Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the invitation. I also appreciate you for congratulating me. I thank the House for approving my appointment, this being my first time to come into this Chamber since my re-appointment. It is always exciting to be here. It is a great privilege, knowing that many Kenyans would have had an opportunity to appear before such an august House. I was asked four questions as you have mentioned. For the purpose of The Hansard, I will restate them and then respond. The first question was to apprise the state of the preparedness of the country in ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: This is a new project. Ground-breaking was done on 31st March this year. The progress so far is 23 per cent. The works are ongoing. We are delivering this together with the Ministry of Defence, which is the contracted agency of the Ministry of Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports. The other stadium is the Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani. It is being renovated to have 55,000-seater capacity. The expected date of completion is December this year. The main works that are being done to refurbish the stadium is the installation of a new roof which will have a greater ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: Stadium shall be the training facility. The works will be done to make sure that they are up to standard as training facilities. The second part of this Question focuses on the condition of the key sports facilities in the country, including the maintenance, modernisation and sustainability of hosting international events. I will give a breakdown of the current conditions of key sports facilities in the country. We have about 12 stadia that had been promised from the time the Jubilee Government administration came to office in 2013. Some of them have become monuments of shame across the country. That ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: then been integrated to the prototype designs that have been prepared by KSTVET. The project is to be re-advertised based on those prototype provisions that have been given. Under the new design, it will have a 100-bed capacity hostel for athletes training. Ruring’u International Stadium in Nyeri County has an overall completion status of 75 per cent. Initially, it was to have a 2,000-seater pavilion, which was the objective then, a FIFA standard football field, a borehole and associated water storage facilities, electrical and mechanical works, eight-lane track with field events capacity and a VIP lift. The same contractor, as ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: The Ministry, through collaboration with KSTVET, has developed a prototype design and bills of quantities for different categories of stadia as I read earlier. They are 20,000, 15,000, 10,000 and up to 5,000-seater. We are reviewing the designs and bill of quantities for completion of all stalled and incomplete stadia as I read earlier. I have given my team two weeks, then we review and start processes of paying whatever is pending in order to make sure that we complete the pending stadiums. We do not want another round of lamentations as to why we have stalled projects. The Ministry ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the second last part of the Question was how we facilitate measures that we put in place to ensure timely preparation, coordination, management and facilitation of teams to represent the country in various disciplines. The Ministry of Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports has a key responsibility of supporting teams that are representing Kenya in international competition in various disciplines. The Ministry usually enters the teams in international competitions that are held outside the country, and also while hosting competitions here. The Ministry has put in place the following measures to ensure that our teams are well prepared, ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: The Ministry has put in place a funding request mechanism which has been shared with the sports federations. Federations submit the requirements for next financial year by 31st December of every year, which is six months before the start of the financial year. The Ministry compiles an annual work plan which captures the events as per the Ministry priorities for the following year, each financial year. Federations thereafter submit an itemised budget to the Department of Sports for their respective activity competitions two months before the start of the activities. The Department of Sports then evaluates and rationalises budgets and ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: The budget ensures that the teams are appropriately and well kitted for their respective competitions. The female teams are kitted to take care of their special needs and requirements and the teams of persons with disability is done the same way. On request, the teams are also The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: facilitated to acquire specialised equipment for training and competition in line with the respective sports. The players and officials are provided with local training allowances and foreign allowances during competition days to incentivise the players. The teams are equally provided with travel insurance and medical covers to take care of injuries during competitions and any further injuries that may go beyond the competition period. view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: The teams travelling outside the country are accompanied by the technical officers from the Ministry to ensure their safety, proper welfare and proper reporting and feedback for each event. For teams comprising of ladies and minors, the Ministry ensures that they are accompanied by chaperones and safeguarding officers to ensure athletes safety at all times. After the competition, the athletes who excel are rewarded with cash awards as provided for in the Cash Award Honors Scheme. This is meant to encourage and monetise their effort during competition. view