Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate today, Thursday 20th June, 2019: Report of the Auditor-General on the Financial Statements of Makueni County Executive State and Public Officers Car Loan and Mortgage Fund for the Year ended 30th June 2018; 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
• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: Report of the Auditor-General on the Financial Statements of Makueni County Emergency Fund for the Year ended 30th June 2018; Report of the Auditor-General on the Financial Statements of Makueni County Youth, Men, Women, Persons with Disabilities and Table Banking Groups Empowerment Fund for the Year ended 30th June 2018; Report of the Auditor-General on the Financial Statements of Limuru Water and Sewerage Company Limited for the Year ended 30th June 2018; Report of the Auditor-General on the Financial Statements of Bungoma County Youth Empowerment Fund for the Year ended 30th June 2018; The 2017/2018 National Cohesion and Integration Commission ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, the question of wage bill and unemployment in public sector must be looked at holistically as a public policy. Before that direction has been given by the Ministry, I feel like the Government is extremely disjointed when it comes to addressing the question of wage bill. This is because on one hand, they have a huge report lying somewhere and gathering dust about restructuring parastatals and State corporations. We have three, four or five State corporations doing the same thing with an overload The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: of staff. We have others that are doing county functions and others which are doing absolutely nothing yet they continue to receive a budget. The point is we need to be serious as a nation and discuss the question of wage bill for the national Government and county governments. This issue is more serious than amending the Constitution. Therefore, it must have a serious national taskforce that leads to a national conversation on how we should reduce the wage bill from Kshs800 billion to something reasonable, for example, Kshs300 billion. That can only be done if we look at it ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: decisions. Lastly, we cannot fault the hiring of teachers and doctors and put it to be part and parcel of non-development wage bill. We need a definition of a wage bill that is necessary for development, for example, that of nurses, doctors, teachers, both in Early Childhood Development Education (ECDE), high school and university. This categorization is important. We should not start to say that Teachers Service Commission (TSC) should not continue to hire teachers yet we want to achieve universal education. We cannot say we should not hire doctors and nurses, yet we want to achieve universal healthcare. Madam ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion- THAT, WHEREAS Article 96(1) of the Constitution provides that the Senate represents the counties and serves to protect the interests of the counties and their governments and Article 96 (2) of the Constitution provides that the Senate participates in the law-making function of Parliament by considering, debating and approving Bills concerning counties as provided in Articles 109 to 113; AND FURTHER WHEREAS Article 109(4) of the Constitution provides that a Bill concerning county government may originate in the National Assembly or the Senate, and is passed in accordance with Articles ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: Assembly and the Senate shall jointly resolve any question as to whether any Bill is a Bill concerning counties, and if it is, whether it is a special or an ordinary Bill; AND NOTING in particular, that the Supreme Court in Supreme Court Advisory Opinion No. 2 of 2013; Speaker of the Senate vs The Attorney General; reaffirmed the role of the Senate in the legislative process and particularly in the consideration and passage of Bills concerning county governments as well as the role of the Senate in the legislative process; CONCERNED that despite the provisions of Articles 96(1) and ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: (b) FURTHER REITERATES AND RE-AFFIRMS its commitment to protect the interests of the counties and their Governments; (c) REITERATES AND REASSURES the People of Kenya, on whose behalf it exercises its mandate under Articles 94 and 96 of the Constitution that it shall always, diligently and robustly prosecute that mandate and shall resist any actions or attempts to undermine devolution and the people’s aspirations for a government based on the essential values of human rights, equality, freedom, democracy, social justice and the rule of law; (d) RESOLVES to institute legal proceedings to - (i) challenge the laws that have been ... view
• 20 Jun 2019 in Senate: required by virtue of this resolution, to do certain things to facilitate the implementation of these resolutions. When the Speaker does so, he will not be doing so in his own personal capacity, it will be because the House has made a resolution and he has no choice, but to do it. No one should try to victimize the Speaker when he makes his decision. No one should victimize the Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Orengo for the required decision of the House. No one should victimize the Senate Majority Leader or any other Senator because this is a collective decision ... view
• 19 Jun 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the Senate today, Wednesday, 19th June, 2019: – view