Kipchumba Murkomen

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• 17 Mar 2016 in Senate: (Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): On a point of order Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I know the bullfighter Senator for Kakamega is unhappy that I have come back. I was just taking tea in the lounge. Is he in order to mislead Kenyans further by suggesting that we have not followed the debate? In any case, the office of the majority Leader is an institution. This Bill was moved by the Deputy Leader of Majority but we have been taking turns to listen to the debate and follow it. Is he in order to mislead Kenyans that there is a gap in ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, there are many reasons why there are pending bills. Some are positive while others are negative. Some could mean that if it is development related projects, maybe the certificates have not been completed and so on. Unless there is a breakdown as to which pending bills are for what reason, then it would be very difficult for us to interrogate the report. Of course, I sympathize a little bit with the Committee because if you have to do all the 47 counties, you have to segregate. However, the Office of the Controller of Budget is there for ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, there are many reasons why there are pending bills. Some are positive while others are negative. Some could mean that if it is development related projects, maybe the certificates have not been completed and so on. Unless there is a breakdown as to which pending bills are for what reason, then it would be very difficult for us to interrogate the report. Of course, I sympathize a little bit with the Committee because if you have to do all the 47 counties, you have to segregate. However, the Office of the Controller of Budget is there for ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in addition to the question asked by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, and I think he borrowed heavily from my statement earlier. The Intergovernmental Relations Act provides clearly that the CoG shall be funded through resources allocated by the National Treasury. We want to find out how much was allocated to the CoG. Is there financial overlap where counties are allocating money to the CoG against the law while at the same time there is an allocation from the National Treasury? That will help us appreciate how much is being spent and for what. We want a breakdown ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in addition to the question asked by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, and I think he borrowed heavily from my statement earlier. The Intergovernmental Relations Act provides clearly that the CoG shall be funded through resources allocated by the National Treasury. We want to find out how much was allocated to the CoG. Is there financial overlap where counties are allocating money to the CoG against the law while at the same time there is an allocation from the National Treasury? That will help us appreciate how much is being spent and for what. We want a breakdown ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in addition to Sen. (Prof.) Lesan’s questions, I would like to know the following:- (1) Whether the Government is aware that fire brought down the dormitory of Moi Girl’s Kapsowar, which is a national school, and destroyed the property of over 120 students. (2) Whether the Government has a policy on insurance of secondary and primary schools, especially boarding schools. (3) What is the Government doing as far as creating a good environment and protecting schools is concerned. (4) Whether the County Government of Elgeyo-Marakwet and other counties across the country are well prepared with fire ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, in addition to Sen. (Prof.) Lesan’s questions, I would like to know the following:- (1) Whether the Government is aware that fire brought down the dormitory of Moi Girl’s Kapsowar, which is a national school, and destroyed the property of over 120 students. (2) Whether the Government has a policy on insurance of secondary and primary schools, especially boarding schools. (3) What is the Government doing as far as creating a good environment and protecting schools is concerned. (4) Whether the County Government of Elgeyo-Marakwet and other counties across the country are well prepared with fire ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not pretend to speak on behalf of everybody else, but we have been on this road before and we went ahead to agree that Wednesdays will be the days set aside to vote and that we would suspend any possibility of statements today so that we can vote. I can confirm that between 2.30 p.m. and 3.30 p.m. Senators were here and eager to vote on the Bills. Unfortunately, we went on and on beyond the time allocated to statements. Without casting any aspersions to your office, I think that you should be firm ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not pretend to speak on behalf of everybody else, but we have been on this road before and we went ahead to agree that Wednesdays will be the days set aside to vote and that we would suspend any possibility of statements today so that we can vote. I can confirm that between 2.30 p.m. and 3.30 p.m. Senators were here and eager to vote on the Bills. Unfortunately, we went on and on beyond the time allocated to statements. Without casting any aspersions to your office, I think that you should be firm ... view
• 16 Mar 2016 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is safer to stick to the argument that Wednesdays should be set aside for voting. Therefore, we should mobilize Senators to be here as from 2.30 p.m. to vote. As Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale said, the Whips on both sides should lead a little bit harder because at some point we were just down by one person. Maybe if we had rung the bell, we would have returned one or two Members to be here to vote. It is a challenge that we have to deal with because we are not like the “lower House” which ... view