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Sen. Murkomen Mr Speaker, Sir, on behalf of my colleagues, allow me to join you in welcoming our friends and honourable Members from Uganda. We are very glad to have our brothers and sisters from the East African Community (EAC) joining us to benchmark on the progress we have made...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to welcome staff from Kericho and Kiambu. I encourage them to work with the assemblies that provide primary oversight over the management of affairs of the counties. Like my colleague has said, this House will continue giving them support so that they...

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker, Sir. May I also join you and my colleagues in welcoming our friends in the Speaker's Gallery. The Members from Uganda are highly welcome to this country because they are our great neighbours. I note that Uganda is one of our greatest friends and...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also join my colleagues in welcoming the delegations from the two counties and also the one from Uganda. I would have trouble at home if I did not welcome the Ugandan delegation. I went to Uganda with a suitcase and I came back with...

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Sen. Murkomengender or persons with disability and the youth are resolved, a county assembly is not properly constituted. Pending that proper constitution of the county assembly, it will then be necessary to allow the county assembly to wait for the period that is necessary to create that sitting as provided...

Next Order. THE COUNTY GOVERNMENTS (AMENDMENT) BILL (SENATE BILLS NO.11 OF 2017) Sen. Murkomen Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to move that The County Governments (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.11 of 2017) be now read a Second Time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have waited for this Bill for...

March 15, 2018 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Murkomen Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I wish to second and in doing so, make a few remarks and also congratulate the Mover. It is a timely amendment in many ways because after 2013, it became apparent in the course of running county governments,...

March 15, 2018 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Murkomen Proceed, Sen. Cherargei.

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Sen. Murkomen On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. I did not want to interrupt my friend, Sen. Murkomen, but is he in order to aver that there are signatures that are not valid, without at the same time explaining to this House, in an authoritative manner, what a...

Sen. Murkomen Madam Temporary Speaker, I do not want to be left behind in expressing support for this important Motion this evening. Indeed, this Committee will give the Senate an opportunity to look at the pitfalls that we have experienced as a result of our last constitutional review that put...

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Sen. Murkomen Professor, take your seat.

Sen. Murkomen Sen. (Prof.) Anyang’-Nyong’o, you have three more minutes.

Sen. Murkomen Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. Murkomen is perfectly in order. When this matter came to my attention, I pursued it further; let me not go into details. I was persuaded and concurred that under Article 218 (1) , in a period of at least two months before the...

Sen. Murkomen On a point of order Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Did you hear my good neighbor, Sen. Murkomen, talk of a strange name; Kibor? What is Kibor? He should tell this House what the connection between that name and free maternity hospital is. SENATE DEBATES 48 May 4th, 2016

Sen. Murkomen Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is a name. It is like mentioning Sen. Sang. There is no English version of your name. That is the only name. (Laughter) On a point of order Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, is Sen. Murkomen in order to continuously repeat using a word...

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Sen. Murkomen - THAT clause 12 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new sub-clause immediately after sub-clause (a) - (aa) sue and be sued; - THAT clause 10 of the Bill be amended by deleting the words “A appointed” appearing at the beginning of the clause and...

- THAT clause 12 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new sub-clause immediately after sub-clause (a) - (aa) sue and be sued; SENATE DEBATES 62 May 4th, 2016 Sen. Murkomen - THAT clause 30 of the Bill be deleted. (Question of the amendment proposed) Clauses 31 -...

- THAT clause 43 of the Bill be deleted. (Question of the amendment proposed) Clauses 44 and 45 (Question that Clauses 44 and 45 be part of the Bill proposed) SENATE DEBATES 63 May 4th, 2016 Sen. Murkomen - THAT, the Bill be amended by inserting the following new clause...

The division will be at the end. Second Schedule Sen. MurkomenMay 4th, 2016 - THAT the Second Schedule to the Bill be amended - May 4th, 2016 THE COUNTY HALL OF FAME BILL (SENATE BILL NO.33 OF 2014) Sen. MurkomenMay 4th, 2016 - THAT the Bill be amended by inserting...

