Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1741 to 1750 of 8498.

• 14 Apr 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The Division of Revenue Bill (National Assembly Bills No. 3 of 2020) be now read a Second Time. The Division of Revenue Bill is very important, not just for this House, but this country, our constitutional order and the management of the devolved system of Government. For the last seven years, this Bill has been passed in this House six times out of seven. The reason for that is obvious; that there were attempts in the first instance to deny this House the opportunity to participate in this Bill. Therefore, the Senate ... view
• 14 Apr 2020 in Senate: This House has been committed and passionate about giving more money to the counties. The difference between this Bill and the one for last year is that the Council of Governors (CoG), the Intergovernmental Budget and Economic Council (IBEC), which is chaired by the Deputy President and where the governors and the County Executive Committee Members (CECMs) for finance have agreed to the figures with the national Government. It is unprecedented that we would have a situation where in two successive years, we are giving a similar amount of money to county governments; that is, Kshs316.5 Billion. view
• 14 Apr 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as the national Government’s resources and budget go higher, the county governments are being told to budget for similar resources. The challenge with this is that the county governments must reorganize their budgets and be prudent to ensure that the essential services are funded well. I would have wished for further resources to be devolved to the county governments based on the Division of Revenue Bill. I would have wished for equitable resources to go to the counties because it has been a consistent subject. It is an area that I have had interest in since I ... view
• 14 Apr 2020 in Senate: I came to the Senate to protect and push for more resources to the counties. I still have passion as it was seven years ago. However, considering the circumstances that have been compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, we do not have the opportunity and luxury to engage in other protracted debates with the national Government and the National Assembly. I, therefore, urge this House to approve the Kshs316.5 billion that is meant to go to the county governments as part of the equitable share. view
• 14 Apr 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this Bill goes ahead to provide for various grants that go to the counties. Some of the grants and additional allocations include the leasing of medical equipment, which resources have been subject of serious and robust investigations by an view
• 14 Apr 2020 in Senate: Committee of this House chaired by the Deputy Majority Leader. The Report by the Ad hoc Committee investigating the Managed Equipment Services (MES) has been delayed by the pandemic because they have been unable to meet the stakeholders to complete the process. We have received important information that was publicized in the local dailies about the progress of the leased equipment. The leased equipment will take up Kshs5.6 billion. The Level 5 hospitals continue to receive funding to a tune of Kshs4.3 billion. The Members of this House, who are serving a second term, will remember how a few worked ... view
• 14 Apr 2020 in Senate: Finally, we have conditional allocations, which are loans on grants that include the Kenya Devolution Support Programmes, the Transformed Health Service of Universal Care Project, DANIDA Universal Healthcare for Devolved System of Government, IDA National Agriculture and Rural Inclusive Growth Project, European Union (EU) instruments for devolution advice and support, World Bank – Kenya Urban Support Program (KUSP), IDA –Water and Sanitation Development Project (WSDP), Sweden Agriculture Sector Development Programme II, the EU- Water Tower Protection and Climate f Change Mitigation and Adaptation Programme and the Drought Resilience Programme in Northern Kenya. I would like to talk about the conditional ... view
• 14 Apr 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, sometimes the journey becomes so difficult. I have faced personal problem because of standing with this House. However, we cannot waiver. As the Senate, we must decide not to use the mandate of this House to do our day-to-day politics. We must continue standing firm. In 2013, we stood so firm on the division of revenue; that there was no Majority or Minority side. There was no Jubilee Party or Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD). That was because we had the interest of the people at heart. Sometimes one can get tired because of being beaten, ... view
• 14 Apr 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move and invite the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Finance and Budget to second. view
• 14 Apr 2020 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will be very brief. I appreciate my colleagues who have made great contributions. Unfortunately, I know so many of them here, including those who did not make it to this Chamber, who would have wanted to say something about this important Bill. Sadly, time is what it is. I thank you, Mr. Speaker, for managing this session. Second is to insist that we, as the Senate, will continue to do our job. I have seen some misguided personalities elsewhere assert that because money Bills are tabled in the National Assembly; or that they have ... view