Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: No wonder, the potential of sports in this country has never been realised as it should. You cannot reap where you do not sow. With zero money allocated to the Kenya Academy of Sports, we get zero scholarships. That is why it is reporting one scholarship in a big way. We can do more with proper resources. I do not want to mention what the State departments get, both the State Department for Youth Affairs and Creative Economy and the State Department for Sports, because it is laughable. The Academy has 36 staff against an establishment of 155 staff. view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: There is also lack of training facilities. We only focus on one facility at Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani. We need more training facilities so that the Academy can support sports. It has also developed a digital talent hub for online talent identification. If you establish or identify talent anywhere in the country, it is sent to that digital hub. We have audited and realised it is inadequate because it is using very basic technology. A proper talent search technology uses artificial intelligence, where information is sent to the site and it automatically identifies the quality and talents of students. ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: As I conclude, the Kenya Academy of Sports is yet to establish sports training academies across the country. The question on how many talent academies we have across the country, the Kenya Academy of Sports is yet to establish sports training academies across the country due to inadequate resources. The construction of the Headquarters at Moi International Sports Centre, Kasarani, is still ongoing. There are advanced plans to establish 30 sports training academies across the country during the current financial year. We have a plan for the next three years. We will establish 90 academies in the next year, 90 ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: 2026/2027 and in the Financial Year 2027/2028, we should reach a total of 290 academies. That is one academy per constituency. view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: The Academy endeavours to continue fulfilling its mandate of sports talent identification development, capacity building of sports technical personnel and conducting sports research. This will be achieved through athlete’s identification, nurturing and development of programmes, conducting coaching and refereeing courses, provisions of sports training equipment to athletes and the teams across the grassroots. To ensure the continuity of that programme, the Academy will strive to work with stakeholders, including the Ministry of Education, county governments, sports federations, Kenya primary schools and secondary schools’ associations in the development of sports talent. view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, let me give the counties the benefit of doubt, and I say this because so far, Homa Bay County is doing very well with their stadium which they built themselves. It is fairly well maintained. The Hon. Deputy Speaker is saying it is because of the Governor, who is a woman. I do not think that is the only reason. The thing I would like to say is that the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) we are going to sign - and that is why Wang’uru has not been handed over - is because that Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: Hon. Mayaka asked something about the team that was stuck and protested in our offices and at the airport. We realised that the team wanted to travel six days before the tournament, and there was nothing to do to prepare for Kabaddi when you are competing. So, we requested that they travel, at least, two days before to have time to recover and then play so that we could save on costs. We communicated that to their federations, and they were well aware. However, you know, sometimes, when people want just to raise their voice a little bit, they do ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: Nevertheless, we will continue supporting them and they are now out of the country participating in the tournament. Hon. Zamzam has talked about the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) elections. When we got to the office, one of the things I promised during the vetting here in this House was that I was going to do everything possible to make sure that they had elections in the first place. view
• 25 Sep 2024 in National Assembly: So, I am happy we have an election day. We now have the elections board, which is part of the regulations of the FKF law. I am going to have a meeting with the Board to see if we can lend them neutral Government facilities to operate their elections from and whether we can also find ways of supporting them technically with the Independent Elections and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), so that the elections are as transparent as possible. That is the conversation we are having. The stakeholders are busy now. The candidates are busy campaigning. We desire to deliver credible ... view