Before we proceed to report progress, let us move to the next one. Sen. Murkomen Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I beg to report that the Committee of the Whole has considered the County Assembly Services Bill (Senate Bill No. 27 of 2014) and seeks leave to sit again tomorrow.

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Sen. Murkomen Very well. You are protected.

Sen. Murkomen Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, no.

Sen. Murkomen Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it will help us do away with the issue of rigging elections. This is because we will have information on how many people died within the ward or county and, therefore, eliminate ghost voters. There will be statistics simplified to the point where it...

What song did he mimic? Sen. Murkomen Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not know.

Proceed, Sen. Cheruiyot. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I was talking about data driven policy as a standard for management in this day and age where figures that are presented are analyzed before making an informed decision. This Bill puts us squarely in an open and lovely manner that upon the...

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Sen. Murkomen Proceed Sen. Kembi-Gitura. (Laughter)

Proceed Sen. Kembi-Gitura.

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Sen. Murkomen Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will be very “quick”. While I agree with Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. and you that this is a civil debt, there lies a bigger public policy argument. The PFM Act is very clear. You are not supposed to procure when there is no...

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Sen. Murkomen I will be glad if you exercise summary and do it the shortest way possible so that we go to another very important Motion. April 6, 2017 SENATE DEBATES Sen. Murkomen A view but the rule is there. For the independent applicants to achieve that opportunity, the Committee...

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Sen. MurkomenATo work in Tanzania is like a terrible crime for a Kenyan whereas Tanzanians are moving freely in our country. Our people languish in jails in Southern Sudan and the Jubilee Regime gives a deaf year as they do to everything.The fiasco at the Africa Union (AU) is a...

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Sen. Murkomen On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker. Very few of my constituents believe that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is a qualified medical doctor who can carry out a surgery on anybody. With the image of politics, people think you leave your papers there. March 2, 2017 SENATE DEBATES...

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Sen. Murkomen Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I was in my office. I have been following this debate. It is completely irresponsible and out of order. First of all, is it in order for any Member of this House to mislead this House and this House to continue with a debate...

Sen. Murkomen On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo is on record on a video tape that is circulating all over, inciting young men in Tiaty Constituency where he does not even come from - He is not even a Senator for Baringo – telling...

Sen. Murkomen On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for my colleague to actually mislead the House? We had an engagement with him and our people not more than two months ago. Other elected leaders and I had the same engagement in Pokot. Is...

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Sen. Murkomen Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I would like to thank my colleague Sen. Lonyangapuo for bringing this very important Motion to discuss a matter that has really bedeviled Kerio Valley. It particularly affects a triangle of West Pokot, Baringo and Elgeyo-Marakwet Counties. It is a very sad situation. Less...

Sen. Murkomen Mr. Temporary, Sir, let me save time. To the contrary, I was in Baringo and it is the Senator for Baringo who should be inviting me. I have held more than 30 meetings alone with my people. Actually, I am supposed to be invited. I have held more...

Sen. Murkomen Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I come from the affected area. There are 649 police reservists in West Pokot County. For the first time, there are only just 200 police reservists in Elgeyo-Marakwet County. In fact, it will still need other 400 police reservists. The reason why Sen. (Prof.)...

Sen. Murkomen Thank you Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I appreciate and I will remain responsible. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is not an act that happened just like that. As I told you, there are 649 police reservists in West Pokot. That has helped to bring peace between West Pokot...

Sen. Murkomen On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is it in order for Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale to mislead Kenyans that a budget can be hidden? Can there be a hidden expenditure in a budget when all the expenditures are itemized? Secondly, is the Senator in order to...

Sen. Murkomen Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the matter of the Gender Bill, it is really very unfortunate on the Constitutional Amendment and I wish Sen. Sijeny was listening. This is because we in the leadership - I speak for the leadership of Jubilee Coalition - have actually done everything possible...

