Peter Lochakapong

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to comment on the President's Speech. I was a bit excited when the President said it was possible for this country to move from where it is to First World status in our lifetime. In itself, that shows...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. On behalf of the Leader of the Majority Party, Member for Kikuyu, I want to move this Bill. I beg to move that the Intergovernmental Relations (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No.12 of 2024) be read a Second Time. I wish...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I thank all the Members who have contributed to this Bill and those who have supported. We have taken note of the concerns that have been raised. Whatever they have raised will give us insights and inform decisions in the...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) I did it right before. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I wish to sincerely thank Members and the secretariat of the Departmental Committee on Regional Development for their diligence and dedication with which they considered the Bill and tabled their report. The House will recall that on...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Then I went ahead to say, ‘Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the Intergovernmental Relations (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No.12 of 2024) be read a Second Time.

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I had started that way. Probably, you did not hear me. I said that I am doing this on behalf of the Leader of the Majority Party. Is that not the right thing?

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Listening to the Cabinet Secretary, there are serious funding gaps in basic education. Could we take it to mean that education actors are going out of their way to find ways of filling this gap? Secondly, within the policy guidelines,...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I second. (Question put and agreed to) COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE HOUSE 8th October 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 81 [The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) left the Chair] IN THE COMMITTEE [The Chairlady (Hon. Martha Wangari) in the Chair] THE PRIVATISATION BILL

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. First, I agree with the Member for West Mugirango that quite some time has passed since this request for statement was sought. A lot has happened since then. I say pole to the families of his constituents who lost their...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Now that we are going for recess next week, we can do it in the first week after we come back.

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. We will do as directed.

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This is a response to a request for statement regarding the state of preparedness for cyclical wet season in the Lake Victoria rain belt as requested by Hon. Stephen Mogaka, Member for West Mugirango. The first question sought was on...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to second the Bill as moved by the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party. On 30th April 2025, you conveyed the Message from the Speaker of the Senate on the Bill and requested the Departmental Committee on Regional...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: 22nd July 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 5 Report of the Departmental Committee on Regional Development on its

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I hear Hon. Nanok, the Member for Turkana West. As a Committee, we had an opportunity to visit Kakuma and Dadaab. Indeed, what the Member is saying is true. But going by the Statement that I have just read, I...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Chair. This is a Statement regarding the implementation of...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Sorry, did I say Hon. Chair?

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Apologies, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Hon. Speaker. This is a Statement regarding the implementation of Shirika Plan for refugees and host communities that was submitted to our Committee. This is a response to a question that was asked by the Member for Turkana West, Hon. Epuyo Nanok. 26th June 2025...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. If I understood the Member, this response does not address his concerns. He is saying that the host communities were not adequately sensitised on the Shirika Plan. I fear that even if we take back 26th June 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the Departmental Committee on Regional Development on its consideration of the Intergovernmental Relations (Amendment) Bill, (Senate Bill No.12 of 2024) . Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Ordinarily, it would be two weeks, but we will be going for recess. So, I will bring it the first week after recess.

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Yes.

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I think the request is misdirected. The HSNP is under NDMA overseen by the Departmental Committee on Regional Development.

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you.

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 44 2 (c) , I rise to request for a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee 5th June 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 5 Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA)on Environment, Forestry & Mining regarding the seemingly illegal commercial...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Yes.

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) This is noted and I am most obliged. My committee oversees matters of refugee affairs.