James Lomenen Ekomwa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Sep 2023 in National Assembly: On the management of funds, we must ensure that the committees that are at the grassroots, all the dispensaries and health centres, manage these funds and are accountable. The problem that we have in that most of these committees and institutions, is the usual, corruption. view
• 26 Sep 2023 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have looked at this keenly. If you compare a community health worker in a health centre or a dispensary with a police constable, if a police constable fails to get his dues or remuneration or salary on time, he might decide to stop giving the services he is offering to the citizens. However, if the same thing happens to community health workers who work every day for 24 hours just the way the National Police Reservist (NPR) works in providing security to the villagers, what will happen to them? So, we have to motivate these ... view
• 19 Sep 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for this important Motion. I support it. First, before I say anything, I want to send a message of condolences to the bereaved people of Lamu who have lost their loved ones. Without talking much, I want to say that the security personnel, department, and the Security Council in this nation are supposed to work hard and make serious decisions. view
• 19 Sep 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity that you have given us. This is a serious issue. If I were the President of this nation or the Cabinet Secretary for Defence, I would have given Kenyans enough time to discuss the security issue in Kenya. It is true that the role of Government is to protect the lives of people and their property. If people continue to lose lives and property, they will go back to the state of nature where they do not respect the Government or the law because their lives have been threatened. I support my ... view
• 29 Aug 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this golden opportunity. I welcome the Serjeant-at-Arms from Turkana County. For now, I will not refer to them as Serjeant-at-Arms, but my employers. I am here because of their votes. I congratulate them for visiting the Senate to learn and replicate best practices from here. I assure them that this is a wonderful House and we have great Serjeant-at-Arm who will train them. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 29 Aug 2023 in Senate: I thank them for travelling from the furthest corner of this nation. I pray to God to give them journey mercies on their way back. Since I have been allowed only one minute, I will see them outside the Chamber. view
• 8 Aug 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.52(1) to make a Statement on a matter of international and general topical concern, namely the release of Turkana pastoralists arrested and jailed in Uganda. Pastoralists in Turkana County have been facing recurring droughts that severely impact on the availability of pasture and water for their livestock. Due to this, many pastoralists in the county are often compelled to cross over into the neighbouring country of Uganda in search of greener pasture and water sources to secure the survival of their livestock, which is their main and often only ... view
• 8 Aug 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I seek your protection. view
• 8 Aug 2023 in Senate: Historically, pastoralist communities on both sides of the border have maintained cultural and social ties and have followed migratory grazing patterns, moving their livestock seasonally to areas of greener pasture. This, however, has come under threat in the recent past with the constant harassment of Kenyan pastoralists by Ugandan authorities. More recently, in April 2023, 32 Kenyan pastoralists from Urum and Lokiriama villages in Turkana County were arrested by the Uganda People's Defence Force and the police, in the guise of disarmament operation. They were tried in a court martial and sentenced to 20 years in jail. Six others suffered ... view
• 21 Jun 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. My question has been answered. It was similar to what Sen. Murgor asked. I had wanted to know whether the Community Land Act had been implemented in counties like those he has mentioned. view