Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was following the debate from Nakuru where a friend of mine lost the brother. view
• 12 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am sorry for coming late. I have a fundamental problem with this Motion which emanates from the place that says, “Orders emanating from the courts barring substantive governor from accessing office.” The fundamental argument here is for us to ask ourselves, as the Senate; first, the debate is out there, whether the courts can bar any governor from being a governor, in the first place. view
• 12 Nov 2019 in Senate: Yes. This is because I am aware that there is a decision to be made by the courts. I may not bring the proceedings to the Floor of the House here, but there was a case of the Governor of Samburu, Hon. Moses Kasaine, where the courts issued an order barring him from holding office. They have appealed in the Court of Appeal and a decision will be made any time before next year. There was a similar case of the Governor of Kiambu, Hon. Waititu. The same will happen to all other governors, if that was to be the ... view
• 12 Nov 2019 in Senate: Yes; it can be a lady. Therefore, there is a danger here. Where the national Government has a fight with counties – whether political or ideological, like it has happened in the past. The danger is for this House to legitimize a process where charges will be brought against any governor and, as a result of those charges, they are told, “You must stay out of office for 5 years.” This is a constitutional coup, and this should be in principle. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know that my governor is under investigation and he will be appearing before the ... view
• 12 Nov 2019 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
• 12 Nov 2019 in Senate: given the powers to act in writing to the Deputy Governor, who is now the Governor. There was no problem with the ministries concerned in terms of dealing with the issues because that is already provided for in law. view
• 12 Nov 2019 in Senate: It becomes superfluous to talk about Government Ministries cooperating with a governor who is acting legally, because in any case, it is legal. The reason this Motion is being brought up is where there is a grey area, which is whether a court order can bar a governor from holding office. view
• 12 Nov 2019 in Senate: I have been asked in this House when you were sitting in the Chair to withdraw a Motion, which was a constitutional amendment. I really beg my colleague, Sen. Olekina, whom we sit together in the Senate Business Committee, to allow us room to ventilate over this issue. For you to give a proper ruling on that particular issue, we should stay the debate for the time being until the Speaker gives a proper rule on the constitutionality of that position. This is because the substratum of this Motion will be lost if we do not deal with that matter. view
• 12 Nov 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at court orders or read this part it says: ‘or orders emanating from the courts barring the substantive governor from accessing office.’ The office of the governor is not the building. If you say that you are not accessing the office of the governor, it is constructively. As I speak, that is the case in Kiambu and Samburu counties. Constructively, it means even an office of the Governor of Kiambu in Thika. This is because the office of governor in Thika is performing that function. It is just like saying that a judge ... view
• 12 Nov 2019 in Senate: Absolutely. So, constructively, first of all, the definition of what is an office of a governor is in question. Does it even include that the governor should not perform his functions like appointing or sacking a County Executive Committee (CEC) Member, or signing papers? Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it has just come into my mind that the answer to your question is in the last paragraph. The mischief that is being cured in the last paragraph, which is that the Controller of Budget, the Auditor General, respective county assemblies and CECs to work directly with the deputy governor while exercising ... view