James Lomenen Ekomwa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: If a contractor is supposed to complete a road in one year, so be it. You should not give a contractor a contract if you do not have money. You should give a contract when you have money so that the contractor takes the required time frame. The other issue is when a section of a road or bridge collapses. I have had an experience of the Kitale-Lodwar Road Bridge. It takes long to be repaired. It is not the fault of Kenyans. When we allocate funds, we must allocate funds specifically for repairs and such emergencies. Sometimes there is ... view
• 27 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: services. I have seen good roads only here Nairobi. I heard of one road called Kitale-Lodwar Road. The authorities proposed in this Bill that it will make my county to be accessed by road. view
• 27 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Another important issue I want the Committee members to listen to carefully is on value for money. There is a big irregularity when it comes to costing of roads in this country. I have always set an example. You find a county government building a 5-kilometre road at a cost Kshs15 million. The Kenya Urban Roads Authority or KeRRA will do the same road at a cost of Kshs2 million. You are then left wondering about the big disparity in terms of costs. The money is from the same National Treasury but we are wasting it. We must make a ... view
• 27 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, he is not listening. I also have eyes. I have been seeing what he was doing. view
• 27 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: You must have private consultations to share your experience. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was saying that you have to consider. You have established these very important authorities and allocated them funds. As the representatives of the people, we are asking whether we are getting value for money. How do you cost these roads? Earlier on, I gave an example of roads being constructed at different costs by the county government and KeNHA. We have to correct that anomaly. We have no money to waste. People lack water and health services. We need to utilise these funds properly. If it ... view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker…. view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: It was not a point of order. When you see me put an intervention, it is one way of catching your eye or raising a hand. I am ready to contribute in the next Motion. 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
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Since you have given me chance, the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of the Minority Party are here, we are tired. Every time, as Members of Parliament, one of the item that is deferred every time is this one of the Parliamentary Service Commission. Can the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of the Minority Party give us an explanation for this? view
• 21 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: I have heard there is infiltration. My brothers from the Opposition, I think you started the word “resist”. That word is eating you now. Everything is turning against you. We want to start something, you resist. We are tired of “resist”. view
• 14 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. First and foremost, I stand to support this Motion of extension of the period for consideration of nominees. Just as the Mover has said, it is constitutional. It does not mention Jubilee or NASA. We are here as Members of Parliament to carry out our constitutional mandate. The Motion talks about the provisions of Section 13 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act relating to extension of time. There is nothing here that mentions Jubilee. We need to reduce tensions. Yesterday, we listened very keenly to Members from the ... view