James Lomenen Ekomwa

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 721 to 730 of 766.

• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Let me just give an example of my county. I have never seen the governor nor have I sat with him since he was elected. You can imagine this. When will I play my oversight role if I do not sit with him? When it is optional, it cannot happen. It is the law that will force leaders who are not ready to meet to meet. view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker,this Board also gives leaders an opportunity to solve teething problems that have been observed in devolution. This is because we are learning since devolution is being implemented for the first time. Because we are experiencing problems, we need to have a Board that will solve them so that we advance. This Board is also aimed at mitigating the embezzlement of funds by county governments. I want to give you a clear example of what happens in my county and this is very painful. view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: The county government constructed a county road that KURRA had constructed at a cost of Kshs1 million at Kshs23 million. That is an eight kilometre road and the same funds have come from the national Government. I constructed the road at a cost of Kshs.1 million but the county government used Kshs23 million to construct it. That is not enough. This money was used to just grade and gravel the road. view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the other example is that the county government has used Kshs33 million to construct a road that KURRA, through the CDF, constructed using Kshs4 million. This is the case and yet this is taxpayers’ money that the same Government is using in different ways. This is what I call embezzlement of funds. That is not enough. view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: The county government used Kshs33 million to repair a house that the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) constructed using Kshs20 million. You can imagine that. This is gross violation of the law and we need a Board to oversee this.Governors have realized that the national Government has now tightened the nut in the way resources are being used and they have come up with ways to make money. This is what we observed in Nairobi and I am very sorry to say it. However, observation is not a sin. Because there are very many vehicles in Nairobi, the only way you ... view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: is by increasing the parking fee. What is available in Kakamega is maybe chicken and so you increase the levy on chicken. If you go to Turkana, you will get what is available there are goats and therefore you increase the levy on goats. This is exactly what we are saying. People are getting alternative ways of looting from the public. We thought that devolution was coming to reduce the burden of ordinary citizens but we have observed that the ordinary mananchi is suffering. That happened yesterday. Wananchi are crying. They thought that devolution would reduce their burden but they ... view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Senators have a hidden agenda on the oversight role. I am aware that they have been enjoined in the case of doing away with the CDF money. However, I want to tell them wherever they are that they cannot compete with this House. This is a supreme House and it is self-contained. It has everything inside and it will never be manipulated by anybody. For the sake of wananchi, I will propose an amendment next time. The Ward Development Committee should not be there. The Constituency Development Committee should also not be there. I want to say ... view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, devolution is not taking money to the headquarters of a county to remain there and devolution is not taking money to the governors so that they can use it the way they want, devolution is solving the needs of the people. Devolution is also providing water to the people and devolution is providing health services to the people right to Wanjiku or Akai in the village. So, we will be unfair to the citizens of Kenya if we take this money to the county where it is embezzled. We only have one hospital in Turkana County which has ... view
• 6 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I would like to participate in playing an oversight role in all the resources that come to my county. One way I can participate in doing that is by being a Member of that Board so that I can ensure that every little resources that come to my county are taken and--- view
• 5 Mar 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. 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