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Lekuton Joseph
Official Background
Current Positions
A member of the 13th Parliament
Committee Membership
- Vice-Chairperson of the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges committee.
- Member of the Budget and Appropriations committee.
- Member of the Liaison committee.
Topics this member is active on
Policy areas drawn from this member's certified verbatim Hansard interventions.
- Public Service & Civil Servants 3 3 interventions
- Agriculture 2 2 interventions
- Agriculture & Food Security 2 2 interventions
- Devolution 2 2 interventions
- Environment & Climate 2 2 interventions
- Governance & Democracy 2 2 interventions
- Budget & Finance 1 1 interventions
- Disaster Management & Relief 1 1 interventions
- Employment & Labor 1 1 interventions
Parliamentary Activity
Hon. Joseph Lekuton (Laisamis, UDM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No.5 of 2022) be now read a Second Time. Hon. Temporary Speaker, this Bill was read a First Time in the National Assembly on 27th June 2023 and...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Joseph Lekuton (Laisamis, UDM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No.5 of 2022) be now read a Second Time. Hon. Temporary Speaker, this Bill was read a First Time in the National Assembly on 27th June 2023 and...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Joseph Lekuton (Laisamis, UDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to thank this House for introducing this amendment Bill. The Bill was born out of the 2007 and 2008 post-election violence. It was a noble idea that was started because it gives hope to many Kenyans that now...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Joseph Lekuton (Laisamis, UDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. While I thank my Colleague, the Hon. Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Energy, for the good answers, I feel he has left many of my questions unanswered. Allow me to go one by one on the six questions that...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Joseph Lekuton (Laisamis, UDM) I find it hard to believe that six years after the feasibility studies and even the road survey have been done, KenGen is still not sure where the road will go through. I feel and smell a sinister motive in this specific question. It is...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Joseph Lekuton (Laisamis, UDM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Chairman keeps referring to government agencies. What happened to the communities that live on that land? Can they be the first point of contact? Can they be the first people to be asked what needs to be done on...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Joseph Lekuton (Laisamis, UDM) Hon. Speaker, Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request a statement from the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Energy regarding the proposed Kenya Electricity Generating Plant (KenGen) 15th April 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 24
Official Hansard sourceHon. Joseph Lekuton (Laisamis, UDM) Hon. Speaker, I disagree with my good friend. The request is very clear. There are no shortcuts. KenGen knows what they are doing. It is only a matter of fact-checking. One week should be enough. Projects can start any time from now, and we want...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Joseph Lekuton (Laisamis, UDM) I am here, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) Thank you very much, please proceed. Hon. Joseph Lekuton (Laisamis, UDM) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table; Report of the Committee on Powers and Privileges...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Joseph Lekuton (Laisamis, UDM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I wish to request for a statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education regarding the submersion of learning institutions due to rising water levels in Lake Turkana. For...
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Voting Record
Voting History: 8
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Questions
- Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) explain why births and deaths registration offices in Laisamis and Loiyangalani sub-counties are not staffed? (ii) state when staff will be deployed in the offices to alleviate the suffering of the residents who are forced to seek the services in Marsabit Town which is 300km away? to Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration 10 Aug 2023 Pending Source ↗
- Could the Cabinet Secretary – (i) provide a report on the last review or exercise undertaken, if any, on constituency or county boundaries markings undertaken by the ministry in the country? (ii) provide details of the size in square kilometres, of Laisamis Constituency, and clarify whether the size has ever been varied over time? (iii) provide details of the actual Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates of the boundaries of the Constituency in the North, South, East and West as well as tho to Indepenednt Electoral & Boundaries Commission (IEBC) 5 Jul 2023 Pending Source ↗
- (i) Could the Cabinet Secretary provide details on the circumstances surrounding an incident that occurred on April 2nd 2022, where two chiefs and four (4) other residents were killed by bandits in Moto Gelaa area in Logologo Location and two land cruisers belonging to the residents burnt while in the process of recovering livestock that had been raided by bandits from the neighbouring constituency? (ii) What steps has the Government taken to ensure that the culprits of the heinous act are appre to Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration 26 Jun 2023 Deferred Source ↗
- to aks the Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum: - Could the Cabinet Secretary - (i) indicate when Loiyangalani, Kargi Mt. Kulal, and South Horr towns will benefit from electricity connectivity considering that they are not yet connected to the national power grid? (ii) explain what plans the Ministry has to ensure that the said towns are connected to sufficient and uninterrupted power supply considering that the said towns are rapidly growing with many education and health facilities amon to Ministry of Energy and Petroleum 30 Mar 2023 Answered Source ↗
Statements
- KenGen wind power project in Laisamis: public participation, land registration, and turbine details Member's Statement 24 Apr 2025
- Proposed KENGEN power plant project in Loiyangalani/Mt. Kulal Ward in Laisamis Constituency request 15 Apr 2025
- the submersion of learning institutions due to rising water levels in Lake Turkana request 15 Oct 2024
- erosion of the Sirima-Loiyangalani Road request 26 Sep 2024
- Operations and performance of the Unclaimed Financial Assets Authority (UFAA) request 15 Aug 2024
- Operations and performance of the Unclaimed Financial Assets Authority request 15 Aug 2024
- Request for statement from Chairperson on a matter request 15 Aug 2024
- Request for Statement from Chairperson on a matter of public concern request 20 Mar 2024
- Status of preparedness of the Government in curbing the impact of climate change request 20 Mar 2024
- Government preparedness for climate change impacts on Northern Kenya pastoralists request 20 Mar 2024