Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Nov 2020 in Senate: Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is a very great day. Actually, it was not today. The day this judgment was delivered was a great day for the Senate, devolution and for this country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, first, I want to thank you, petitioner number two, for accepting to be a petitioner in this case and for providing leadership. It was not easy. The day you signed these documents, a day before and the very day that we went to file these documents, we walked together from here to the High Court in Milimani. Mr. Speaker, Sir, that ... view
• 3 Nov 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, imagine, even a law that governs the administration of this House like the Parliamentary Service Commission was hurriedly passed in the National Assembly, with a lot of mutilation of responsibilities of the Clerk of this House and the Secretary of the Parliamentary Service Commission, among other responsibilities. This is because people feared that if they brought it to this House, this House will scrutinize it and it will never pass the test. Now, we have the opportunity to scrutinize all those laws within the nine months that have been given by the courts, and failure to do ... view
• 3 Nov 2020 in Senate: because he will collude with the National Assembly and they pass 15, 20 or 18 per cent. There is nothing we can do. The courts have already recognised that appropriation will not take place at the national Government level until we agree on Division of Revenue. That is why those people have run to the BBI Report to remove our responsibility on it. I want to challenge this House and say without fear of contradiction that it is a pity that BBI was led by a Chairperson who is the Chairman of the Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign ... view
• 6 Oct 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, did you notice that despite the fact that the Senator for Turkana used his mother tongue at some point, I was wondering whether Sen. (Eng.) Maina understood the American English of a ‘farmer’. view
• 6 Oct 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate Sen. Wetangula for bringing this important Statement. A week ago, the President of the Republic of Kenya together with some governors from the western part of the country, announced that National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) will be a warehouse. That means that it will receive maize for the purpose of maize storage. When did the NCPB, which was primarily established to buy maize from farmers turn to be a warehouse where farmers are forced to pay to store their maize? When did the NCPB turn into a drier where farmers go and dry maize? ... view
• 6 Oct 2020 in Senate: When the Committee investigates this matter, which I hope is the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, where I sit, we will want to know from the Government when the Cabinet sat and changed this policy. Why did Parliament not get involved? Secondly, I was shocked that the President was appealing to maize cartels and private interest groups to buy the maize at Kshs2,500. The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries on orders of the President did an investigation as to how much it The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version ... view
• 6 Oct 2020 in Senate: cost to produce one 90-kilogramme of maize. The experts from Egerton University, the University of Nairobi and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO) returned a verdict that it cost Kshs2,800 to produce one bag of 90 kilogrammes of maize in Kenya. view
• 6 Oct 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when we are talking about cushioning farmers, particularly at this time of COVID-19, first, the farmer must get something above the production cost of Kshs2,800. Those of us who come from maize growing regions have said that, for it to make sense, the Government must buy maize from them at Kshs3,500 per 90 kilogramme bag. The President appealing to cartels to buy it at Kshs2,500 is preposterous. Since Independence, the Government of Kenya has been supplying fertilizer and farm inputs to farmers at a reasonable subsidized price. When did we reach a stage where the President of ... view
• 30 Sep 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This is a very important issue which relates to public institutions. Sen. Wambua has captured it very well. This is because public procurement laws do not allow a Government entity to procure anything without having resources or money in its budget. We cannot talk about reviving our economy when we are not paying our suppliers. Most suppliers who supply to public secondary schools are small business entities at the local level. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard ... view
• 30 Sep 2020 in Senate: In the last six months, our newspapers carried advertisements of properties being auctioned. These properties were owned by startup companies and entities who had started business with a contract sum of Kshs100,000 or Kshs500,000. They had supplied uniforms, food and other items to schools, but they have never been paid. You will rarely get someone who had supplied goods worth more than Kshs1million. Many of these small traders borrow Kshs300,000, Kshs400,000, or Kshs1 million. The banks start to recover their money immediately from them irrespective of whether the Government has not paid them or not. It is a pity that ... view