Toroitich Timothy Kipchumba

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute on this very important Bill. At the outset, I wish to thank Hon. Naisula Lesuuda for such a progressive piece of legislation. For sure, Samburu West sent the very best to this...

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this very important Report on selected State corporations moved by my neighbour, Hon. David Posing. The Report is quite substantive and has raised weighty national matters that this House must take account of. There is...

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for the opportunity. There are roads that have been abandoned by contractors. Cabinet Secretary, what is the status of maintaining roads that contractors have abandoned? I have several of such roads in Marakwet West, including Kibat-Kapcherop, Chebororwa-Kokongoi and Chepkaitit-Kipkundut, which...

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Before I contribute on the Bill, I also wish to sympathise with Hon. Kimani Kuria. I agree with you that, as a House, we must breathe life to Article 37 of the Constitution. When we say that picketing should...

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to respond to that Statement. That Statement does not meet the threshold of a response from a Committee that ought to conduct thorough investigations on such a serious matter. On 14th March, I brought...

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) Chair, I will provide reasons for my absence from the Committee Session. I did not even though I was invited. I informed the Clerk of the Committee that I was attending another meeting in Mombasa. I was never granted an extension. Nonetheless, Hon. Melly...

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) Hon. Deputy Speaker, they swallowed the report of the Ministry hook, line and sinker. I have no apologies about that. They just took the report of the Ministry as it is, without further interrogating it. Chairman…

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) Hon. Deputy Speaker, with due respect to the ruling you have given, Article 125 is very clear. That when a Committee of Parliament is sitting, it is equivalent to the High Court. They should interrogate witnesses. They should actually visit the sites that I...

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) I am well guided, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Having made that Ruling, I also request that you re-direct that this matter be taken back to the Committee. I will do a letter to reappear before the Committee and make my submissions, so that the Committee...

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. This morning I had intended to Move this Bill, The County Governments (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No.25 of 2023) , which is a Bill for an Act of Parliament to amend the County Governments’ Act to...

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me an opportunity to speak to this very important Bill before this House, which is the Political Parties (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill (Senate Bill No. 26 of 2024) . At the outset, I wish to associate myself...

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) Hon. Temporary Speaker, the decision is by the majority.

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am saying that the position of Chairperson should be advertised differently from that of members so that when the names are submitted...

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) Hon. Temporary Speaker, when the names are submitted to the President for appointment, the name of the Chairperson should be sent differently from those of the commissioners. At the time of appointment, the President should appoint the Chairperson, not members of the commission electing...

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) Hon. Temporary Speaker, under the Standing Orders, we have a Caucus of Independent Members of Parliament, duly recognised by this House. Members of Parliament in this House who are elected on Independent tickets are exposed. There is no framework in this House to protect...

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) Independent Members are exposed because they have to associate themselves with political parties to survive. When there was a reshuffle of committee membership, Independent Members who owe allegiance to political parties were placed on Committees by those political parties. That is erroneous. An Independent...

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) Yes, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am surprised by your question on what an Independent Member can contribute. Irrespective of how they came here, they are Members of Parliament. They participate in the enactment of legislation and determine national policies amongst other matters. They play a...

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) : Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me an opportunity to speak to this very important Motion before this House on the ratification of this particular treaty. Kenya is a member of the global community. We have a very progressive Constitution in this...

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me an opportunity to speak to this very important Motion before this House on the ratification of this particular treaty. Kenya is a member of the global community. We have a very progressive Constitution in this country....

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) I was actually looking for it, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This Report by Hon. Kangogo Bowen’s Committee captures clearly that they conducted public participation. That is in clear spirit with the Constitution, which provides that the people of this country must have a say in...

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) We should be part and parcel of the global community, as far as protecting our marine diversity is concerned. We must ratify this Protocol. Additionally, for us to sustain the fishing industry in this country, there is no way we can do so without...

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I wish to thank Hon. Gitari for raising that substantive issue. The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration should take the issue of the operationalisation of administrative units in this country seriously. This issue is not only in Kirinyaga but...

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to support the letter, intent and purpose of this progressive piece of legislation. This Bill collapses the Social Assistance Act. It says that when it is passed, it repeals the Social Assistance Act which, in my opinion had...

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) Hon. Tindi Mwale has made a serious statement that must be expunged from the record of this House. He has said that you are aware that there is a lot of misuse of public resources in this country. This statement is directed to Hon....

Hon. Timothy Kipchumba (Marakwet West, Independent) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I wish to ask the Cabinet Secretary whether he is aware that the projects that are funded under the Secondary Education Quality Improvement Projects (SEQIP) have been riddled with corruption. I do not know whether the Cabinet Secretary knows...