Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Jul 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sen. Mercy Chebeni is my young sister and I would like her to succeed in whatever she does in this House. I want the people of Kenya to remember her as a person who articulated issues that affect Kenyans firmly, audibly and in a manner that she will be remembered not just in the HANSARD but by the people of Kenya. That is my only interest in this matter. view
• 15 Jul 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I first want to thank the Committee on Education lead by Sen. (Dr.) Milgo, which was previously led by Sen. (Dr.) Langat. She was the Vice-Chair of this Committee when she started this very important Bill. Madam Deputy Speaker, I know that this is an area that is very dear to you; both as an academician and an administrator in the academy and later on as a Cabinet Secretary (CS) in the same Ministry. This Bill is very good because it is timely. It is time for us to think about our education. If we ... view
• 15 Jul 2021 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
• 15 Jul 2021 in Senate: our education to the things that matter for our people. We know that for a long period of time, technical education has been ignored because we are pursuing university degrees and papers at the expense of the quality of education. This is an area that I am extremely interested in as a person who has in the past, been a teacher in the university. It is something that usually bothers me because even when I had a short stint teaching in a high school, I used to wonder why students that leave high school and studied agriculture are unable to ... view
• 15 Jul 2021 in Senate: I have also seen definitions from articles and reports, including reports of World Economic Forum that vocational training is defined as programmes or courses that focus on the skills required for a particular job function or trade. It is also defined as hand-on job specific instructions and can lead to certification, diploma or even a degree. view
• 15 Jul 2021 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
• 15 Jul 2021 in Senate: Some of the examples of vocational training given by various universities and colleges here and abroad are courses such as automobile repair, plumbing, culinary arts, graphic design, fashion design, welding, massage therapy, carpentry, cosmetology which deals with cosmetics, photography, website design, electrical and so forth. view
• 15 Jul 2021 in Senate: The definition is also important because for some of the regulatory requirements of this Bill we would expect county governments to regulate to a certain extent or to license a college to a certain level. I was conversing with Sen. (Dr.) Milgo and asking her which one in my county would be called a vocational training centre and which one would be called the technical training institution. Each definition must also distinguish and provide some level of graduating the licensing and management process. This is where we will come back and say resources must follow functions. view
• 15 Jul 2021 in Senate: For us to say what resource will be managed by what level of government and what money will be given to a particular level of government, we need to define it well. Look at what the Bill says about the responsibility of county government. It includes hiring of trainers, remunerating them, and ensuring they have quality education. Sen. (Dr.) Lang’at has said that some counties pay an instructor Kshs6,000, another Kshs10,000 and Kshs20,000 in another. There must be uniform payment for these people taking into consideration allowances for unique areas. For us to do so and for county governments to ... view
• 15 Jul 2021 in Senate: We just do not need to give county governments the function without asking if they are able to implement it. If we think there would be doubt in some of the counties to implement this, then we create a window of partnership between national and county Governments, including through conditional grants that are allowed by the Constitution for purpose of management of the county functions. I think that is a very important part of the law that we are going to make so that it becomes as practical as possible. view