Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Apr 2019 in Senate: As I speak, the people of Baringo County, especially Tiaty Constituency are staring at a disaster of drought. Two days ago, two children in Marakwet East Constituency were brutally murdered by bandits from Tiaty Constituency. This is a contradiction that in the same constituency where they are facing starvation, they have the energy to carry guns and kill people in my county. One of the solutions to the violence that we experience in that region is to have proper irrigation along Kerio Valley. This will make warriors and violent people to have meaningful sources of income. That is where Arror ... view
• 2 Apr 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have insisted in this House that the old sycophantic order that was there when Sen. Ochillo- Ayacko was last a Member of Parliament went with the new Constitution. view
• 2 Apr 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, separation of powers between the Executive and the Legislature is very distinct. Article 96 of the Constitution does not say our oversight responsibility is for the opposition or the minority. Sometimes even the minority might be the ones who are in the Government. However, there is nowhere written in the Constitution that Parliament when carrying out oversight of the Executive must speak for the Executive. In fact, you vet a Government by properly criticizing it. view
• 2 Apr 2019 in Senate: As the Senate Majority Leader, I have the responsibility to bring to the attention of this House the fact that we must take our work robustly. For example, the decision by the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) not to provide land for construction of dams was not by the President Uhuru Kenyatta, his deputy and even the Cabinet. view
• 2 Apr 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, a Cabinet Secretary in a docket just sits down and says: “I do not like the face of people of a certain county. Therefore, I will not issue them with the licence to do ‘a’ or ‘b’ project. I like the face of the people of another county and so on.” 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
• 2 Apr 2019 in Senate: That is why in this House, when we summon Cabinet Secretaries, we take them to task because we want to ensure that oversight is carried out. view
• 2 Apr 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I urge the relevant Committee to seriously take this issue of dams and comprehensively put to task the relevant departments of the Executive to comprehensively update the people of Kenya on the following: Which projects are being done? How much money is being used? What benefits will accrue to the people of Kenya? What period they will take to complete those projects? I want that Committee to come up with information about the distribution of those dams, their status and the resources that are being applied on them in this country. This is because some of the ... view
• 2 Apr 2019 in Senate: located in a place where somebody does not like, or perhaps does not want to be developed. view
• 2 Apr 2019 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to congratulate the Committee for the good work that they did with the sister Committee from the National Assembly. Four years ago, we approved the appointment of Mr. Joseph Boinett to be the IG of this Republic and when he appeared before the Committee, we thought that he was the wrong person. Many people thought that he was not qualified enough because we grew up knowing that a policeman is a scary, huge, boisterous and loud. Most people wondered if Mr. Boinett would be up to the task. Four years down the ... view
• 2 Apr 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I come from a county whose greatest challenge is insecurity of cattle rusting. We have many fights with our neighbours called the Pokot both in Baringo and West Pokot and the Marakwet in the Kerio Valley Triangle. Mr. Boinett did a lot to mitigate that kind of fight. I hope the new IG will continue from where IG Boinett left. We also need the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government to assist the security officers by ensuring that we work together to solve also the long- lasting issues of development in the area. We have ... view