James Lomenen Ekomwa

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 621 to 630 of 766.

• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I am a very happy person finally, because I almost got discouraged. I want to wish the people of Turkana South a merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Secondly, I want to thank you hon. Speaker, because you have created order in this Parliament. Every time you take your position, order has The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: been in this Parliament. Thank you, also, for being the most highly trained Speaker ever in the history of this Nation. I know the issue of security. I come from an area which is mostly affected by insecurity. I know the issue of security is key. Even before you talk of human rights in this Constitution, you cannot enjoy them if there is no security. You cannot enjoy the right of privacy if you have no security. Security comes first. For us to have security, we need to have vertical order. Even in our neighbouring nation, there is a dictator. ... view
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I know what I said and I will repeat it. I have said that some of the problems faced by this nation on the issue of security are linked to some leaders. Yes. I have not specified anyone and if I specified, I withdraw that. view
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: No, hon. Speaker. view
• 11 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: No! Hon. Speaker, I have withdrawn that. view
• 27 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you very much for the two minutes. First of all, I want to thank the President for what he said and for giving us this Report. I have some advice for the President. First, for those in charge of insecurity, I will not tell them to resign. I advise the President to reshuffle his Cabinet to make sure he has taken care of security. Secondly, as we speak, there are three groups of criminals in this country that are mistreating Kenyans. One category is the Al Shabaab that is attacking Mandera, Mombasa and even Nairobi. The other criminals are ... view
• 25 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: I thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute. First, every Kenyan who has lost life either through AlShabaab or cattle rustling is a very important Kenyan. Every Kenyan requires protection and security. Without blaming anybody, I want to tell those who are in charge of security that even Jesus said, “Let the dead bury themselves.’’ As Kenyans have died, are we ready to prevent more killings of Kenyans who are living? Are we ready to prevent more massacres? Is this Government ready for that? view
• 25 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: If we have weapons that are in store please know that Kenyans need security. It does not matter what means the Government will use to provide security to Kenyans. All what Kenyans require now is security. It does not matter whether we use KDF or Kenya Police Reservists (KPR), what Kenyans require now is security. view
• 25 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Finally, I want to tell the Muslim leaders who are here to be sincere to Kenyans. Even us Christians, we have fears because every time Christians are losing their lives. Christians are also looking for explanations. Do they lose lives for being Christians? We want that explanation. People have lost lives in a bus for being Christians. Should we The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 25 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: suffer in this nation for being Christians? Should we suffer? We want explanations because Christians have also lost lives in churches and buses. They also deserve adequate protection. view