Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Feb 2020 in Senate: I have said before that Sen. Haji and Sen. Wako are members of this Committee but without any fear of contradiction, I felt that their report was underwhelming when it came to the responsibility of this House. It was mentioned just in passing or footnote which would have been better. The role of this House was just mentioned somewhere hidden in passing. I have a bad feeling that there is a conspiracy somewhere to continue undermining the responsibility and role of this House. view
• 13 Feb 2020 in Senate: We must sit down, and it is time we had a Senate retreat--- We have not had many of those retreats. We have to think as the Senate. Unfortunately, even the Senate that was robust in the past in raising national issues has now been whipped into political parties and sectorial political interests at the expense of what we shall account for here. If today the Lord called us to go to Heaven, nobody will ask us about anything else. They will start from, “I gave you the role of a Senator through my people. They voted for you; you ... view
• 13 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hope - and this is very passionate to my heart - that this House will rise above executive, political and political party interests and even above personal interests to provide leadership on matters devolution particularly when we are discussing amendments of laws and the Constitution. If we do not do that in this Fourth Session, we would as well be contributing to elimination and cleaning of this House. view
• 13 Feb 2020 in Senate: I still ask myself--- we talk about 45 per cent of the national revenue going to counties, and I am sure this is the discussion with the Budget Policy Statement. It is the same question we have with the division of revenue and so forth. We are discussing all these things and saying we will give 45 per cent to counties. We are not even willing to reach the constitutional 20 per cent at the moment based on the parameters that we are using in amending. Will the Senate rise to the occasion to demonstrate that we are a House ... view
• 13 Feb 2020 in Senate: As I said earlier, we are past our half term. This House has been denied responsibility to carry out, scrutinize and pass legislation that are consequential. The President signed Bills in December that were touching on functions of counties including roads, and this House was skipped. The responsibility of this House was ignored and yet, when issues come here that touch on the Senate, we are quick to be whipped to our political parties. view
• 13 Feb 2020 in Senate: Part of the reason I have had very many difficulties with the Executive is because I am one of the people who stood firm and said we must go to court to define our responsibility. We are sitting somewhere in court, the case has not even started, meanwhile Bills are being expedited. They shall be signed and we shall be called. We will rubberstamp perhaps or just watch and bury our heads in the sand like the proverbial ostrich. view
• 13 Feb 2020 in Senate: If there is a time the Senate must stand for what it was defined to do, it is in this Fourth Session or, as they say in weddings, “Forever keep silent.” view
• 13 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not even know why Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. is so enthusiastic with this Budget Policy Statement and Division of Revenue Bill. We will just pass what the President wants. I am just telling you. We are working so hard to look at the statements, scrutinize and disagree with the figures. We will pass what the President wants because that is what it is at the moment. That is what this House and all the Houses have been reduced to do. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we do not want to lie to ourselves and expend energy that, ... view
• 13 Feb 2020 in Senate: end up debating the Bills here if they did not go through the normal constitutional procedure that requires all Bills to go through the two Speakers? Mr. Speaker, Sir, we do not want to act in futility. The question I think Sen. M. Kajwang’ asked and Sen. (Dr.) Musuruve tried to follow up on is valid. Your leadership and that of the SBC will be required to interrogate this issue so that we do not do things for the sake of it. Sen. (Dr.) Zani has moved many Bills here. I was in the committee in the last term that ... view
• 10 Feb 2020 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give the following notices of Motions- view