Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 681 to 690 of 8498.

• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I withdraw. I know where you are going. I should not discuss the Speaker of the National Assembly. view
• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party (DP) party out there was trying to accuse this House, which has been a great defender of devolution. The DP presidential candidate should demonstrate elsewhere where they serve that they also believe in devolution the way we do in this House. view
• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: No, it is the Democratic Party. A very respectable party, which was led by the best President of the Republic of Kenya. It has degenerated nowadays to a one-man party. Devolution must be demonstrated through actions by people who sit in positions of power. view
• 21 Dec 2021 in Senate: Lastly on this Budget Policy Statement is the question of conditional grants and the legal framework. I am glad the Committee captured this very important fact. Despite the fact that there is a court ruling of 2016 that gave clear ways of implementation of Article 190 of the Constitution, county governments have never benefited from grants from the national level. As Sen. Kajwang’ captured, we would like to see these conditional grants going to our counties and our county governments having responsibility, having signed the agreements with the national Government on the question of resources. Lastly, it is shocking if ... view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I would like to, first, appreciate the Committee on Health, led by Sen. (Dr.) Mbito, who is my Senator in another life, for the work that they have done in this Bill and the amendments that they have proposed to make this Bill responsive to the concerns of stakeholders. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: I have read the introductory note by the Chair of the Committee. It says that hey received 28 submissions written to the Committee, and that they were able to meet 35 key stakeholders. This is why we are in this House. As a House of Parliament, we respect the Constitution. It requires us to do everything, legislative or otherwise, by consulting members of the public. It is a constitutional responsibility under Article 10 of the Constitution and also in the Chapter on the Legislature. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we are here for the best interest of our people. One of the key responsibilities of this administration is to deliver on Universal Healthcare (UHC), a very important manifesto promise that was given to the people of Kenya in 2013, but mostly in the second term of President Uhuru’s administration. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Over and over, the President has tried to run away from that responsibility. Nowadays, he says that it was just a mere aspiration. How he presented UHC to the people of Kenya was that it was a programme, project and objective of the five-year administration of President Uhuru Kenyatta in his second term. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: We know that that objective has not been achieved. It is because the focus has changed. A lot has gone to a phantom called uniting the country. If I may digress a little bit, you will realize that this phantom called ‘uniting the country’ has become a very terrible excuse for not achieving this very important responsibility of UHC. view
• 2 Dec 2021 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I heard the President speak in his Presidential Address to Parliament and when he launched Nakuru City yesterday. You know that your contribution, my contribution and that of Sen. M. Kajwang’ and other Members was very key in ensuring that Nakuru becomes a City. That is a story for another day. I am glad that the Governor of Nakuru recognizes as much. view