Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Oct 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have a lot of apathy and pain experienced on a daily basis, no wonder there are many cases of suicides. There is a lot of unexplained anger in the country. Many people are not able to make their ends meet. view
• 17 Oct 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I still insist that with your wisdom, I wish a proper Motion would be brought to this House to deliberate on this very important report. view
• 17 Oct 2018 in Senate: I thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 17 Oct 2018 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 17 Oct 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, many people were still on the initial business on the Order Paper. This is a very important subject matter. The right to petition county assembly institutions is a constitutional right. If you read Article 37 of the Constitution, it is clear that such rights must be accorded. It states that:- “Every person has the right, peaceably and unarmed, to assemble, to demonstrate, to picket, and to present petitions to public authorities”. The Constitution expressly provides that members of public can petition Parliament. Therefore, we have provided in our Standing Orders, how that will be done. Consequently, ... view
• 17 Oct 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, our experience in this Parliament has shown that members of public are slowly understanding and appreciating their role in so far as using their institutions such as the Senate. If I am not wrong, statistics would show that Senators entertain the highest number of petitions from members of the public. These petitions have had very positive impact. I am happy today that one of the dailies positively reported the Petition by Sen. Mwaura concerning the making of coins, notes and currency that will make it easy for those who cannot see to recognize the different amounts ... view
• 17 Oct 2018 in Senate: “A petition to a county assembly shall be in the form set out in the Schedule and shall:- (a) be handwritten, printed or typed; (b) be in English or Kiswahili; Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we should go further and state that they can bring a petition in the language that is understood in that county. What is the problem? For example, in South Africa (SA), they opened doors for all the vernacular languages. view
• 17 Oct 2018 in Senate: If our duty in the Constitution is to preserve and protect language and culture, there is nothing wrong with the petition being brought in a language that the person understands and then be translated in the House for purpose of debate or the HANSARD. There is nothing wrong with a petitioner sitting in Kitui to use Kikamba in writing their petition to the House because they know that their Member of County Assembly (MCA) 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
• 17 Oct 2018 in Senate: speaks Kikamba and they can provide translation services in the House so that they make it more interesting and acceptable. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we were here with Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale in the last Parliament and he advocated for county assemblies to use their local languages in the debate in the chambers. It is not a farfetched argument because 50 years down the line, a language like Kitharaka might be so rare because of globalization. view
• 17 Oct 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the people of Tharaka-Nithi are among the minority groups in Kenya. I do not know whether the Bible has been translated to Kitharaka? We had that conversation with you. view