Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1981 to 1990 of 8498.

• 18 Feb 2020 in Senate: Sen. Loitiptip being a young man, I saw in his eyes the pain of the people of Lamu, particularly on health services. I congratulate him for doing so. view
• 18 Feb 2020 in Senate: Secondly, the health sector is one of the most devolved social sectors in the country. The Health Committee must get to the root cause of the problem bedeviling many of the health facilities in the country. view
• 18 Feb 2020 in Senate: I congratulate Sen. Dullo, Sen. Wetangula, Sen. Wambua and others that went to Elgeyo Marakwet as they we revisiting these facilities to check what is happening with the Managed equipment Services (MES). There is a huge problem in the health sector. Since the MES programme is still going on and the Committee that was dealing with it is investigating that matter, I am not going to say much, but on this issue of just running simple health facilities--- Many counties are neglecting the dispensaries and the health centres in the rural area, giving then just basic medicine. In my county, ... view
• 18 Feb 2020 in Senate: Counties were not established for big things, but to ensure that children go to school in pre-primary education, health facilities and services are delivered. We 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
• 18 Feb 2020 in Senate: discussed something Sen. Kwamboka brought here about community health workers. We said that if you put money to community health workers so that they can be dealing with these issues at the local level, you do not have to have big projects that have big sign posts indicating that it was done by so and so. The health of the people will be the sign board to show that we are working. view
• 18 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I request you to direct the Senate Committee on Health to expeditiously address this Petition. From the Senate Business Committee (SBC), we have so many pending Petitions in this House. We do not want the Committees to fail us by not coming up with reports of the petitions when citizens of this Republic have put a lot of faith in this House. We request the Senate Committee on Health on this very important matter to visit Lamu within the next one week and try to return it to the narrow path of devolution. I congratulate Sen. Loitiptip ... view
• 18 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in addition to what Sen. Cheruiyot has said, I would be more than happy to know when the Committee came to my office to seek for that support and never received it. I have always been in close consultation with the Chairperson, the Vice Chairperson and the Members of the Committee. My door is always open; I run an open-door policy. If they need any support, our office is more than willing to assist. The Speaker is the Chair of the Senate Business Committee and we have discussed matters of the Health Committee many times and assisted ... view
• 18 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the table of the Senate today, Tuesday, 18th February, 2020- view
• 18 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to thank Sen. Wambua, who has explained the tragedy that is befalling the country with regard to the matter of locusts. This is a very serious matter that many people believe cost a Cabinet Secretary (CS) his job, by asking citizens to take pictures of the locusts and report. However, even after our friend Mr. Kiunjuri told us to take pictures of the locusts – over which I did not see any harm - the Cabinet Secretary who is now in office has declared unequivocally that there is no threat as far as the locusts ... view
• 18 Feb 2020 in Senate: I wonder what the official Government policy is on this issue. I wonder whether the Government bought pesticides and hired aeroplanes to go and spray and kill the locusts. Is it a policy in Kenya now that the Cabinet Secretary (CS) has told us to relax because the locusts will grow old and die? Mr. Speaker, Sir, many Kenyans on social media wondered what would happen if the CS, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, hon. Munya, was in charge of the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government on the question of Al- Shabaab, he would have told ... view