Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3821 to 3830 of 8498.

• 31 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to your earlier ruling on quorum, we now have the quorum. view
• 31 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, before I became a Senator, I used to be a consultant on matters devolution. One of my widely read papers in the health sector is devolution of health. In that paper, I enumerated some of the challenges that come with devolution of health. One important challenge pointed out is the definition of what a referral hospital is. Schedule Four of the Constitution states that all hospitals except referral hospitals are county institutions. The reason why Gov. Mandago is making that petition is because we have failed as Parliament to enact the Health Act in a manner that ... view
• 31 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank Sen. Kajwang’ for brining that to my attention. To the best of my knowledge, I thought it was part of the rubric of the laws that we passed in this House and which never passed in the last Parliament and to be reintroduced; but to the extent that it has been signed, then I will update myself on that matter and speak on it properly in the near future. The reason why I was more convinced we had not gone through with it is because that issue of referral hospitals and the issue of human ... view
• 30 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the reason why many of us do not want to comment at this stage is because we did comment on the same question when it was raised by the same Senator in a Committee a few months ago. This time round, it is in the form of a petition. At that point in time, it was in the form of a statement. Therefore, we had extensively discussed it. Maybe we can just move on. view
• 30 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know you are past the Order of Papers. However, before the next Order, I would like to beg for your indulgence to lay a paper that I should have laid earlier although I came in late. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 30 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, I was given the same piece of advice that you have a lot of powers and you would have granted me the opportunity to lay the papers. Be it as it may, because we are live as you have said, there is nothing wrong with admitting when you come late. That is expected of all of us who are public servants to admit when we are wrong. Although I might have come five minutes late like the British Assistant Minister--- I do not want to say the time you used to come when you were ... view
• 30 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have forgotten the name of the British Assistant Minister who came five minutes late to the House of Lords and attempted to resign though the Prime Minister refused. view
• 30 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what I was trying to say is that there is nothing wrong with public servants, just like him, to admit when they come late. However, the severity of the punishment meted on you must also be proportional to your offence. I did not want to refer to the time in which the former Senate Majority Leader used to come to the House. view
• 30 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am referring to the immediate former Senate Majority Leader of this House. view
• 30 May 2018 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is only one former Senate Majority Leader in this House. view