Makali Benson Mulu

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM-K) Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order No. 33 (1) , I rise to seek leave for the adjournment of the House to discuss a definite matter of urgent national importance regarding the killing of innocent civilians in Kwa Kamari, Tseikuru Ward, in Mwingi...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This issue of cancer is truly a matter of national concern, as many families have been affected. One of the most common consequences is that it drives families into poverty. Many end up selling everything they have, and...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I wish to begin by thanking Hon. Speaker of the National Assembly and Members of this House who stood up to support the adjournment of the House in order to discuss this important matter—a matter of grave concern...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I request you to allow a few of us to say something to the students. Hon. SpeakerJust speak for yourself. Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I take this opportunity to join you in...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to support this Bill to reduce VAT on fuel from 16 per cent to 8 per cent. What this House is about to do today is very important. Yesterday, when we heard of the reduction of VAT...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you so much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I wish to add my voice to this important debate. I would like to start by appreciating Hon. Oluoch for effectively representing his people. The reason why some of these community schools exist is that they...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also want to thank the petitioners for this Petition. It looks like Hon. Murugara has taken the words from my mouth. We must realise that even as we talk about encroachment, most people who have constructed in those...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you so much, Hon. Speaker. I join colleagues in saying pole to our colleague, Dr Nyikal, for the loss of his father. I really do not know Mzee Nyikal, but I have interacted with his son since 2013 when we joined this...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I will start by appreciating the work of my former Committee, where I served as the Vice-Chairperson. I have listened to the very good Committee’s recommendations. However, the House should treat public debt more seriously. The Report calls...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you so much, Hon. Speaker. Let me join you also in welcoming all the students to Parliament, more specifically, those from the Good Shepherd School from my constituency. I want to encourage all the students who are here to observe what happens...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I am just wondering if you have a new Order Paper? What I have seen… The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. Martha Wangari) : There is a Supplementary Order Paper. Serjeant-at-Arms, the Speaker had already said we have a Supplementary Order Paper....

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I will be very brief. Where teachers and security officers are, you find there are nurses, doctors and agricultural officers. While teachers are earning hardship allowance together with the security officers, the rest do not earn hardship allowances. What...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I have listened to Hon. Rozaah Buyu, and I wish we were all speaking as she has. As a House, at times, I sit here and find that we are a let-down to this country when it comes...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. We joined this House together with Hon. Kangogo, and he knows that you have been here long enough. If you review the budget reports discussed since 2013, Hon. Kangogo, you will agree that the abuse of Article 223...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you. I also want to add my voice to the Sessional Paper No. 3 of 2025. I appreciate the extensive public participation conducted over this Sessional Paper. I have looked at the report. I would not wish to dwell on the models....

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) I have realised that when serious brains of this House start to make comments, we get these kinds of points of order so that you disorganise us, not to push our agenda. I do not know why my friend Hon. Kimani keeps on...

Hon (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Actually, what I was saying is that I am aware of what is written here but I am looking at decision-making in a corporate entity where you have shareholders. How is it done? It will get to a point where shareholders will have...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to take this opportunity to second the Division of Revenue Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 2 of 2026) . As my Chairman has indicated, the Bill focuses on the vertical sharing of national revenue and is informed...

Hon (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) I thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. You can see I had to relocate from my desk. I do not know what has happened to my system. Somebody went there and did funny things. I can no longer access the system. The Temporary Speaker...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) The more you listen to these reports, the more you get annoyed as a Kenyan. The Commodities Fund objectives are very important to this country because it is supposed to assist our farmers to access farm inputs and resources to improve their farming...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. I have looked at this amendment and I have also looked at Clause 2. I think it would be important for such a term as “catalytic” to be defined for purposes of clarity. When I look at Clause 2,...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) I have no issue with this. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : Hon. (Dr) Oundo.

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : What is out of order, Hon. Makali Mulu? Hon. Members, I would like us to make progress. Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Hon. Temporary Chairlady,...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I thank the Chairperson of the Committee for this amendment because the original wording of the Bill would have caused confusion. I am very happy to see that the CEO of the Fund will also be the Administrator...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you very much, Hon. Chairlady. I support this amendment for the reason we gave yesterday that we need to appreciate that this money will form part of our public debt. I support.

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you very much Hon. Chairlady. As I support this amendment, we need to be cautious because from July, we will move to a single National Treasury account. We know what that means. It is being phased out. We may need to check...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. I think you had better listen to this. We had agreed that we needed to define ‘catalytic national infrastructure’. I think it is important. At what point do we do that?

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I wanted to raise a constitutional issue. I think our Standing Orders allow us to interrupt debate at any point so long as you are raising a constitutional issue. I really appreciate the explanation by the Chairperson and...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. I will start by appreciating the Departmental Committees and the Budget and Appropriations Committee, where I sit, for looking at this important policy document. This being a policy document, it focuses more on policy direction...

Hon. (Dr) Makali Mulu (Kitui Central, WDM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to state some facts. The truth of the matter is that this country faces challenges with public borrowing. Actually, last year we almost defaulted and considered debt restructuring. The other point is that we require infrastructure, especially...