Sen. Murkomen Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to also join you and the Senate Minority Leader to congratulate and welcome the team from various countries who are interested in matters of World Bank. I join the Senate Minority Leader to say that this is a very important team. They may...

Sen. Murkomen Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the last statement by my colleague here, shareholding of the World Bank and IMF; even if you were to weigh the shareholding of developing countries, you find that it does not stop decision-making by the other members because cumulatively, developing countries are also major...

Sen. Murkomen Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me settle the one by Sen. Haji on the issue of the President of the USA. I understand that you cannot discuss the conduct of a Head of State of a friendly country without a substantive Motion. However, I have been watching news and...

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Sen. Murkomen On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have counted the numbers and if it is in order, I request that you postpone the putting of the question to the next day.

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Sen. Murkomen On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I request that the putting of the question on this Bill be postponed to the next day.

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Sen. MurkomenOrders that you are barred from holding your phone which you could be referring to. Of course, by practice, it is not acceptable. As a practice and commonsense, you should not receive a phone while you are in the Chamber as a gesture of civilization. Otherwise I have laid...

Sen. Murkomen If it is on the same matter, I will rule you out of order. Let the matter rest.

Sen. Murkomen On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Mine is on a different note. Is Sen. Murkomen in order to selectively wish well only one Member of this House when we know that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is the incoming governor, he has not wished him well. On...

Sen. Murkomen Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I hope the Clerk-at-the-Table was holding my time. I want to remind Kenyans that as we go through this very painful and fatal moment in our history as a nation, I have gone through the history of the speeches of His Excellency President Uhuru....

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Is Sen. Murkomen in order to almost belittle our Speaker, who is seated in the Chair by talking about another House where we are not currently Members? He may have heard rumors but, is it in order for him to bring...

Order! If you want to discuss the Speaker, then you must come up with a Special Motion. That is a closed chapter.

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Mine is on a different note. Is Sen. Murkomen in order to selectively wish well only one Member of this House when we know that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is the incoming governor, he has not wished him well. On the other...

Sen. Murkomen is quite in order to express his views, thoughts and what he thinks is more important than everything else. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, I see you are on your feet.

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teachers will be paid and our policemen will all live in modern houses. Strikes end with President Kibaki Government na yule jamaa wa vitendawili. We will pay workers because they are the backbone of our economy. We sign a contract with the Kenyan people to transform and secure property for...

First, you should have risen on a point of information because what you did was to inform

“Is he in order to mislead the House?” I do not remember hearing

“open quote and end of quote.” Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale did you?

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you heard me well. At the end I said these were the words of William Ruto said on 3rd February, 2013. I want to continue as follows----

Order. A point of order has been raised. As the Chair, I have to play my role. You have been challenged to prove that, that is actually the right document. Do you have a copy of the same? Is it an extract from the speech?

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is an electronic record of that particular speech. Fortunately the extract has an indication of the date. It also indicates the function at which the speech was made.

Who was the author of the speech?

It is authored by William Ruto and spoken on 3rd February, 2013 at the launch of the Jubilee Coalition. I stand by my word on everything I have said above.

Order. Sen. Murkomen’s February 14, 2017 SENATE DEBATES

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I am so guided. However, may be the record should also capture that Murkomen has not at any time asked for substantiation.

Order. Say Sen. Murkomen.

Very good. Proceed.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, these are very serious issues. Maybe that is why there was wisdom in some constitutions where we borrowed some ideas, where they specified that Senators must be of a specific age. However, I do not want to go there. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on the strength...

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Sen. MurkomenOrders that you are barred from holding your phone which you could be referring to. Of course, by practice, it is not acceptable. As a practice and commonsense, you should not receive a phone while you are in the Chamber as a gesture of civilization. Otherwise I have laid...

Sen. Murkomen If it is on the same matter, I will rule you out of order. Let the matter rest.

Sen. Murkomen On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Mine is on a different note. Is Sen. Murkomen in order to selectively wish well only one Member of this House when we know that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is the incoming governor, he has not wished him well. On...

