James Lomenen Ekomwa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: hot. From my observation, we are sober. We can agree and disagree without the hot feelings. This Bill is timely because by-elections are ongoing. We have lost some political leaders. Life is uncertain and so, we are supposed to make laws which will ensure that elections continue without any problems. view
• 31 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: When the four commissioners resigned, as MPs, we realised that there was a problem because we had not made a law to take care of such a situation. Everybody, including the President, the Speaker and MPs, were all in a dilemma. This is the right time to solve this. There are representatives from organisations who have been proposed to be members of the selection panel. For example, the Parliamentary Service Commission representative will vet the nominees because to work in PSC, one must have been vetted. Also, the LSK representative is already vetted and respected. Religious representatives are respected people ... view
• 31 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: On the representation from NGEC, this is an issue we have been struggling with because we need to be gender sensitive. They should be there so as to represent special groups and women. This has not been done before. Also, there will be a person nominated by the Attorney- General who is respected because he advises the Government. The members of the selection panel are people we respect because they work in existing offices which are not there for just three or five years. There is also a representative from the Public Service Commission. Most public officers are interviewed while ... view
• 31 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: So, I respect the Committee for having come up with this Bill. They did the right thing. They have brought a good idea. Everything we see in this world is a manifestation of ideas. This idea is good and, therefore, we should enrich and make it better. We should not rubbish it as if they did nothing. It is good we enrich it because it has originated from us and not from anywhere else. We have to support, encourage and own it because it is ours. There is an idea that political parties should be included. We have very many ... view
• 31 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: I think the bodies mentioned here are the ones we respect. They have dignity and integrity and that is why most of them are independent. We want the panel to be respected because members have dignity and integrity. This law is being amended so that we do not run into a crisis because of fear. I support this Bill because Kenyans are tired of shedding blood every time there are elections. They are tired of replacing commissioners every time when a certain party loses elections. They are tired of this and we want this body to be filling vacancies arising ... view
• 31 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support. view
• 30 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me the opportunity. I want to support the Member for Turkana East for raising a concern. It is a fact that the lives of people in Turkana County, especially pupils, students, officers, women and everybody including teachers are threatened. They are always under siege. view
• 30 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you know that the primary responsibility of every Government in the world is to protect lives and property of its citizens. If a Government fails to do that, people try to find their own means of protection. That is where we are. People from one constituency raid and kill people in almost seven constituencies, but those in charge of security are dining and going to bed with the culprits instead of condemning them, just because of political affiliation. The politically affiliated security chiefs do not care about those being killed in other constituencies as long as ... view
• 30 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Turkana County borders Southern Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, and West Pokot, among others. It is a fact that police officers and other security officers in place cannot contain insecurity in that area. That is why we came up with the idea of having the NPRs to assist police officers instead of having bandits killing them always. It is a fact that NPRs were also protecting the police. However, an incompetent person somewhere decided to disarm the competent officers who were guarding the citizens round the clock and leave the incompetent ones. What will happen if you withdraw legal guns? You will ... view
• 30 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: For a fact, Kapedo and Loroboi villages were only manned by NPR. The following day after the NPRs were disarmed, the villages were raided. Children, police officers and teachers were killed. We are wondering if there was a conspiracy between the Government and the bandits to continue killing innocent Kenyans in that area. That cannot happen. If justice cannot happen in those areas… They are disarming NPRs. They want to disarm committed citizens who The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view