Kipchumba Murkomen

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• 30 Mar 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
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: We have about seven months before we go for the annual recess and come back in February, 2021. We lose about two months out of the 16 months remaining. When we come back in February, we will go back for our party nominations which ends around April. Thereafter, some Members will have lost their party tickets. Some Members will have gone to campaign for governorship. We may have less than six or seven months of productive work in this Houses. One of the reasons why we should not have a long recess period is because we have no time. Let ... view
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: Thank you. This is to enable us to carry out our oversight responsibilities. Secondly, we also have to perform our responsibilities. We cannot continue earning salaries, having been elected by the people of Kenya to protect to them from this pandemic. We cannot go into hiding and expect other leaders, I do not where, to think about the issues that are affecting the people of Kenya. With the closure of the eateries, the transport system having been stopped, the curfew that is affecting five counties, so many people are out of employment. This House must be meeting to think about ... view
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: Secondly, Madam Deputy Speaker, it pains me that in the Presidential Address, the President put in place measures that are indefinite. There is no country in the world where a curfew has been put in place indefinitely without timelines. view
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: I agree, Madam Deputy Speaker, but you can see this amendment is about--- I am making justification for the existence of online meetings for the committees. This is because we must discuss the issue of indefinite closure of the country, indefinite closure of the five counties and indefinite curfew beginning at 8.00 p.m. view
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: I was seated there when the late Gerald Kajwang’, during the time we had a curfew in Lamu, raised an important issue. He said that if we do not follow laws related to curfew, somebody would wake up one day and close the country indefinitely. I did not know that it was going to happen in less than five years. Now we are in a situation where we do not know the next time the curfew will be reviewed. view
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: We have senior counsel like Sen. Omogeni, Attorney-General emeritus, Sen Wako, Sen. Orengo and the team that is here. Is it really right for a country to have a curfew that is indefinite? Is it really right for a country to have measures that do not have timelines, not even timeline for review? Are we going to remain in darkness as a country? How are we going to achieve that if the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights as suggested by Sen. (Dr.) Ochillo-Ayacko--- They can advise the country about the legality and viability of measures that have ... view
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: Madam Deputy Speaker, for the benefit of the people of Kenya, for us to think about hustlers that are suffering at the moment and people who have no jobs and social protection, it is upon us to recommend to the Government about the social safety nets that were provided before, including tax measures that are going to protect the people of Kenya. view
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: I support that we should amend this Motion to ensure that committees continue meeting virtually like we have always done for the period that we have had COVID-19 for the past one year. view
• 30 Mar 2021 in Senate: I beg to second view