Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3371 to 3380 of 8498.

• 13 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, on ancestral land, the boundaries of that land must be ascertainable, prompt and payment made in full of just compensation which may be made and the value of the land assessed in accordance with this Section, at the date of publication in the Gazette, of the notice of intention to acquire land. This must be considered. In as far as land that is under lease, the rules apply almost mutatis mutandis although with some little modification to suit matters of lease hold. view
• 13 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, regarding the form that compensation will take, it can be, first, allocation of alternative land. This is the most preferred position of many people in this country in the rural areas. This is because we are moving a whole community and they will require a preferred land. Where I come from, in Embobut, about 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
• 13 Nov 2018 in Senate: 2,000 Kenyans were told to move from the Forest and each one was paid Kshs400,000. All that money got lost within Embobut because the people thought it was a lot of money. For somebody who has never held Kshs5,000 or Kshs10,000, they were suddenly having Kshs400,000. Therefore, most of them misused that money or it got swindled by very dishonest individuals, including those they depended upon as family. view
• 13 Nov 2018 in Senate: However, Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, when you have exchanged land for land, it becomes very easy. That is why there is a lot of demand now - even in the compensation at Arror and Kimwarer dams in my county - that the compensation should be land for land, because it will take care of families. This is important, especially where you are dealing with people who are living in ancestral land. Of course, there will be situations of monetary payment. When dealing with the issue of land for land compensation, the law applies when they go to acquire the other ... view
• 13 Nov 2018 in Senate: Secondly, Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, is compensation by monetary payment, either in lump sum or by installments spread over a period of not more than one year. Thirdly, is compensation by issuance of Government bond. One can just decide to take a Government bond instead of taking money. There can also be grant or transfer of development rights, as may be prescribed. One can say: ―Develop my property here; you can take the other part of it, but build a house for me here‖ and that settles the question of compensation. view
• 13 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, compensation can also be award of equity shares in Government owned entities. One can say, for example, that they want to be a shareholder at the Kenya Power (KP) Limited. One then gets a certain amount of shares and then takes the market value of the shares and any other lawful compensation. However, the qualification there is that it is the owner to decide the form of compensation, and not the Commission, Government or entity. view
• 13 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, there is also a very important provision there which has been informed by practice during the last few years in so far as compensation payable in other cases, including alternative land. There are situations where it may not be possible to identify exactly who should be paid the compensation or where the families may be fighting. Alternatively, the owner could also be of unsound mind at that point in time or they could be minors who cannot hold titles. The law has said that the Commission will hold the titles or the money in such land ... view
• 13 Nov 2018 in Senate: This is ridiculous and must be deleted because it is encroaching on the independence of the Judiciary. We cannot direct the courts as to whether they will issue orders on development of land or not. This is because the development of that property is affected by many other factors, and not just the process of its acquisition. There are many other factors which include the one who is challenging the amount that you have provided and whether it is adequate. More importantly, it also includes environmental concerns. Kenyans can go to court and say that this property must not be ... view
• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, I want to thank the petitioners and recognize Mr. Charles Karumba, Mr. Ephantus Maina and Mr. Harrison Mwinyi for this very quality Petition. In fact, out of the many petitions we have received in this House, I can tell you for sure that this is a well-thought-out Petition. This is because the issues that are affecting farmers need to be addressed. view
• 7 Nov 2018 in Senate: The office of the Legal Counsel of the Senate is helping me at the moment to draft a law that reviews the Food and Agriculture Authorities Act. In the draft Bill, I am answering one of the prayers of the Petition in so far as dealing with this issue. I think we did not think through clearly when we amalgamated various agencies that were dealing with agriculture or food departments like macadamia, coconut, coffee. We created a huge entity called Agriculture and Food Authority that is run by one officer at the top. Tea, coffee, macadamia and other crops were ... view