Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: Sometimes people laugh at them and say: “You see, so-and-so is drunk and broke. He used to be rich the other day. He won Kshs100 million in this sport.” We are laughing at the same people who have brought pride to this country. I was saddened recently when the whole nation, instead of supporting Asbel Kiprop, when he had a personal challenge, turned around to become Judas Iscariot; to betray the same people that we have always said brought honour and glory to our country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, where did we go wrong? Why do we not give these people ... view
• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: We, as a nation, must be our brother‟s keeper. We must get concerned about the welfare of the people that bring us the great glory. We should not wait until they have personal challenges and then laugh at them. view
• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: We must also provide for them a plan. Unfortunately, some of the athletes that I have interacted with did not even finish Form Four, because of orientation or financial challenges that they had in their families. Those who finish Form Four may not have any other higher education. I see some people laughing at athletes because they cannot pronounce well English or Kiswahili words. We laugh at our athletes, but do not laugh at Germans when they struggle to pronounce English, French or Polish words. We must not be ashamed of them. I have always told our athletes to speak ... view
• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: Some of these athletes go to a race, like Eliud Kipchoge did--- Let me not even use him because he is an established and experienced athlete. Some of the athletes go for their first competition, like the Diamond League, and win a lot of money. Do you remember a lady called Pamela Jelimo? She won the Diamond League jackpot and some issues came up about her family affairs and other personal issues. Kenyans just continued to discuss those petty issues. Nobody even thought that this was a young girl, barely 23 or The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report ... view
• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: 24 years old. Nobody sought to find out how best she could be helped to manage what she won. Maybe she did not even have the skills to invest over Kshs100 million. It should be the duty of Athletics Kenya and the Ministry of Sports, Culture and the Arts to always reach out and offer support to athletes and give them a few skills about investment. The athletes must also be protected from the exploitative acts of sports agents. Some of the sports agents take advantage of the fact that these athletes may not have the ability to read their ... view
• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am willing to be informed. view
• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I totally agree with the Senator. However, the complaints that come from the athletes are that the Act is not followed to the letter and there are situations where they are taxed twice. I once handled a case for Ms. Lorna Kiplagat who had bought equipment that she wanted to invest in the sports stadium that they have built in Iten. It took many months for them to even be given tax breaks for that investment. Tax is a complex area of practice. Sen. Orengo will tell you that tax matters are complex areas of practice both ... view
• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: The second last thing is the pension scheme. We must think through how persons, who are not formally employed in Government and earning the amount of money that athletes and sports people earn, will be assisted to have a pension, to enable them earn something for the rest of their lives. We should not be rigid to the legal regimes that are already in place. We should not just be traditional in the manner in which we deal with investments related to pension. We, as a country, can create a product that targets our sports people, because their timespan in ... view
• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: It is not shelf life. I do not want to use the words “shelf life” because they have more issues to contribute. I just meant that the active period they have as athletes is at most 40 years. In fact, Mr. Eliud Kipchoge was being celebrated all over the world because he was on top of the world at an age no one expected he would break the world record. I remember The New York Times reported that Kipchoge was on top of the world. The view
• 26 Sep 2018 in Senate: , The Telegram and all those international newspapers were hailing him. We need to think through how we can create a special pension product; that all those athletes who have won world records and championships and Diamond League, can be assisted to invest in that pension scheme. Later on in life, they will have the opportunity to earn from the investments that they will have put there. I know this is a very popular Motion. I do not want to speak much, so as to allow others to make their contributions. The athletes who are forced to retire due to ... view