Kipchumba Murkomen

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• 3 May 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for according me this opportunity to appear before this august House. For me, it is to come back home, albeit sitting in a very unfamiliar territory in this House, but also very historical. A lot of decisions were made in this corner and another room behind here. So, it gives me a very great pleasure to be here. It is very emotional for me to come back home. I thank the Senator of Tana River County, who is also my senior colleague in the profession. For this question, I will go straight to the answer, ... view
• 3 May 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 3 May 2023 in Senate: The National Government has constructed 21,556 kilometres of tarmac roads since Independence. The following roads totalling 442 kilometres under Tana River County have over the years been upgraded into bitumen standards. Garsen-Witu-Lamu which is A7 30 kilometres in Tana River County, Garsen- Hola, which is B89, 95 kilometres, Ukasi-Bangale A3 which includes Ukasi to Tana River Bridge is 120 kilometres. Madogo Junction to Hola A3 is 120 kilometres. Kongoni to Garsen is 55 kilometres. Junction B8 to Bonji which is 8 kilometres, River Tana Bridge and Majengo towards Msalani which is 4 kilometres and Hola Town roads, totaling 10 kilometres. ... view
• 3 May 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 3 May 2023 in Senate: As a result, the roads that were being implemented stalled. There are two counties; Isiolo and Turkana counties, whose amount has not been explained properly. Isiolo County still has a pending amount of almost Kshs256 million to implement a bridge and a road that had been identified by the stakeholders. I am just giving a broad perspective of what is happening with the Equalization Fund and the same about Turkana County, with a bridge and a road. In line with the scarce resources available, the Ministry will continue giving emphasis on improvement of roadworks and other infrastructure in Tana River ... view
• 3 May 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, let me thank my Senator and colleague - in the league of profession - for raising that very important issue. When I was appointed to this office, I said that one of the responsibilities was to address marginalisation. As I have said, if you apply the principle of equality, then Tana River County has equal number of paved roads as would have been expected in the 47 counties. However, I have said, for example, Tana River County is not the same size as Nairobi City County or Nakuru County. Therefore, the principle of equity ... view
• 3 May 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 3 May 2023 in Senate: First of all, let us own up that we have 442 kilometres of paved roads in Tana River County then ask ourselves what we are capable of doing. I will answer this question this way. It has not come in this very Session, but it is important for this august House to appreciate that we have a very serious challenge of pending bills. We have up to Kshs150 billion of work already done, certificates that have been issued ready to be paid. We have another commitment of Kshs600 billion of roads committed to be done. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will ... view
• 3 May 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 3 May 2023 in Senate: So, I agree with Hon. Senator. I just do not want to come and give fake promises in Tana River County. Once we sit down, agree and budget, we can now go together to the ground and see what can be done and what is the standard of what has been done. I am more than committed. As a former Chairperson of Committee on Devolution and Inter-Governmental Relations, at that time, I made a deliberate decision to go to all the marginalised counties. Sen. Dullo who was a Member of that Committee is seated here. She knows that my passion ... view