The Cabinet Secretary nominee for Youth Affairs, Creative Economy, and Sports, Kipchumba Murkomen has declared his net worth.
While appearing before the vetting Committee on Saturday, August 3, Murkomen said he has a net worth of Ksh 620 million.
“My net worth is Ksh 620 million. After I was approved as a CS took a mortgage of Ksh 40 million and invested in it and besides that my assets have generally appreciated by about Ksh 20 million,” said Murkomen.
“Other earnings from businesses from farming I got about Ksh 10 million. When I was appointed up to now, my assets have increased by about around Ksh 70 million.”
This is an increase compared to the Ksh550 million value he declared on October 19, 2022, when he appeared before a similar a committee after President William Ruto picked him as Roads, Transport and Public Works CS.
Murkomen earlier attributed his net worth to his legal practice, farming and investment property in Nairobi, Trans Nzoia, Uasin Gishu and Kajiado counties.
“My income comes from legal practice and salary as the Senator of Elgeyo Marakwet County. My homes in Nairobi and Eldoret, Uasin Gishu County, and parcels of land in Trans Nzoia, Narok, Kajiado counties have also contributed to my net worth. I also have vehicles and a wheelbarrow,” said Murkomen at a past vetting.
Education
Murkomen began his early education at Chawis Primary School, located about 10 kilometers from his home.
After completing his KCPE exams in 1993, he did not meet his academic target and repeated class 8 at Kapsigilei Primary School. He later joined St. Joseph’s High School in Kitale.
Murkomen graduated from the University of Nairobi with a Degree in Law in 2004 and later from the Kenya School of Law with a Post Graduate degree in the same institution.
He holds a Master of Laws from the American University Washington College of Law and from the University of Pretoria in South Africa.
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Professional Career of Kipchumba Murkomen
He began his professional career as an assistant lecturer at Catholic University, where he used to teach Air and Space Law.
The lawyer also worked as a lecturer at the University of Nairobi and Moi University and has consulted and researched widely on topical issues of global interest among them the Global Organization in Human Rights and Environmental Conservation.
Later, he served as an instructor at Moi University and worked at the University of Nairobi as a consultant. In this role, he assisted in researching global issues, including human rights and environmental conservation.
The Sports CS nominee has also participated in exchange programs on African Leadership, Public Administration, and Globalization held at the University of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Makerere University (Uganda), the University of Nairobi (Kenya) and the University of California Los Angeles (USA) respectively, and coordinated by, among others, the Uongozi East Africa Institute.
Murkomen Entry into Politics
Murkomen was first elected Senator for Elgeyo-Marakwet in 2013 on a United Republican Party (URP) ticket upon the actualization of the 2010 Constitution and the establishment of a bicameral Parliament.
In 2015, he was elected Senate Deputy Majority Leader, a position he held until the end of the term of the first Senate.
He would successfully retain his seat in the 2017 election under the banner of the Jubilee Party, and later appointed, by the party, to serve as Senate Majority Leader.
In the 9 August 2022 elections, Kipchumba Murkomen was re-elected for a third consecutive term on a UDA party ticket.
During his time in the Senate, Murkomen is credited with sponsoring and enacting four bills: the Urban Areas and Cities Amendment Bill (2017), the County Allocation of Revenue Amendment (No. 4) Bill (2017), the Intergovernmental (Amendment) Bill (2014), and the Food Security Bill (2017).
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Senate Committees
Additionally, he served as the first chair of the Senate Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations.
He also served on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, the Senate Committee on Energy, the Senate House Business Committee, the Senate Rules and Procedures Committee, the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee, the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms, the County Public Accounts Committee, and was a member of the Senate Speaker’s Panel.
Prior to his nomination served as the CS Roads and Transport after he was appointed by President William Ruto on September 27, 2022, following the United Democratic Alliance’s (UDA) victory in the 2022 General Election.
He has also worked with several key organizations, including Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC), Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA), Kenya Airports Authority (KAA), Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA), Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA), Engineers Board of Kenya (EBK), and Kenya Roads Board (KRB).
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