Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 7241 to 7250 of 8498.

• 15 May 2014 in Senate: (Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the Senate doth agree with the Committee in the said Report. view
• 15 May 2014 in Senate: (Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The Division of Revenue Bill (The National Assembly Bill No.15 of 2014) be now read the Third Time. view
• 13 May 2014 in Senate: (Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 13 May 2014 in Senate: (Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to inquire, get clarity and directions from the Chair on whether with regard to the subject matter listed under Order No.5, that is on the issue of the Governor for Embu County, whether he is notified and he is around. view
• 13 May 2014 in Senate: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. For the information of the House, that is a substantive matter in the report. If Sen. Kiraitu can read the report and wait for the Chairman to move the Motion, when we proceed, all those issues will be answered. view
• 13 May 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, permit me to second the Motion by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale who has ably tackled the issues we have dealt with as a Committee. Owing to constraints of time on my part, I have no benefit of the time that the Mover of the Motion had. I will quickly rush through a few issues. The situation in Embu is very sad. It is a situation that must be corrected. The problem in Embu is about leadership. As I will be demonstrating, a leadership problem is something that the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, tries to address. Unfortunately, those who ... view
• 13 May 2014 in Senate: (Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. While I agree with the general view that the time is short, would I be in order to request that rather than limit the contribution of Members on such a grave and important matter to the nation, that we extent time and spend a little bit more time on the matter. view
• 13 May 2014 in Senate: (Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Mr. Speaker, Sir, in that regard, I beg to move that we extend this morning sitting to 1.30 p.m. in line with Standing Order No.30(3). view
• 13 May 2014 in Senate: (Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In fact, I deserved more time, but I will be very quick. I will use less than ten minutes. I rise in support of the Motion. Mr. Speaker, Sir, about 100 years ago, an American humorist called Mark Twain wrote as follows:- “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you did not do than by the ones you did do.” Mr. Speaker, Sir, I quote Mark Twain in these walls because this Senate must do what it must do, either good, bad, pleasant or ugly. We ... view
• 13 May 2014 in Senate: I say so because of the suggestion that I have heard by some colleagues that: “Oh, if you touch on Governors, you are fighting devolution.” That suggestion is immature and incomplete because devolution is about systems and institutions. It is not about the office of a governor. It is not about the office of a Senator or the office of a Member of County Assembly (MCA). In the same vein, listening and watching my friends, I am seeing a very important institution called the Senate which will steer devolution and this country to the promised land. view