Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this where I now feel the pressure of space--- view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that the Petroleum Bill (National Assembly Bills No.48 of 2017) be read a Second time. From the onset, I know this is a very important Bill. I am expected to take at least one hour to prosecute this Bill. From the beginning, I wish to state that I will not take that one hour because of the interest on this Bill by Members. They have already told me that they would like to contribute to this Bill this afternoon. Therefore, I will restrict myself to about 15 to 20 minutes to just ... view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is very unfortunate because Sen. Olekina is a Member of the Senate Business Committee (SBC). He was there when we scheduled this business. He was very supportive that it should have been prosecuted from 2.30 p.m---. view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, even if he changed his mind, he cannot do so as a Member of the SBC without approaching the Mover of the Bill. That will only denote bad faith. More importantly, if the report is ready I am surprised that they did not approach the Chair to facilitate tabling of that report in good time. If that report is ready, it should be tabled but there is no procedure now for tabling that Report. To add on to that, I am already moving the Bill; I am not out of order. view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was willing to take the challenge. The only problem is that I am not willing to break the Standing Orders because I had already started in English. Let me just continue in the language that I started with. I thank you for that direction. I offered to use 20 minutes. I was at the point where I was saying that part of the background to this Bill is the establishment that Kenya is endowed with natural resources in the form of oil. With the discovery of oil in Ngamia 1- -- view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Bill was enacted to answer to the challenges that Kenya as a country is facing as a result of discovery of oil in Turkana. It is now public knowledge to all of us that we have oil in Lokichar area in Ngamia 1. It is not just that we discovered oil but it is of commercial value and that Kenya is in the process of establishing how to export the important resource. It is also important for me to notify Members that it is not only Turkana where we have oil. Large deposits of oil ... view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: I want to acknowledge the effort of leaders of Turkana who took it upon themselves to almost believe that this Bill is about them and the county. The Governor of Turkana, Members of Parliament (MPs) from Turkana and Members of County Assembly (MCAs) of Turkana have helped the rest of Kenya because the oil was discovered in their region. They have helped the rest of Kenya to reflect on the issues that would be pertinent in a local community in so far as the establishment of this very important resource is concerned. Having watched some of the debates in Turkana ... view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: I do not want to mention other nations because of my position and jeopardise the international relations, but there is a country that I visited the other day which gave out all their oil exploration to another country from the Far East. Since they are not meeting their financial obligations, that country says that it will take over the management and ownership of exploration, marketing and selling of oil in that area. It is important, and I hope that the Committee looked at this in their Report, to find out how the nation and people will have control. view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: Part III of the Bill deals with a very important concept about licensing and reviewing of licenses. It is important to understand that the Cabinet Secretary (CS) has been given certain responsibility, but not to perform as an individual. The law makes it clear that there must be an establishment of a National Upstream Petroleum Advisory Committee. The responsibly of that committee is to advise the CS on how to deal with negotiations on petroleum agreements. Again, this is an area that Kenyans must insist on transparency, because it is possible for some people to mortgage the country by giving ... view
• 25 Sep 2018 in Senate: Part IV of this Bill provides for upstream petroleum rights and management of petroleum resources. This is where the licences are obtained for operations from the Authority and the procedure has been set out as to how that licence will be achieved. It explains how a person will apply for a licence, the authority will review and, finally, the CS will have the authority to give the licences. view