Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 May 2021 in Senate: This Committee chaired by Senior Counsel Sen. Omogeni has done a very good job in coming up with a unanimous, well detailed and thorough Report that gives confidence to the House. Some of the reports of Committees find the governors culpable and some do not. That does not mean that those who find governors culpable are more devolutionist than those who find the charges unsubstantiated. view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: Not too long ago, the Governor of Kirinyaga, hon. Waiguru, was brought here and a Committee was established. Sen. Farhiya who is the Deputy Majority Whip was a Member of that Committee. Despite public outcry and pressure, the Committee came here confidently and said they could not find Gov. Waiguru culpable. view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I apologise to Sen. Farhiya. It is her actions of passionate campaigning for the defence of Gov. Waiguru that confused me. She was the chief lobbyist in the Chamber to ensure the Governor was saved. view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: The point I am trying to make is that the Senate is here guided by principles of law and the desire to protect devolution. Whether we vote to impeach the Governor or not, it will still be within our responsibility in defending and protecting devolution. When governors are brought here, it is assumed that especially those of us who do not come from those counties, will rise above our personal parochial interests and look at the view
• 17 May 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
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: evidence, facts and state of devolution and come to a conclusion that protects the integrity of the Senate, but also fosters the growth and development of the law and devolution. view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: I am convinced that this Committee spent a lot of time to do a very thorough job. Public outcry of the newspaper reports, my friends who come from Wajir and the people I interact with said a lot of things about the county government and the governor. There were 15 charges on the gross violation of the Constitution and three charges on abuse of office. I would have assumed the Report would have come with an overwhelming verdict that says the Governor has committed so many violations. I am surprised the Report finds the Governor not culpable for many things ... view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: What did the Committee do? It found in one of the charges, which was gross violation of Article 227 of the Constitution on the rights to health. A submission was made to the Committee that a right to health was violated in Wajir. view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: Our current Constitution is one of the most progressive constitutions not just in Africa, but the world. It is one of the few constitutions in Africa and the world that recognizes what we used to call second generation of rights. Those are the socio- economic rights, which include the right to health. From this very progressive Constitution that guarantees the right to clean water, social security, right to education, accessible and adequate housing, these provisions expect national and county governments to perform a positive act in achieving these rights. view
• 17 May 2021 in Senate: The Committee was right to interrogate the County Government of Wajir activities and acts in achieving socio-economic rights, particularly the right to health. I say so because this is a very important subject because it discuss the progressive nature of our Constitution. We are doing so when we have a national debate about changing the Constitution, particularly after the very sound, detailed and amazing judgement that was given by a bench of the High Court led by Prof. Joel Ngugi. He is a Professor of law and graduate of Harvard University. He was also a Professor of law at the ... view