Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I ask for your indulgence. There is a lot of loud consultations. view
• 3 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, one of the reasons why we have all the noise that comes from the National Assembly is because this House has summoned CSs and taken them to task on matters security and environment. I am happy that the Cabinet Secretary for Water and Sanitation today appeared before a Committee of this House to answer questions of oil spillage in Makueni. We have also dealt with the matter of water when it comes to the dam that burst in Nakuru County. We have dealt with the Ruaraka land issue and come up with a serious report. That ... view
• 3 Jul 2019 in Senate: Secondly, they should know that the Constitution says that in so far as legislation is concerned, the Senate can only deal with Bills that concern counties. According to the Supreme Court, every Bill concerns counties except when you have matters of collection of taxes at the national level. view
• 3 Jul 2019 in Senate: I would like to remind the people of this Republic that there is nowhere written in the Constitution that the Senate cannot summon or investigate any matter. There is no limitation to the responsibility of the Senate in investigating or inquiring into anything 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
• 3 Jul 2019 in Senate: and everything under the Sun that affects the people of Kenya. Having done that responsibility diligently, we know how many petitions we receive in this House as a result of the faith that people have in this House. view
• 3 Jul 2019 in Senate: The last thing is that--- view
• 3 Jul 2019 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, just to respond to Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., in my Statement--- view
• 3 Jul 2019 in Senate: Just to mention, as the Senate Majority Leader, we are lucky to have Sen. Moi in the House. Regarding the issue about the limitation of investigation and inquiry by the Senate and the works of committees of the Senate, I want to submit that Article 125 of Constitution provides that the Senate can summon anybody and everybody across the country. The last thing I would like to say about the point I was making is that I will read Article 94 of the Constitution for purposes of educating those who do not have knowledge about what the Constitution says. Article ... view
• 3 Jul 2019 in Senate: “The legislative authority of the Republic is derived from the people and, at the national level, is vested in and exercised by Parliament.” That emphasis is important because one of the roles of Parliament is to make laws. I have said on the Floor of this House that when you talk about laws being passed by Parliament, they have to be approved by both Speakers that they do not or they concern counties. There are many other things including amending the Constitution. It is stated that Parliament shall protect the Constitution and promote the democratic governance of the Republic and ... view
• 3 Jul 2019 in Senate: There is a Motion in the National Assembly purporting that this House passes laws with less than 24 people. There is no single legislation in this House that has been passed with less than 50 per cent plus one Senators. In the National Assembly, they pass laws by acclamation. You cannot establish if they had 10 or 15 Members in the House. They at times have a quorum of 50 Members in a House that is like a school of three or four streams. We have never made any decision that affects Kenyans in this House with less than 50 ... view