Kipchumba Murkomen

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• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: integral part of the contract.To the best of our knowledge the contractors have now finalized the design of the project. On lack of feasibility study and existence of a fault line, the report’s suggestion that no feasibility study on Kimwarer dam has been conducted and reliance on a feasibility study conducted two decades ago indicating the existence of a faultline is completely misleading. This is because the Report does not take into account the fact that under the present project, a comprehensive geo-technical study has been concluded by the current contractor and no significant geological concerns identified. Further, under the ... view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: On the issue of over pricing and the proposed down-scaling of Arror Dam, we are aware that two independent studies done in 2012 by NTN of Iran and in 2013 by WAPCOS, a state owned engineering agency of the Government of India, placed the cost of Arror multipurpose dam at Kshs29.7billion and Kshs30.2 billion respectively. The Technical Committee has now proposed to scale down Arror by 40 per cent from a 96 metre to 60 metre dam at a construction cost of Kshs15.4 billion. The Petitioners wonder whether the Kshs15.4 billion includes costs of design, financing and insurance. The non-availability ... view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: THAT the Petitioners request the Senate to intervene and halt this unfair, discriminatory and arbitrary decision to cancel the Kimwarer and scaling down of Arror Dams on the following grounds- (1) The composition of the Technical Committee is contrary to the provisions of the Public Service (Values and Principles) Act, 2015 which requires impartiality and equity in provision of public service (Section 7(1) (c) and (d) and 7(5) of the Act) to the extent that all the members of the Technical Committee do not represent the ethnic, gender and regional diversity in Kenya. (2) The establishment of the Technical Committee ... view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: THAT, the petitioners submit this Petition through their able and duly elected representative, Sen. Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen. THAT, none of the issues raised in this Petition are pending before any court of Law, constitutional or any other legal body WHEREFORE, your humble Petitioners Pray that the Senate- (1) Do investigate the issues raised with a view of ensuring that the people of Elgeyo Marakwet County are not deprived of development projects that they deserve. (2) That the Senate do everything under the law to ensure that the Report of the Technical Committee is not implemented until such time that the ... view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: I thank you. view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, now that I have presented the Petition on behalf of the residents of Elgeyo- Marakwet, I would like to make a few comments. 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
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: Kenyans have a lot of faith in the Senate. There is a lot of faith that this country should be governed as per the Constitution. What I read from this Petition is that the members of the public who are eager to know the truth say that we have more than 50 projects related to water. However, only two projects have been subjected to ad hoc and arbitrary investigations. view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: The investigations were done by a Technical Committee that is not known in law as it was appointed without gazzettement or in writing. The Petitioners are praying that the Senate audits the position in law of the Technical Committee and the subsequent implementation of their report. Further, the Petitioners would like to know whether the Technical Committee was competently appointed and if they had the legal and constitutional mandate to carry out the work they did. Petitioners would also like to know whether the Head of State can unilaterally cancel a contract that exists between parties that are meant to ... view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in May 2014, the President held a press conference to announce to the public that he must pay the Anglo-Leasing contracts despite the fact that no services were delivered. Payment had to be made because of the way the international legal instruments were mismanaged. The Petitioners are worried that we can easily find ourselves in a situation where some contractor will be paid colossal amounts of money for breach of contract without delivering service to the people of Elgeyo-Marakwet County and the people of Kenya as a whole. We may end up paying without having a project ... view
• 26 Sep 2019 in Senate: I support the Petitioners’ argument that this is not so much about the technicality of the project and whether money was stolen. The Petitioners are not asking the Senate to determine whether money was stolen or not. The Petitioners would like to find out whether legal processes have been followed so that if the process is fair, the results will be fair. There is a separate discussion elsewhere is a court of law with regard to whether money was stolen or not. The Petitioners would like to find out whether the project was cancelled fairly. view