James Lomenen Ekomwa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Apr 2019 in National Assembly: The other climax of the President's Address is the handshake. Kenyans are celebrating the handshake because after the elections there was a lot of noise in the country as people were disturbed and were in the streets. I thank the President for cooling down the tension of the people who were dissatisfied with the elections. My opinion as a Member of Parliament from Turkana is that for us to support the handshake, we must give some people priority. There are people we must give power for Kenya to be peaceful. These people are like Raila, Kalonzo among others. We must ... view
• 12 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I thank you so much for giving me this opportunity. I really oppose the Report because people have taken advantage of embezzling funds for projects that are initiated in border areas, claiming that they are very insecure and that the auditors will not reach there because it is very insecure. People living at the border are suffering and yet they are Kenyans. The reason we initiate those projects is to ensure those Kenyans who live at the border and have been suffering insecurity for so long have their lives and property protected. When the Government initiates ... view
• 12 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: They need to be protected and so, we are saying that all the projects that are initiated in insecurity-prone areas must be given priority and enough funds. If the people who are supposed 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
• 12 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: to supervise are not ready to do so, we are the representatives of the people in those areas and are ready to supervise those projects. I was even suggesting to His Excellency President Kenyatta that, since he has tried to fight corruption and it seems corruption is still increasing, we can imitate the Chinese so that if we find that somebody is involved in corruption, we shoot him or her in the head. We need to pass such law in this House. That is because even if you take such corrupt person to court, they will use the same funds ... view
• 12 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is not only that project, we have many projects even in my place. The equalisation funds that we were given were used to initiate projects in the border areas, but those projects are incomplete. When we ask the National Treasury, we are told that all the contractors have been paid and yet, we are not seeing the projects. This is the corruption we are talking about. It is not good to use public funds to benefit a few individuals and yet, the intended purpose is not achieved. It is a shame. If we say we ... view
• 12 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we, pastoralists, deal with issues the way they come view
• 12 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I oppose the Motion. view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I have listened to the Leader of the Majority Party and I have also read the amendment by Hon. Tonui. As far as it is for the common good of the contractors, we should place it in the right place and not leave it. We always make laws here and they are not respected neither implemented. Our concerns represent the people. We have lost many contractors because these laws are not followed others are mistreated yet, there are laws. The issue here is not a sin because there are many scriptures, but others that ... view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: in the book of Kings supporting what is written in Matthew. So, there is no problem, if this amendment will strengthen another Act. This is not a sin and does not affect anyone. I want to ask my able Leader of the Majority Party not to be agitated. We are here to make as many laws as possible. However, he should put his power towards the implementation of this law. I seek your indulgence of the Chair on this. To be sincere, I have two cases. I want to mention them because that is why I have sat here up ... view
• 4 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: I support the amendment, but as the Leader of the Majority Party has advised, it should be placed at the right place. That is what I am saying. view