Sen. Murkomen Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I hope the Clerk-at-the-Table was holding my time. I want to remind Kenyans that as we go through this very painful and fatal moment in our history as a nation, I have gone through the history of the speeches of His Excellency President Uhuru....

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Is Sen. Murkomen in order to almost belittle our Speaker, who is seated in the Chair by talking about another House where we are not currently Members? He may have heard rumors but, is it in order for him to bring...

Order! If you want to discuss the Speaker, then you must come up with a Special Motion. That is a closed chapter.

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Mine is on a different note. Is Sen. Murkomen in order to selectively wish well only one Member of this House when we know that Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is the incoming governor, he has not wished him well. On the other...

Sen. Murkomen is quite in order to express his views, thoughts and what he thinks is more important than everything else. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, I see you are on your feet.

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teachers will be paid and our policemen will all live in modern houses. Strikes end with President Kibaki Government na yule jamaa wa vitendawili. We will pay workers because they are the backbone of our economy. We sign a contract with the Kenyan people to transform and secure property for...

First, you should have risen on a point of information because what you did was to inform

“Is he in order to mislead the House?” I do not remember hearing

“open quote and end of quote.” Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale did you?

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you heard me well. At the end I said these were the words of William Ruto said on 3rd February, 2013. I want to continue as follows----

Order. A point of order has been raised. As the Chair, I have to play my role. You have been challenged to prove that, that is actually the right document. Do you have a copy of the same? Is it an extract from the speech?

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, this is an electronic record of that particular speech. Fortunately the extract has an indication of the date. It also indicates the function at which the speech was made.

Who was the author of the speech?

It is authored by William Ruto and spoken on 3rd February, 2013 at the launch of the Jubilee Coalition. I stand by my word on everything I have said above.

Order. Sen. Murkomen’s February 14, 2017 SENATE DEBATES

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I am so guided. However, may be the record should also capture that Murkomen has not at any time asked for substantiation.

Order. Say Sen. Murkomen.

Very good. Proceed.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, these are very serious issues. Maybe that is why there was wisdom in some constitutions where we borrowed some ideas, where they specified that Senators must be of a specific age. However, I do not want to go there. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, on the strength...

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Sen. MurkomenMr. Speaker, Sir, all the issues on the report have been canvassed. However, various angles of the same issue need to be canvassed.I need to mention this on academic qualifications. I was in the task force that worked on the laws that are related to devolution. At that time,...

Sen. Murkomen On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. This House, as you know - the Standing Orders are very clear - does not operate on conjecture, imagination or figment of any person’s imagination. Did you hear Sen. Ong’era say that there are some lawyers who went to see...

Sen. Murkomen On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I sympathize with my mentor and Senior Counsel. It looks like he was speaking through his mouth, but he was not listening to himself. He had said that the Senate is being excluded on matters of delimitation of electoral units....

Sen. Murkomen Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not refuse the argument by Sen. Orengo that the Bill from the National Assembly says that on delimitation of boundaries the National Assembly should approve. However, the Constitution is clear that neither the National Assembly nor the Senate has a role in approval...

Sen. Murkomen Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is a pity that my colleague has mis- educated the public. Either by qualification or otherwise, Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr. is not qualified to educate me. He has confirmed that from his submissions. Let us get it right. Neither the Senate nor the National...

Sen. Murkomen Mr. Speaker, Sir, we were not talking about litigation. I am sure my colleague may have been reported in a case that he either did at the High Court or in some magistrate’s court. It is possible.

Sen. Murkomen Yes, and that is what I am responding to.

Sen. Murkomen Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have been cited in referred journals, including books that speak about the role of the Senate in this Republic. I have taught in university where my colleagues took--- (Laughter)

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Sen. Murkomen On a point of order Mr. Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Murkomenin any election. It is critical that we ensure that the register that we have is done electronically. Any identification of the registered voter should be done electronically. This integrity will be lacking if we turn to manual. Let us join other civilized nations in going electronic and ensuring...

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