Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 5141 to 5150 of 8498.

• 23 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, the County Governments (Amendment) (No. 4) Bill (Senate Bill No. 18 of 2014) be read a Second time. Some of the amendments were as a result of experiences that we went through, part of it being the impeachment of Governor Wambora where I gladly deputized Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. We did a fantastic job although the people of Embu County were dragged through courts in the name of people weakening the Senate. There are still other cases pending in courts related to the same matter. However, I am glad that we have ... view
• 22 Mar 2016 in Senate: (Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki) seconded. view
• 22 Mar 2016 in Senate: On a point of order Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale - who is a good friend of mine who has recently been facing hard times landing in Kakamega - to try to say that there are two different governments in this country? He says there is Jubilee Government and the Government of Kenya. As a lawyer, you know governments are there to succeed each other. Considering that administrations come and pass, and visions of government whether it was 1965 Sessional paper or any other like Vision 2030 which the current President was at ... view
• 22 Mar 2016 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I said it last week that my colleague from Kakamega should not behave in a manner that will betray his age and experience by jumping over, he should go straight to the questions. Are there two governments? view
• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: (Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to thank my brother, the Leader of the Minority for raising this point of order. I also thank you for the Communication. I am of the opinion that time has come for this House to stamp its authority. This Conference, for the last two or so years, has pretended to be a celebration of governors. This is a celebration of devolution. It is not a celebration of governors or county governments. We are demanding an equivocal commitment from the organizers that there is a role for this House and its leadership. That ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: (Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Indeed, Madam Temporary Speaker, this is very important. All of us should make it very clear that what has failed us in the past is lack of a firm and united position when the Senate is intimidated as it has been done in this scenario. I saw last year my brother, Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o, looking like a stranger in Kisumu County. view
• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: (Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Some busy bodies were trying to market themselves because nobody knows them other than in the village where they roam. I want to go on record that I will be urging my colleagues to give this Conference a wide berth until and unless there is a written commitment from the leadership of the Council of Governors (CoG) that recognizes the role, place and prestige of the Senate, not just the leadership, but the entire membership of this House. Otherwise, we are just auctioning our dignity to people who are very quick to support us when we are ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I was one of the committee members in the last conference. As the Chair of the Committee on Devolved Government then and Sen. Kerrow Billow, the Chairman of the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget, we were lied to that we could have a situation where the programme is going to accommodate Senators and all actors in matters of devolution. While in Kisumu, I suspected that it was not going to go that way because having interacted with the governors, I know their ego is bigger than this country. I realised that the conference was about massaging ... view
• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I did not say that the Senator of Kakamega is insane. It is only the Minority Leader who has said so. What I said is that when Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is in a lucid moment--- view
• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: Let me complete and explain. I did not use the world lucid in the sense of Banks versus Goodfellow, which the Minority Leader is talking about. view