Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Nov 2018 in Senate: I continue to urge Standing Committees to expedite consideration of all pending Bills referred to them and table the reports in the House. This will facilitate the House to effectively navigate the Committee of the Whole stage on the said Bills. Likewise, I urge Standing Committees to expeditiously consider pending Petitions and table reports on them. Hon. Senators will notice that the House has only one week left to end the Session on 6th December 2018, in accordance with the Senate Calendar. Accordingly, the importance of transacting the aforementioned business within the remaining time cannot be gainsaid. Mr. Speaker, Sir, ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was not too ready for this Bill. However, I beg to move that The County Governments Retirement Scheme Bill (National Assembly Bills No.10 of 2018) be read a Second Time. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank you for this opportunity. I had a lot of hesitation in moving this Bill before we have more extensive consultations. In the last five years that I have been in this House, we have had a similar Bill and two others. You were in my shoes or the Senate Majority Leader then was in my shoes--- view
• 29 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there was a Senate Majority Leader who had to grapple with this issue. It was not easy for him to manage the expectations of different stakeholders. From the onset, I can disclose this here because it is on public record that in the Senate Business Committee, I made it succinctly clear that I am not yet satisfied with the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 29 Nov 2018 in Senate: level of public participation. The Chairperson of the Committee is here. I requested that further consultation takes place. That is the understanding I am moving this Bill. Secondly, I will be making a request to you as we did with the Energy Bill, the County Planning Roads, Pavements and Parking Bill, the Land Value Index Laws (Amendment) Bill, other Land Bills and the Petroleum Bill - I have full support of the Senate Minority Leader and, possibly many Senators. We should organize a breakfast on this issue. During this breakfast, all Senators will be taken through and explained why it ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in Senate: Therefore, one of the reasons for moving this Bill is to open doors for consultation for them to know that time waits no man and prepare themselves to appear before the Committee, present the issues they wanted to raise before the Committee, so that this House when it is ready, to do the voting in Second Reading and thereafter go to the Committee stage and Third Reading. We will not have anyone who we are not carrying along. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, having said that, this is a Government Bill generated from the relevant ministry; the Ministry of Labour and ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in Senate: the policy is still done by the national Government and the implementation is done by counties. So, in this provision, a thought should be put on the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection. Thirdly, Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, is a representative of the Council of Governors (CoG). I would rather this is re-worded to say, a representative of counties as nominated or appointed by the CoG, so that CoG do not just sit there to get their own representatives. It is basically to emphasize the fact that when the person is sitting there; it is not to the Council or ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in Senate: term for people who are appointed to the board of trustees must be clearly defined. There is also one provision in the board of trustees on persons representing trade unions. It is not possible to have one representative of trade unions in a pension scheme like this one who also nominates themselves internally to become ‘Mugabes’ of pension schemes. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, at least, there is a provision that limits them in this law. I hope that the NSSF and the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) will do the same. There are people who lecture us about good governance ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there are things that I want to mention here on the transition, because the other provisions about the management of the scheme are just similar to existing scheme management like the National Social Security Fund (NSSF). This is about the role of the administrator, the trustees and their responsibility; the fiduciary duties they have and the ultimate responsibility if they fail to abide by those duties. view
• 29 Nov 2018 in Senate: I want to request the Chairperson - because I have no monopoly of ideas and that is why we must have that breakfast - to continuously think through what the problem is with NSSF and how we can ensure that there is no replication of those problems in the scheme in terms of accountability. To be an NSSF official is one the most feared jobs in this country after the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission ( IEBC). I do not know if there will be any other young person who would want to be the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ... view
• 29 Nov 2018 in Senate: The law also allows this pension scheme to ensure that they invest in certain properties that will assist pensioners earn interest on their money and to protect their resources. This is because if you leave it in cash, it is bound to be misused. The provision that I just want to mention is the transition. This law provides that all the eligible employees, if the Act applies, which is--- I should have said that this law is about all staff of county assemblies and county executives. They will now remit money to this entity. Some of the counties are not ... view