MULU MAKALI

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to support this Motion. It is important that we thank Members who have taken the initiative to table Motions in this House for debate. However, if you look at majority of these Motions, you will find that they are just urging the Government....

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I will ask only two questions. Ask one. (Laughter) Okay. The first question which has left me wondering yet I have a finance background is: What is the connection between crypto currency and the eyes? The second question and please allow me to ask is: Would...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Let me join my colleagues in thanking the Hon. Wanami Wamboka-led Committee for this excellent Report. This is the first opposition-generated PIC-GE oversight report apart from the ones we have done on public debts and acclimatization. Listening to the presentation of the Report by the Mover...

Thank you very much Hon. Speaker. Before I say something about the Petition, let me weigh in on this matter of the Committee and Chairperson of this particular one. Time has come for the 13th Parliament to reconsider the wisdom behind centralising all petitions under one Committee. In the 11th...

Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. Let me join the Hon. Members and yourself in welcoming this delegation comprising our colleagues from Africa. I also want to single out two of them, whom we served together in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Executive Committee (CPA EXCO) Africa Region: Hon. Kasuto from...

Thank you very much Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also want to support this important Motion on the issue of awarding a charter to the Open University of Kenya. This issue is long overdue in this country because open universities have actually been helpful to many countries and, more so, to...

It is good that our daughters are in the House because they are going to be the beneficiaries of that Open University when it will become operational. So, as I was saying, what will happen is that even as Kenyans benefit from that university, the region will benefit because our...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Public Debt and Privatisation Committee on its consideration of the Consolidated Fund Service Expenditures General and the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) for providing critical information in the process of...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I take this opportunity to thank Members for taking time and being patient to discuss this important Report. As a Committee, we appreciate their positive comments. It is good for them to realise that the elephant in the room in this country is...

Hon. Speaker, I want to alert the Cabinet Secretary that the sewer line in Kitui town is not operational and so, she can come with a report on what is happening there.

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 4 of the Bill be amended by deleting paragraph (a) . The import of this amendment is that the Bill proposes that the Public Debt Management Office, which is an office under the Ministry of the National Treasury and Economic Planning,...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I seek your indulgence. The Leader of the Majority Party still has an amendment on this Clause. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. Martha Wangari) : Hon. Makali Mulu, we have consulted on that one. You will move the Committee’s amendments. Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT the Bill be amended by deleting clause 7. The Bill, as published, proposes that the Public Debt Management Office, which is under the Ministry for National Treasury and Economic Planning, will advise Parliament. We deleted clause 4 on the same basis. We...

Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I beg to move:THAT, the Bill be amended in clause 2 by deleting the definition of “financial obligation” appearing in paragraph (b) and substituting therefor the following new definition — “financial obligation” means outstanding liabilities related to public debt, including principal, interest, fees, commissions and other expenses...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I support the amendment. As I support it, in situations where not all counties are benefiting, it is important we mainstream regional balancing so that we appear to be considering all the regions. The Deputy Leader of the Majority Party said that counties at the...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As I second, I want to assure Kenyans that this House is going to make sure that we work on the public debt that is of concern to them. Where a debt is taken by this Government, we shall make sure it benefits Kenyans across...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to add my voice to the County Governments Additional Allocation Bill. This is a very important Bill. How I wish I had more time to talk about it but now that the House has resolved to have only three minutes for debate, I...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. First, I thank the Leader of the Majority Party for moving the Bill. Before I discuss the Committee’s Report, allow me to make some introductory comments. This Bill was published on 4th May 2023 and it was read the First Time on 6th June Clause 3B...

On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker.

You know, Hon. Deputy Speaker, with all due respect to Hon. Members, you must realise that this is a House of rules and procedures. A point of order is allowed under the Standing Orders. You cannot deny a Member the right to raise a point of order. What is your...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I also rise to support this important Bill coming from the Senate. From the outset, I want to say that it is good this is coming from the Senate. We would want to see our Senate legislating many more Bills relating to counties...

Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I want to go on record that I have been a Member of the Budget and Appropriations Committee for the last 11 years since I joined Parliament. One of the key responsibilities of the Parliamentary Budget Office, is to determine whether Bills are Money...

Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. My proposed Amendment is to delete Clause 2(b). The reason for this is the issue of the digital content monetisation. Earlier, I said I needed a procedural guidance. The reason I proposed we delete this is because it is tied to Clause 20. Clause 20, and...

Thank you, Hon. Chairlady. From what Hon. Mbadi said, the Chairperson of this Committee amended Clause 9. Procedurally, he should have read out the amendment as it is in the Order Paper. He just explained the import of the amendment. Procedurally, he should have read the content of the new...

Hon. Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 24 of the Bill be amended in paragraph (b) —