Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Ministry has taken measures to ensure equitable and fair allocation of funds for improvement of roads and drainage structures in light of the prevailing weather condition, as follows: 1. The Ministry has played an active role as part and parcel of the National Disaster Response Team being coordinated by the Ministry of Interior and National Administration to ensure that we respond to the El Nino situation. 2. Under the Equalisation Fund, this House approves a budget that deals with marginalised areas and the Ministry, through its agencies, implements the same. 3. The Ministry has also ensured prompt ... view
• 6 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: There is a comprehensive and modern approach to road maintenance known as performance best maintenance. Under this approach, a service provider is engaged competitively to provide maintenance, which is measured in terms of specified output indicators such as whether surface damage has been repaired promptly, drainages are cleared and vegetation is always trimmed below a given height. The performance-based approach gives strong incentives to serve providers to do quality works at all times since it is the most efficient way to avoid repeat jobs and associated costs. In the ideal scenario, a road should be placed under active performance-based maintenance ... view
• 6 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: The KURA is not fairing any better. Whereas the mandate of KURA is to maintain roads classified as urban national roads, in practice, KURA has had to intervene massively in cities, major towns and county headquarters across the country. The KURA is suffering from lack of resources to discharge its mandate. However, the most alarming situation is rural roads. The KeRRA does not have a robust mechanism to secure funds for any kind of regular maintenance of paved rural roads, let alone performance-based maintenance. The sad truth is that the paved roads under KeRRA are orphans in the financial sense. ... view
• 6 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Having outlined the basic principle of funds allocation under the Development Vote, allow me to go to specific details regarding the challenges of road financing, which have a bearing on project implementation and equitable allocation of funds. In summary, it is not true that the Ministry of Roads and Transport and its agencies are in any way marginalising any part of our country. Instead, the Ministry works hand in hand with this august House to ensure that resources are distributed fairly across the country. The The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information ... view
• 6 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: State Department for Roads has a significant budget deficit, leading to inadequate allocation for road projects. The implementation of the Kenya Road 10,000 Kilometres Programme, from the 2013/2014 Financial Year, took place in the absence of anticipated progressive rise in budget ceilings by the National Treasury. This led to a portfolio of projects not being adequately funded. This programme rollout ended a full cycle in the 2017/2018 Financial Year when the budget stress started being witnessed. In the first and second years of the Kenya Road 10,000 Kilometre programme, an average allocation of Ksh20 billion was provided. It was expected ... view
• 6 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I need to make this last point on development. view
• 6 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: Give me three minutes to conclude. I am remaining with two pages, so it may be less than three minutes. In association with the large stock of pending bills is the requirement to pay interest on the same - the resources to be claimed by contractors to recover the cost. The Ministry is considering to propose new legislation to this House, to cap the potential liabilities from The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor view
• 6 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: inadequate funded projects in a manner similar to the in duplum rule. We now have a situation where a road is awarded Ksh1 billion but the claims and interests are about Ksh3 billion or Ksh4 billion on the same road because it has been abandoned. Delayed release of budgeted funds by the Exchequer also impacts the development of roads. It is expected that once the budget has been approved, Exchequers would optimally be released in tranches as the year progresses. In this financial year, out of the Ksh76 billion estimates, we have only received Ksh6 billion meant to service pending ... view
• 6 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: With utmost respect, I thank them for listening to the Republic of Kenya and His Excellency the President. I have been a member of his delegation to many of these countries to deal with this issue. I also thank them for helping us deal with the Eurobond question because this is where the devil lies. It is the Eurobond payment of US2 billion that is due that has made it impossible for us to borrow money for infrastructure or allocate other resources. It has also constricted our budget. As I sit down, many Hon. Members here may feel that I ... view
• 6 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: marginalisation. If you take this punishment to an innocent Cabinet Secretary who does not have a role in allocating money or budgeting, it would be unfair in the Republic of Kenya. view