Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Apr 2025 in National Assembly: countries that reciprocated with our country on visa-free travel so that they can travel ETA- free. That was extended to all African countries so they could travel to our country ETA-free, except in situations where we would need to deal with insecurity issues. I have answered the visa Question. view
• 2 Apr 2025 in National Assembly: I already indicated in the Statement the revenue allocated, unless you want me to refer to the Statement again. The revenue collected in the last year is already on the Hansard. In relation to that, the money that has gone to the partner is about $12 million, as indicated in the Statement. The money collected for the country is $50 million. I thank you. view
• 2 Apr 2025 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Question was specific to the Chief of Mangai. I promised earlier that when I answer the Question on operationalising administrative units, I will ride on it to respond to Hon. Ruweida's Question on the threat of the Chief. The right place to answer this question would have been when discussing banditry. However, I can... view
• 2 Apr 2025 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, before I delve into the individual Questions, it is worth noting that four of the 11 Questions that were brought here today relate to the establishment and operationalisation of the new administrative units. This is of great interest to a majority of the Members, rightfully so, because many administrative units, some dating back to 2017, have been gazetted and not operationalised. Therefore, before I go to the specific question, with your leave, I would like to bring the current status of operational and administrative units before the House. view
• 2 Apr 2025 in National Assembly: We have eight regions and 47 counties, which are administrative units for the National Government. There are 409 sub-counties. That should clearly show that sub-counties are not equivalent to constituencies. Some constituencies have more than one sub-county. We have 988 divisions, which are less than the 1450 wards and 4,003 locations with 9,112 sub-locations. The gazetted and not operationalised administrative units, which are subject to most of these questions, are as follows: 45 sub-counties, 291 divisions, 1,439 locations, and 2,693 sub- The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can ... view
• 2 Apr 2025 in National Assembly: locations. As every Member here asks why it is not operationalised in certain counties or constituencies, it is important to know those not operationalised across the country. view
• 2 Apr 2025 in National Assembly: The number of administrative units prioritised for operationalisation in the Financial Year 2024/2025 is 24 sub-counties, 88 divisions, 318 locations, and 675 sub-locations. As you can deduce from the above figures, 21 sub-counties, 203 divisions, 1,121 locations, and 2,018 sub-locations will be pending operationalisation even after this financial year. Owing to the acute budgetary constraints, the Ministry has been hard-put to operationalise all the gazetted units, opting instead to phase the operationalisation based on the following criteria: 1. Areas prone to insecurity; 2. Vastness and terrain of the area; 3. Population pressure and demand for government services; 4. Promotion of ... view
• 2 Apr 2025 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the budget for operationalising new units was not allocated this financial year. The Ministry has been utilising budgetary allocation for development and recurrent expenditure to ensure services are delivered. To prevent future gazettement of administrative units that are not budgeted for, the Ministry is currently developing regulations to guide the establishment of the new administrative units. The said regulations will be subject to public participation and thereafter forwarded to this House for consideration. If I may emphasise here, we had a problem in 2017, just before the elections. Most of the requests here are from either 2017, 2021, ... view
• 2 Apr 2025 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I appreciate Members of the National Assembly for utilising the National-Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF) to put up infrastructure for new administrative units. This has greatly complemented our operationalisation efforts. At the risk of sounding political, I find the opposition to the NG-CDF by many people, including courts, ridiculous. This is because, in the absence of these resources, we can build classes, but we cannot build police stations, chiefs' offices, and so forth. It should be common sense and practical that these resources have changed the face of Kenya across the country. view
• 2 Apr 2025 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, for the avoidance of doubt, politics is not a bad thing. I would like to inform the Hon. Member that making decisions based on political pressure is not a bad thing. It is the very reason why we are all occupying these offices, including as a Cabinet Secretary. Politics governs the country, and if people are going to make a decision, it is just because of that. The only problem is that the urge to say no is very difficult around the election period, even without a budget and is rather obvious. It is a matter of public ... view