Timothy Kipchumba

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 much wastage in this country that...

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 have been abandoned for almost three...

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 be done peaceably and unarmed, what...

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 this Statement before this House. These...

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 must be reminded of Article 125...

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. 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 have mentioned so that they can...

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 can fully investigate this matter. This...

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 increase the thresh-hold for the removal...

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 partly, with the sentiments of Hon....

Hon. Temporary Speaker, the decision is by the majority. The Chairman of IEBC is also the national returning officer. 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... You have an additional four...

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 them. For example, when Members were...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

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 crucial role. As I finalise, Article...

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...

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. If you read Articles 2 (5)...

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 across the country. I call upon...

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 a lot of loopholes. Therefore, this...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

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. Temporary Speaker. Could Hon. Tindi Mwale,...

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 that some of the projects that...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request for a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education regarding the status of the Secondary Education Quality Improvement Project (SEQIP) in Marakwet West. The Government, through the...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to comment on this very important document before the House. I rise to support the ratification of Kenya's accession to the agreement for the establishment of the Africa Finance Corporation. We have a very progressive Constitution. (Hon. Wakili Edward Muriu...