oundo. I think for the sake of informing Kenyans and without misleading them, he knows very well that the Constitution states the equitable share is on audited and...

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) 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) 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 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) 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) 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) 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. (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) 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) 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. (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. 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 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) 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) Yes. I would be proposing that we adjourn the debate to another day.

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) 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...