Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Jul 2015 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I take that with a light note. We, therefore, need to confront the issue of ethnicity. There are so many issues, but time is not enough and everybody wants to say something. It is important that it took the President of the USA for us, as a country, to appreciate that we must fight the contradictions that are in us, as leaders. We must get out of the hypocrisy of saying “X” today and saying “Y” tomorrow. It is important that the President of the USA pointed out that to us all. I do ... view
• 28 Jul 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am reading the speech by President Obama. It does not matter whether I wrote it on a paper or not. The type of paper that the speech is contained does not matter. view
• 28 Jul 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am making reference to the speech by President Obama. view
• 28 Jul 2015 in Senate: We are running out of time. view
• 28 Jul 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we only have 45 minutes and these Members have will their turn to make their contributions. I do not want to belabour them with points of orders. From his speech, President Obama said: “I have made my strong belief clear that the future of Africa is up to Africans themselves.” view
• 28 Jul 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am quoting from his speech which I heard at the Safaricom Stadium Kasarani. I have not read anywhere. view
• 28 Jul 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the President addressed himself to the fact that we must believe in ourselves as a people and forget about these contradictions of today. This behaviour of our friends from the CORD going to seek for help from outsiders must cease. They heard it from President Obama himself; that solutions to the problems of Africans and Kenyans come from us. We must now forget the mentality of depending on other people. We must continue depending on our own country and knowledge. view
• 28 Jul 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I will do so in the next sitting. I will bring the recording of the President’s speech in a compact disc (CD), saying that some people--- view
• 28 Jul 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I understand why my colleagues are complaining. However, as President Obama said, democracy is about somebody always complaining about something. I beg to move and I request Sen. Orengo to second. view
• 23 Jul 2015 in Senate: (Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Mr. Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order No.45, I wish to give the business for the week starting 28th July, 2015. On Tuesday, 28th July, 2015, there will be a meeting of the Rules and Business Committee (RBC) at noon to schedule the business of the Senate for the week, and subject to the deliberations and decisions of that meeting, the Senate will continue with the business that will not be concluded today, focusing on the debate of Bills that are at the Second Reading stage. The Senate is also expected to vote on the following three ... view