Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: I have over-emphasized that should there be an unfair distribution of those resources, the problem squarely lies in the House that allocates the resources. view
• 6 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: I will be willing to be educated where else budget takes place in the Republic of Kenya. The only supreme august House in the Republic of Kenya which allocates resources and … view
• 6 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, for the assurance of the House, I will be tabling an itemised budget by this House passed in this financial year, clear with indication of the money for every road, county and constituency so that it becomes clear that there is no other entity in this country or in the world that budgets for roads for our country except this august House. It is, therefore, unfortunate that these projects were misconstrued as an introduction of new projects. I am just giving a summary, as you guided, Hon. Speaker. For the avoidance of doubt, the replacement of non-performing contractors, ... view
• 6 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: to extensive review before eventually being enacted by Parliament on one project per line basis. I submit for consideration of this august House that there are no unexplained discrepancies in allocation of project funds. There are no counties that have been omitted. Concerning the published KeRRA Notice of 29 September 2023, where a batch of ready tenders were submitted for procurement, it seems that subsequent publication of ready tenders will address the remainder of the projects that are captured in the budget approved by Parliament. Indeed, there was the risk that future publication batches of tenders that are not part ... view
• 6 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Ministry has taken measures to ensure equitable and fair allocation of funds for improvement of roads and drainage structures in light of the prevailing weather condition, as follows: 1. The Ministry has played an active role as part and parcel of the National Disaster Response Team being coordinated by the Ministry of Interior and National Administration to ensure that we respond to the El Nino situation. 2. Under the Equalisation Fund, this House approves a budget that deals with marginalised areas and the Ministry, through its agencies, implements the same. 3. The Ministry has also ensured prompt ... view
• 6 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: There is a comprehensive and modern approach to road maintenance known as performance best maintenance. Under this approach, a service provider is engaged competitively to provide maintenance, which is measured in terms of specified output indicators such as whether surface damage has been repaired promptly, drainages are cleared and vegetation is always trimmed below a given height. The performance-based approach gives strong incentives to serve providers to do quality works at all times since it is the most efficient way to avoid repeat jobs and associated costs. In the ideal scenario, a road should be placed under active performance-based maintenance ... view
• 6 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: The KURA is not fairing any better. Whereas the mandate of KURA is to maintain roads classified as urban national roads, in practice, KURA has had to intervene massively in cities, major towns and county headquarters across the country. The KURA is suffering from lack of resources to discharge its mandate. However, the most alarming situation is rural roads. The KeRRA does not have a robust mechanism to secure funds for any kind of regular maintenance of paved rural roads, let alone performance-based maintenance. The sad truth is that the paved roads under KeRRA are orphans in the financial sense. ... view
• 6 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Having outlined the basic principle of funds allocation under the Development Vote, allow me to go to specific details regarding the challenges of road financing, which have a bearing on project implementation and equitable allocation of funds. In summary, it is not true that the Ministry of Roads and Transport and its agencies are in any way marginalising any part of our country. Instead, the Ministry works hand in hand with this august House to ensure that resources are distributed fairly across the country. The The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information ... view
• 6 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: State Department for Roads has a significant budget deficit, leading to inadequate allocation for road projects. The implementation of the Kenya Road 10,000 Kilometres Programme, from the 2013/2014 Financial Year, took place in the absence of anticipated progressive rise in budget ceilings by the National Treasury. This led to a portfolio of projects not being adequately funded. This programme rollout ended a full cycle in the 2017/2018 Financial Year when the budget stress started being witnessed. In the first and second years of the Kenya Road 10,000 Kilometre programme, an average allocation of Ksh20 billion was provided. It was expected ... view
• 6 Dec 2023 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I need to make this last point on development. view