James Lomenen Ekomwa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Let us not close our eyes. We have people in Kenya who are not Kenyans. These people have been undermining the sovereignty and security of Kenya. They have been faking the uniforms of the Kenyan Army. These people are there. So, if they can fake that and we have this evidence, what about a waiting card? We need to respect Kenya and its laws. We cannot rush for the sake of trying to mobilise voters to an extent of harbouring insecurity in our own State. Let us just say that we have to decentralise these ... view
• 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this debate. view
• 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I support the Bill because it has come at the right time as far as the issue of energy is concerned. Because of time and the weighty issues that I would like to raise, I will concentrate on Clause 197 through to Article 204. During the Committee of the whole House, we will move amendments but we might not be able to address all the issues there. One thing that I am very much interested in is power to develop energy infrastructure in any land. view
• 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this debate. view
• 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I support the Bill because it has come at the right time as far as the issue of energy is concerned. Because of time and the weighty issues that I would like to raise, I will concentrate on Clause 197 through to Article 204. During the Committee of the whole House, we will move amendments but we might not be able to address all the issues there. One thing that I am very much interested in is power to develop energy infrastructure in any land. view
• 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, you understand very well that we are yet to pass the Community Land Bill. In this Bill it is clearly classified that we have private, public and community land. We have observed that most of the energy resources in Kenya are found on community land and because of this, some of the provisions in the Energy Bill are not applicable until we pass the Community Land Bill. For example, an investor would like to explore a resource such as oil and geothermal and yet the Government has not given an exploration permit or a permit allowing him to ... view
• 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, you understand very well that we are yet to pass the Community Land Bill. In this Bill it is clearly classified that we have private, public and community land. We have observed that most of the energy resources in Kenya are found on community land and because of this, some of the provisions in the Energy Bill are not applicable until we pass the Community Land Bill. For example, an investor would like to explore a resource such as oil and geothermal and yet the Government has not given an exploration permit or a permit allowing him to ... view
• 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: It is indicated here that if you do not trace the owner of the land, the CS can decide within 14 days or 100 days to go and inspect that land. I am very sure they will be denied entry to that land because on community land every tree, stone or sand has its owner. So, you cannot say that it does not have an owner. In our community, there are trees that are very holy and are used for cultural purpose. You cannot cut that tree whether you go to heaven and come back. This is because the value ... view
• 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: So, we have to consider what we call “local contents”. We have realised at one point that a foreign investor would come to an area and all his employees are foreigners. The contractors and even their currency are foreign. We wonder what benefit we get from such a resource. If the contractor is a foreigner and all those working there are foreigners, what value does Kenya get from this resource? You will find that all the benefit from this resource goes out of our country and it does not benefit Kenyans. It is high time this Bill put in place ... view
• 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: It is indicated here that if you do not trace the owner of the land, the CS can decide within 14 days or 100 days to go and inspect that land. I am very sure they will be denied entry to that land because on community land every tree, stone or sand has its owner. So, you cannot say that it does not have an owner. In our community, there are trees that are very holy and are used for cultural purpose. You cannot cut that tree whether you go to heaven and come back. This is because the value ... view