Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 May 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I appreciate Sen. Ndwiga who is the Chairperson of our Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries for the good work they have done as a negotiating Committee in so far as the Warehouse Bill is concerned. 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
• 15 May 2019 in Senate: I am also happy that pursuant to the negotiations, there was give and take considering the ideas that came from both Houses. I am happy that most of the amendments that we proposed as a Senate were adopted. This is an appreciation of the fact that two Chambers of Parliament are important for looking at the issues from a different perspective. view
• 15 May 2019 in Senate: I am happy that in the Bill, a lot of the issues that have been incorporated relate to county governments and devolution itself. The manner in which we should protect and ensure that county governments participate. Sen. Ndwiga is a former Minister, passionate farmer and a person who believes in the sector. He is a renowned cooperative movement crusader who has a lot of expertise and experience. I knew that this was an area that he had all the expertise to provide the leadership that he has provided for this country for so many years. view
• 15 May 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to pick the cue from where Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. left. It is important for the public and those who are ignorant of the Constitution to understand that this process of law making, particularly from the inception where the Speaker must be involved, is important. Some people were trying to argue elsewhere using their little education, that the Senate was aware of some health Bill for over five months. There is only one way that the Senate can be aware of an existence of a Bill in so far as prosecution of that Bill in ... view
• 15 May 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker that is a process that has been ignored despite the fact that the Supreme Court of Kenya said that if the two Speakers do not agree, they should even appoint mediators to agree on how to proceed and determine whether a Bill concerns counties or not. view
• 15 May 2019 in Senate: I want to remind them that it is even still possible for a citizen to go to court where the Speaker of either House, for example, Senate, will say that a certain Bill does not concern counties. If a citizen or Member of this House feels that they can disagree with that decision which must be in writing, it can still be challenged in court. They can challenge it and say that although the Speaker has said that the Bill does not concern counties, it does and that Senate should have considered it. It is not a process for the ... view
• 15 May 2019 in Senate: I am glad that we are in mediation with the National Assembly in over five or six Bills. Despite the fact that some of them go announcing out there that Senate is not doing anything, at least, they come and sit with us. I am happy that it is the leadership that is sitting with our Members in mediation, so that they can appreciate and understand the importance of having this process involve both Houses. view
• 15 May 2019 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, Sen. Orengo and I agreed that there is nothing too peculiar about Sen. Murkomen sitting in all mediation processes, yet there are people who have the expertise in various Committees. If it is on agricultural issues, Sen. Ndwiga is there. For energy issues, we have people such as Ochillo-Ayacko and the Chairperson 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
• 15 May 2019 in Senate: of the Senate Committee on Energy and so on. Why should I become a prefect of some sort to put myself in every Committee; to go and sit there because I suffer some level of inferiority complex and believe that if it is not me, it cannot be anybody else? We must agree in this House that this is a process that involves every Senator. Everybody must get that experience. Madam Temporary Speaker, if it is your Committee on Education, Information, Communication and Technology, you and other Members of the Committee should sit there. That expertise must be built in ... view
• 15 May 2019 in Senate: Finally, as a House, let us always remember this fact that more than 50 per cent of Senators did not come back after last term. Do not postpone your legacy. We will not accept a process where someone will tell us that we must compromise the stature, function and purpose of this House because we want to please one or two people and then undermine our legacy as Senators. We must ensure legacy is not something sitting in a certain room where you go and pick it and say: “Now this is my legacy.” Your legacy is the things you ... view