James Lomenen Ekomwa

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• 24 May 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 24 May 2023 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the nation, Turkana Community and the international community are hearing this information for the first time. Why did the Ministry decide to sell the crude oil while they knew that it was not viable? They were selling it at a loss. This is the question we are asking. The community knows that they sold their oil and are waiting for 25 per cent; 20 for the county and 5 per cent for the local community. The rest, 75 per cent, is for the national Government. Was the crude oil sold for the company drilling oil, the ... view
• 24 May 2023 in Senate: Finally, what happened to the crude oil in Turkana County? How will Turkana County trust the Government with the remaining crude oil since the national Government intends to drill more than 100 boreholes? How do we drill oil and sell it at a loss? view
• 24 May 2023 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, allow me to comment before the Cabinet Secretary summarises all the questions. I wish to inform the Cabinet Secretary that, surely, I am really surprised with the information that I have received. The Ministry expects to work in collaboration with the Turkana County community. One thing that I have realised is that Total Energies has left the exploration and drilling. Only Tullow Oil has remained. I wish to inform the Cabinet Secretary that he should be very careful when dealing with Tullow Oil. Tullow Oil has mistreated the Turkana Community for so long. They made false ... view
• 24 May 2023 in Senate: Okay, Mr. Deputy Speaker. If we are not careful to tell the community the information that you are telling me, it will be very difficult to continue with exploration and drilling in that county. It is because up to now, even with those wells that have oil, the people are suffering from lack of water, hunger, thirst and lack of school fees. They are the most desperate and yet the people of this nation assume that there is oil in Turkana County. During disbursement of funds, they say Turkana County has oil yet you have heard what is happening. We ... view
• 3 May 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for this opportunity. I share deep grief with the people of Marsabit County who have lost their loved ones recently. It is very painful. I share the same grief because it is the same situation in Turkana, Samburu, Marakwet and West Pokot counties. Most of these communities indulge in unnecessary killings. It is abnormal for Kenyans to lose their lives almost every week, not to natural diseases, but through killings by shooting, torching their houses and burning government and commercial vehicles. Somebody just stops you on the road while you are travelling to maybe ... view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I strongly support this Bill. I urge and request the Finance and Budget Committee to seek funds that were allocated in the past years since 2013. I remember and have witnessed that some of these Equalization Funds were not disbursed to the specific or the mentioned counties. I remember one time, as Members of Parliament from the marginalised areas, we visited the Cabinet Secretary (CS) for National Treasury and asked him if the National Treasury has the Equalization Fund. He said that the project that we had identified would ... view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to be so specific. I do not know why the decision in the Sessional Paper No.10 of 1965 was made. That Sessional Paper denied some counties the potential of advancing or developing. It is not even written in any scripture, Quran, Bible or any Constitution why these counties were marginalised. To be logical, areas like Marsabit, Mandera, Turkana are about 77000Km2. Marsabit and Turkana put together is like half of Kenya. The reason we were denied this opportunity of development is not known to date. It is our time. I know the first reason ... view
• 25 Apr 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view