Ekomwa James Lomenen

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for this opportunity. I share deep grief with the people of Marsabit County who have lost their loved ones recently. It is very painful. I share the same grief because it is the same situation in Turkana, Samburu, Marakwet and West Pokot counties. Most...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I strongly support this Bill. I urge and request the Finance and Budget Committee to seek funds that were allocated in the past years since 2013. I remember and have witnessed that some of these Equalization Funds were not...

will realize that this money is not sufficient to carry out an effective implementation or an effective project that will reverse the marginalization that these areas have experienced over the years.I wish that going forward, the 0.5 per cent that is specified in the Constitution can be applied to the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity that you have given me. I have been waiting for this chance because I am in this Senate to represent the people of Turkana County. If you look at Article 96 of the Constitution, you will see that the Senate participates in...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker Sir, for this golden opportunity. I support the Petition by the Senate Majority Leader, my friend, Sen. Cheruiyot. Many communities in Kenya deserve compensation because of the harm created by the colonialists who departed from us, but some of them still exist. I support my colleagues...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. I support this Bill. In the county I come from, we have innumerable resources that I cannot even count. However, the one that is obvious and that everybody knows is crude oil. They have discovered and they are still going...

Sen. Lomenen, I am not sure of all the other verses you have quoted but the one which you said the ear was not returned is false. (Laughter)(Laughter) Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I join you and my fellow Senators to say that this is a House of order....

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I beg to reply this Motion. First and foremost, I want to thank my dignified and experienced colleagues who have contributed to support this Motion. I want to give information to my colleagues. The northern part of Kenya, specifically Turkana, Marsabit, Samburu and other...

Hon. Senators, kindly take your seats. (Several Senators walked in to the Chamber) (Question put and agreed to) Next order. even a cent has gone to Turkana County. This means that the community was short- changed.If we were given the Kshs1.2 billion, we could not be crying. We could have...

Hon. Senators, there being no other business on the Order Paper, the Senate stands adjourned until Tuesday, 14th February, 2023 at 2.30 p.m. I take this early opportunity to wish you all a peaceful and restful recess, happy holidays, a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year come 2023. Thank...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir for giving me this opportunity. The dignified Senator for Samburu County has stated a problem that is faced by the named nine counties. As I represent Turkana County, I am just hearing of Lamu Port-South Sudan- Ethiopia-Transport (LAPSSET) . I have heard that Turkana...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. I beg to Move the Motion on drought and hunger mitigation in Turkana county. Turkana county people have been affected by severe drought and hunger that has destructed their livestock, livelihood, economic activities. The state remains deplorable. Turkana county is one...

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Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to move the following Motion on Drought and Hunger Mitigation in Turkana County- THAT, aware that Turkana County continues to experience extremely dry weather conditions with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reporting that the aggregate rainfall...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I support the Statement by the Deputy Speaker. I would like to inform the relevant Committee in charge of sports that in the county where I come from, warriors have excellent talents. We have persuaded them to go to church. They have reformed from killing people, raiding...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion - THAT, AWARE THAT Turkana County continues to experience extremely dry weather conditions with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reporting that the aggregate rainfall for the six-month period ending September 2022 represented...

FURTHER COGNIZANT THAT Article 11 of the United Nation’s International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) places further emphasis on the fundamental right to food and obliges the State to take progressive steps towards achieving full realization of the right to adequate food; NOW THEREFORE the Senate urges...