Mulu Makali

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Regarding the contingency fund, at the national level, we have a reserve managed by the National Treasury. At the county level, there is also an emergency fund under the County Executive Committee Member for Finance. Yet, accessing these funds has been challenging over the past...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I take this opportunity to support this progressive Bill. I am not a medical doctor, but I have been listening keenly to the debate on the benefits of breastfeeding. Doctors recommend that for the first six months after birth, babies should only rely...

Thank you very much. I will not take long. I just want to say that I support the County Allocation of Revenue Bill. I will start by saying something on what you have said. Kitui County where I come from will be getting Ksh11.5 billion this financial year. Those are...

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Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I also want to join my colleagues in conveying my sincere condolences, on behalf of myself and on behalf of the good people of Kitui Central to the three families. First, the family of the late MCA for Kabuchai, secondly the family of Ms...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I want to join my colleagues in appreciating the Kenya Roads (Amendment) Bill that has been moved by Hon. Lesuuda. The Bill proposes the creation of a number of lanes like a pedestrian lane and a cyclists’ lane in addition...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for indulging me. I just wanted to share my experience on the matter which you have just directed on. I was once in that situation where I was not happy with the response from the Chairman of a committee. The proposal by Hon....

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I appreciate the Public Investments Committee on Commercial Affairs and Energy for this good Report. I have listened to the presentation by the mover and the seconder. Several issues arise from it. It is time this House began taking reports from our audit Committees seriously....

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. I join my colleagues in supporting this Constitution (Amendment) Bill, and before I delve into the details of the Bill, I wish to thank the movers, Hon. (Dr) Otiende Amollo and Hon. Chepkonga. I would like to provide some facts...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, we are discussing figures. I am sure we have not amended the whole Schedule. Why can we not be told what has been changed and what it is for, because we are discussing the Budget, not general things? We are taking this process so casually as a...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, with all due respect… I think Members should listen to me. (Hon. Peter Kaluma spoke off the record) The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : Order, Hon. Kaluma. Let the Member for Kitui Central be heard in silence. Hon. Temporary Chairlady, with all due respect... The...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I can explain some scenarios that necessitate a Supplementary Budget for CFS expenditures. Hon. Members, you know well that most of our external debt is in foreign currency, such as dollars and euros. One of the reasons for a supplementary budget is a change in...

Thank you for this opportunity. I join my colleagues in commenting on this Fourth Generation Revenue Sharing Formula. As I do that and from the word go, I want to say that I would have opposed this formula if I was able to move the numbers. Let us go on...

Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. I join my colleagues in appreciating this Bill. Being a Senate Bill, it is of much interest to me. Our Constitution clearly states that the Senate exists to serve the interests of the counties. Even though we are discussing this...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. In an earlier clause, the Chairman reported that regulations were supposed to be done in six months, but they were not done. In terms of timeframe, is this realistic because we should not put a timeline that they cannot implement? We need an assurance that...

Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I also support this amendment. In this country, we recognise that there are many private pension schemes. Before this amendment, we risked discriminating against some Kenyans. This amendment as it stands, covers every Kenyan. I support it. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’)...

I support these incentives, but wish to make a few observations. If you look at our motor assembly industry and the construction sector, you will find significant monopolistic tendencies. This means that while tax incentives may exist, they may end up benefiting a few companies, while the general public may...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, I wish the Chairperson would provide more details regarding his comment that the courts have declared it unconstitutional. Is it leading to discrimination? What is the issue? The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’): Hon. Chairman.

Hon. Temporary Chairman, this is a very serious, but simple matter. By the time one is being auctioned, they have serious financial challenges. Imagine a situation where I am being auctioned, my car has been taken away and I am asked to pay tax. This complicates everything. The implementation of...

Thank you. New Clause 42C talks about the Defence Forces Welfare Services. There is an issue even though we supported the earlier amendment. There are things we used to call the Kenya Armed Forces Old Comrades Association (KAFOCA) out there. They are not exclusive. You have to go through some...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. Even as I support this, I am a bit concerned that we are creating an additional fund. These funds have become so many in this country and some have outlived their usefulness. How I wish we could reduce the creation of more funds because the...

Hon. Temporary Chairman, what the Chairperson is explaining makes a lot of sense, but the Bill says that: “Out of the fee collected under subsection (2) , 20 per cent shall be paid into a Fund established and managed in accordance with the Public Finance Management Act (Cap. 412A) ”....

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to join Hon. Colleagues in appreciating the good work that was done by the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning and the contributions of the Members in today’s Committee of the whole House stage. It has been very enlightening. I appreciate that...

Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. You know we joined this House on the same day, and it is good to appreciate that being here three times is not easy. So, Hon. Nyakundi must appreciate that fact. Thank you so much.I will not take more than four minutes because,...

Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Speaker and my Chairman. One point which has not clearly come out is the issue that, as a result of the second marginalisation policy, we moved from 14 counties to 34 counties, and we moved to 107 constituencies and 1,024 sub-locations. This has pushed...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I would have liked to say very good things about the Bill under the title of preliminaries. But with the time you have given me now, you will excuse me. I salute the Majority Bench, led by Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah, Hon. Baya and Hon. Waqo. Hon. Temporary...