Kipchumba Murkomen

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 7291 to 7300 of 8498.

• 17 Apr 2014 in Senate: I will take the information, but I am almost finishing. view
• 17 Apr 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the reason why I allowed Sen. Orengo to inform me is because he oozes wisdom and that additional information is very important particularly coming from a Senior Counsel. I know we have hammered in this House the question of separation of powers. If every time that is the way we are going to manage the processes of county assemblies, Senate and the National Assembly, I am worried. There is a consistent trend, even in the previous judgement that the court is saying that we cannot oversight the Judicial Service Commission, and now it says that we cannot ... view
• 17 Apr 2014 in Senate: Let me allow Sen. Orengo. view
• 17 Apr 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thought it is the other way round; it is Sen. Orengo who is behaving even far much better. view
• 17 Apr 2014 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, lastly, I wanted to say something about an issue that we debated for long with Sen. Orengo and other lawyers in this House particularly when we were in the Committee. This is the issue of due process and the process of impeachment. Impeachment in a presidential system is equivalent to a vote of no confidence in a parliamentary system. It is a process that is supposed to check maladministration. It is matters of politics. In that process, the process by Parliament is final. All over the world, whether it is in the United States, Nigeria, South Africa ... view
• 17 Apr 2014 in Senate: We must, together, work as a team to ensure that we devolve resources and functions to our counties and make a difference for our country. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with all those many remarks, I beg to move and ask this House to finally approve this Report so that it can be used for the benefit of our country. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 17 Apr 2014 in Senate: (Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, pursuant to Article 240(8)(a) of the Constitution and Section 18 of the Kenya Defence Forces Act (No.25 of 2012), the Senate approves the deployment of the Kenya Defense Forces in South Sudan for the purpose of regional peace support operations. Mr. Speaker, Sir, for many years, Kenya has been requested to contribute to peace keeping operations. This is from as early as 1973 into the 1980s where, in particular, in 1980, Kenya participated in the peace keeping operation in Zimbabwe. In 1984, through the auspices of the Organization of ... view
• 17 Apr 2014 in Senate: (Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki: Before I came to this House, I was a Professor of International Law. Therefore, my choice of ECOMOG is deliberate because that is the military arm of ECOWAS. That, notwithstanding, I am a happy man and a proud Kenyan even as I move this Motion. On that note, I beg to move and request the Senate Minority Leader, who is also the Senator for Bungoma and a former Foreign Minister of our country, Moses Masika Wetangula, to second this Motion. I thank you. view
• 17 Apr 2014 in Senate: (Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I do not want to spoil the mood of the Senate Minority Leader. But I am just wondering, again, this being a serious House, whether he is in order to cast aspersions on a Head of State of a nation friendly to Kenya, considering that the Seconder of this Motion is a former Chief Diplomat of Kenya, as Minister for Foreign Affairs. view
• 17 Apr 2014 in Senate: (Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki): On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am not challenging your decision, because I cannot anyway, but when you say that the Head of State of a country is a witchdoctor and pretends that he can do this when he cannot--- Secondly, when you use the excuse, as the Senator for Bungoma is doing, that, that country anyway has pulled out of the Commonwealth and is, in other words, therefore, not a friendly country, is that not misleading? As far as I know, the Gambia is a Member of the African Union. So, I doubt ... view