Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise to support the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood) Bill, 2019. This is a very important Bill because if there is a sub sector in the business sector that has been ignored for many years, it is the one for street vendors. That is so, yet the Government gets taxes from these business people and they go through terrible harassments. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would really want to persuade my colleagues, like Sen. Malalah – although he has been very committed to becoming the next Governor of Kakamega County – to think beyond Kakamega. ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: vendors to run their businesses along the streets. If you go to Cairo, in the evenings almost every day, there are certain streets that are blocked. It is recognized by the Government of Egypt and the City of Cairo that when people are leaving work, they will pass through certain streets to buy certain goods, whether it is clothes or food. Therefore, Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, the recognition of street vendors – those people we usually call ‘hawkers’ – and putting them in the map of Kenya, is the most important thing in this law. If we have ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: Thirdly, I support this Bill because it provides for an institutional framework that allows street vendors to put in place trade unions. It allows them to have an organised leadership of street vendors across the country. This is so that they have a leadership across the nation and the possibility of exchanging ideas. If they had their trade union to speak against the brutalisation of street vendors in Kajiado, Nairobi, Nakuru or Mombasa and other places, probably they would be doing their businesses without being harassed. These people mainly operate in our big towns such as Kakamega, Kisumu, Eldoret, Nairobi ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I know we have provided here for the role of the Cabinet Secretary (CS) and the role of the national Government in regulating vendors. At the Committee Stage, I urge the Committee to relook at it and make it a coordinating entity that will not be giving any directions to counties on how they will regulate their businesses. This Bill gives directions on how county governments will treat street vendors, provide them premises and mechanisms for them to be recognized. view
• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, street vendors, squatters and all ‘hustlers’ - those who are now referred to as hustlers - deserve a place on the table in this great Republic. Whether they are in Kibera, Elgeyo-Marakwet or Siaya, it is important for them to be recognized just like the other businesses that have been recognized. As Sen. Cheruiyot said, they have been incubated. Some of those big businesses started small. If you meet some of the real estate owners in this country and ask them how they started selling big houses, you will be shocked. Most of them will tell you ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: We must not be the ones who will kill these chicken-sellers. If you read the autobiography of the late Hon. Njenga Karume, you will realise he started by selling charcoal. He was hawking charcoal from one corner to another until he became a distributor of alcoholic drinks and many other things. He became a huge businessman. He is a man we now remember because of where he started. It is important that such ‘hustlers’ are given an opportunity. view
• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: The other thing I like about this Bill is separating street vending when it comes to food. Food is very important. One of the things we do not do in this country is that we do not take public health seriously. We must be concerned about the persons who are selling food in our streets. It is important for us to know their health and whether they have been certified as persons who can handle food. I like Clause 20 because it separates the vending for purpose of selling clothes, these other things and also food. view
• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is an area that we must think seriously. We must think about our public health. We spend so much money in treating diseases which we should have prevented. This is because some places where the food is grown is deplorable. The food that is grown along Nairobi River or Athi River is the same; it is deplorable. It is not just in Nairobi, but if you go to Machakos, Mombasa and other towns, we have the same problem of growing food along sewerage lines. It is terrible to imagine. view
• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: You will get an exposé in a media house talking about this story. We get enraged and we have Kenyans on Tweeter tweeting and trending. After two days, we go back to buying the same food. Nobody asks where it came from. These are the things that we must think about. I have even wondered whether this House – and Sen. Sakaja, you need to think about this- cannot think through a legislation that will establish Nairobi River Commission as an independent entity that will make sure we deal with the problems of Nairobi River. It is not just in ... view
• 2 Oct 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am just digressing a little bit in relation to food. We need to form Nairobi River Commission so that we deal with this problem of pollution and food. I have someone saying even for Mau Forest we should form a special commission. I do not think we need a special commission for Mau Forest. What the Ministry is doing is already enough. They just need to apply proper standards of human rights when they are dealing with conservation of the forest just like they have to do it in Mt. Kenya or where I come from ... view