Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I join you in welcoming our colleagues to the Third Session of the Twelfth Parliament. First of all, I would like to wish everybody a happy new year. view
• 12 Feb 2019 in Senate: I agree with you that this year is very consequential in the calendar of the 12th Parliament because we have a very unique opportunity. Usually, the first two years are very important in Parliament because most of us are not so much focused on the elections view
• 12 Feb 2019 in Senate: but on delivering on the promises that we made just after elections. One of the important assignments that this House will have this year is to ensure that we provide a strong mechanism of implementing Article 96 of the Constitution in so far as the oversight of counties is concerned. We have raised this issue in the House several times on how the County Public Accounts and Investments Committee (CPAIC) can go about it. I have also interacted with my colleagues from the Majority side and they have fantastic ideas on how to go forward in so far as oversight ... view
• 12 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the people of Kenya are happy that we have devolution. However, they are also frustrated that we are not providing the necessary oversight to ensure that there is proper accountability. With the pilferages and corruption that is going on in the counties, all fingers are pointed towards this House. I have had this discussion with the Senate Minority Leader and one of the greatest assignment that we must do is to have a two day retreat soon as a House to work out a proper framework and mechanism of implementing Article 96 in a manner that is ... view
• 12 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, secondly, we must continue protecting our mandate and the counties. As we welcome our colleagues, I would like to use this opportunity to sound a warning to others who want to take advantage of the challenges that the doctors, nurses and counties are going through in the medical sector to announce that we can reverse the health function to Nairobi. I would like to assure the people of Kenya that we cannot return the health function to Nairobi. We have devolved that function and we will ensure that it succeeds. We will not tolerate those who are ... view
• 12 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this House shall perform the responsibility that it is required to do. As a second Chamber, it is meant to protect counties and ensure that Kenya remains a decentralized country with successful and working devolved governments. I would like to caution some governors, including a governor who comes from our region, who is talking about dissolving the county government and returning the functions back to Nairobi when they face challenges such as the nurses’ strike. As we sit in this House and negotiate on the best formula on how to share resources among our counties, that will ... view
• 12 Feb 2019 in Senate: We have an opportunity to make sure that we clean that document and present it to the people of Kenya. Sen. Haji and Sen. Wako are in the middle of this conversation. The Senate must be at the center of any conversation that goes towards tweaking and re- looking at the architecture and design of our Constitution and the governance structure of this nation. We can only be at the center of that conversation, if at the early stage we demonstrate that our capacity and capability to ensure issues of oversight are done in a manner that will benefit the ... view
• 12 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to Standing Orders 184 and 189(3), the Senate approves the following Senators nominated to serve in the Senate Business Committee, in addition to the Speaker of the Senate, who, pursuant to Standing Order 184(1), shall be the Chairperson of the Committee, the Senate Majority Leader, the Senate Minority Leader, the Senate Majority Whip and the Senate Minority Whip: - 1. Sen. Fatuma Dullo, CBS, MP; 2. Sen. Cleophas Malalah, MP; 3. Sen. Beatrice Kwamboka, MP; 4. Sen. Paul Githiomi Mwangi, MP; 5. Sen. (Eng.) Mohamed M. ... view
• 12 Feb 2019 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, pursuant to Standing Orders 184 and 189(3), the Senate approves the following Senators nominated to serve in the Senate Business Committee, in addition to the Speaker of the Senate, who, pursuant to Standing Order 184(1), shall be the Chairperson of the Committee, the Senate Majority Leader, the Senate Minority Leader, the Senate Majority Whip and the Senate Minority Whip:- 1. Sen. Fatuma Dullo, CBS, MP; 2. Sen. Cleophas Malalah, MP; 3. Sen. Beatrice Kwamboka, MP; 4. Sen. Paul Githiomi Mwangi, MP; view
• 12 Feb 2019 in Senate: 5. Sen. (Eng.) Mohamed M. Mahamud, CBS, MP; 6. Sen. (Dr.) Christopher Andrew Langat, MP; and 7. Sen. Ledama Olekina, MP. I call the Senate Minority Leader to second. view