James Lomenen Ekomwa

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Procedural Motion. It is very important to adhere to the rules, namely, the Standing Orders and the Constitution of Kenya. I urge the leadership of this House that we should even reduce these minutes further. We are about 350 Members who represent constituencies. Our role here is to represent our people. It is sad to note that in a three months’ Session, a Member of the National Assembly has not been given an opportunity to represent his or her people. We are here to make sure that we are ... view
• 10 Feb 2016 in National Assembly: This challenge is also faced by the Speakers’ Panel, the Temporary Deputy Speakers, the Deputy Speaker and the Speaker. We have observed that the chairs sometimes reward their friends and age mates when sitting on that Chair. The chairs should be objective to ensure that they follow the log in list. If I come in first, I should be given the first opportunity. When you give me that opportunity, my people respects you. That is not enough. I support this Procedural Motion because we want to respect time. If a Member is given two minutes or one minute, he or ... view
• 17 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want Hon. Naicca to withdraw his mention of the Turkana community. Yesterday, I said that I am not happy because the Turkana people did not appear in the list. So, let him withdraw it. view
• 16 Dec 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I support this Motion because these are competent Kenyans who are qualified and are highly trained in this field. This is the most important docket as far as this Government is concerned. These Kenyans have adequate experience in this field. I take this opportunity to thank the President and the Deputy President for giving these Kenyans an opportunity to serve. These Kenyans that have been nominated have learnt a lesson on issues of corruption, nepotism, tribalism and should not fall into the pit of corruption. They should make a difference by ... view
• 28 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to oppose the amendment because the way they have said it, it can only be tracked during a criminal activity. I want Hon. Wesley, who has brought the amendment, to understand one thing. We are not only tracking those guns when they have committed a crime, but also to prevent crimes from happening. That is one thing that should be so clear. Why do you fear? Gun tracking is supposed to be done by specialised officers in the Government. It is not an issue of just anybody doing the tracking. We should avoid fear of ... view
• 28 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: in Kenya. That is how we can prevent more crimes. Those people who are afraid have ill- motives. We should not fear. We should track all those guns, both illegal and legal. Instead of using the words “the House urges”, I thought Hon. Korir would use the words “the House resolves”. This is a very pertinent issue. Even you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, is aware that our security is very important. It is better for us to spend all our resources to ensure that Kenyans are secure by using all the means necessary to secure them. Members of Parliament have been ... view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. First and foremost, I was raising a point of order when Hon. Emaase was also on a point of order. This is just introduction. view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, you need to guide this House. Most of the time I hear the female Members talking about gender. Does it mean that the word “gender” has been given a new description to mean female? I wanted to make that correction. view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Yes, I am coming to that. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Article 115 of the Constitution has been quoted. The President is there to protect the Constitution. I want to ask the Members of Parliament who has been given a constitutional mandate to assent to Bills that we pass here. Let anyone say that he has been given that mandate. view
• 27 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: That is vested on the President. Secondly, we are only arguing on the procedure that a Bill undergoes. The Bill was taken to the President and he performed his constitutional mandate and it has been brought back here. As a House, if we are not comfortable with the recommendations or reservations, we should mobilise the House to indicate that we are not comfortable with the recommendations instead of making noise. view