James Lomenen Ekomwa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I strongly support this Motion and I urge my colleagues that we rally behind Hon. Rose for this wonderful Motion. I want us to start from Lake Turkana because when you see the map of Kenya, the first lake from the north is Lake Turkana and it is the only lake that has a lot of fish and many farmers. It is the only place where KANU did disservice by chasing Norwegian Agency for International Development (NORAD) who built a factory in Turkana. Up to this day, the factory is still a white elephant. ... view
• 29 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you for giving me this opportunity, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Second Supplementary Estimates. The Government in place is very committed to ensure it has offered services to Kenyans and deliver whatever it has promised the citizens. We are all watching what the Government is doing. It has realised that it has to undertake some activities and projects. view
• 29 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Members are consulting in high tones, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 29 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The first reason for supporting this Motion is to ensure that the Government pays all the pending Bills. It is on record that there are very many contractors who have used their money to offer services to Government ministries and institutions. The contractors are Kenyans who are doing business. They need to be paid to ensure that they carry out other contracts. It will be unfair if we do not pay them. The other reason for supporting the Second Supplementary Budget is that it is very true, as my colleagues have said, that there ... view
• 29 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: He is out of order! view
• 29 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, my prayer to the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee is that he considers my place in the next Supplementary Budget. You know very well that I come from Turkana County. There were cases of insecurity in those areas. Counties like Mandera, Turkana and West Pokot have been marginalised for many years. They should be given first consideration in terms of provision of water, health services and rewarding of warriors who have been participating in war, when supplementary budget comes to this House. We have not seen it in this Supplementary Budget. The electronic version ... view
• 29 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Women and children still walk long distances in search of water in those counties. We expect such problems and other extreme situations to be considered in supplementary budgets. That is when we will feel that Kenyans are being served by supplementary budgets. We expect reports next time we pass a supplementary budget. We want to ensure accountability and transparency. We expect the Auditor-General, the Public Investments Committee (PIC) and the PAC to give us special reports on this Supplementary Budget so that we can confirm that the money has been used according to our expectations. It will be improper for ... view
• 3 May 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support the amendment so that those communities found with resources can benefit maximally. I support. view
• 3 May 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I support the proposed amendment by the Chairman. We are not looking for an engineer but a person who is qualified to be in the board. I support. view
• 3 May 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I support the amendment but, there is something I want to inform Members. A field development plan is supposed to be a sub-set of the production sharing contract. Why? What happens in the field if we do not see either the Cabinet Secretary or the committee? If we do not actually analyse the field development plan which has the cost implication, it can be an exaggeration. For example, if Tullow Oil brings their plans and they have exaggerated them, that cost will be recovered by the Government. So, it has to be assessed to see whether ... view