Peter Lochakapong

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 the approval hearing of Mr Michael Loikenu Lenasalon for the appointment as Principal Secretary, State Department for Devolution. Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Regional Development in its Report on the approval hearing of a

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Before the end of two weeks, that is what I meant.

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Yes, Hon. Speaker, that will be done.

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Yes, and that will be within the two weeks.

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker for this opportunity. I wish to support the Statement by Hon. (Dr) Ariko, the Member for Turkana South. We have many illegal miners and particularly, in West Pokot, and between West Pokot and Turkana. Now, these illegal miners are operating without...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I will endeavour to give a response to this Statement within two weeks.

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Hon. Speaker, just like I said, I will endeavour to give a response to this Statement within two weeks.

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, we have to seriously look at the environmental degradation, especially from illegal miners. In West Pokot, we have big challenges. Just as some colleagues have indicated, we may not legislate for every mineral. As we speak, we have the Mining Act, 2016....

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. I rise to support this Bill, which comes at a time when we have too many issues in Kenya’s mining sector or generally mining. There is too much illegal mining going on, not only of gold but...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. It is actually not a Question but a Request for a Statement. 20th November 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 2

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Hon. Temporary 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 Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations regarding killing of livestock by security officers in West Pokot County....

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I commend Hon. Kamket for bringing up this matter. This is something affecting many parts of the country, especially pastoralists. Getting somebody with a C- to be an assistant chief where I come from, is a big problem. Worse still,...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support the Finance Bill, 2024. Arising out of the Report of the Committee on Finance that has considered the recommendations through public participation of stakeholders, the Committee has proposed a raft of amendments to the Finance Bill,...

Hon. Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I think we agree with this particular one. There is no major problem here. (Question, that the word to be left out be left out, put and agreed to) (Question, that the word to be inserted in place thereof be inserted, put and...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I also support. (Question, that the words to be inserted be inserted, put and agreed to) 13th May 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 40 Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) I beg to move: That, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Clause 5 provides for the establishment of an intergovernmental council on disaster risk management. It comprises of 10 Cabinet Secretaries and the Chairperson of the Council of Governors. The Committee recommended its deletion for the following reasons: The proposed intergovernmental council will be bureaucratic. Remember...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA)(Clause 7deleted)I beg to move: That, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 7. This is a consequence of deleting Clause 6.(Question of the amendment proposed)(Question, that the words to be left out be left out, put and agreed to)Clause 8The Temporary Chairman(Hon. David Ochieng’): Clause...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA)

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA)

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. We did not find a reason for the inclusion of the Principal Secretary in charge of gender. We did not agree to this. But, we have already allowed Hon. Millie’s amendment to Clause 4, which talks about protecting vulnerable groups,...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I hear the Hon. Members. We wanted to also stick to the number of board members. We can agree to move a further amendment to this one to provide for extra Principal Secretary and ensure that a third of the members of...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. In regard to the proposed amendment by Hon. Millie on Clause 14, we did not find merit in it. We are talking of a person not qualified for appointment as a chairperson or even member of the Board. Somebody can...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I looked at this proposed amendment that we delete ‘permission of the Board’ and substitute therefore with ‘justifiable cause’. What is a justifiable cause? What would be justifiable somewhere may not be elsewhere. If we say somebody has permission either from the...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I beg to move: THAT, Clause 19 of the Bill be amended in subclause (2) by deleting the word “co-opt” appearing immediately after the word “resolution” and substituting therefor the word “engage”. (Question of the amendment proposed) 13th May 2024...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I beg to move: THAT, Clause 23 of the Bill be amended in subsection 2 by inserting the words, ‘or her’, immediately after the word ‘his’. (Question of the amendment proposed)

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA)

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA)

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) So, Hon. Chair, I think with the amendment we have proposed in clause 35 and Hon. Millie’s amendment on the same clause, I think we are going to adopt hers for the second (b) . Then the first one will be taken care of by...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) We have no issue with the amendment. (Question, that the words to be left out be left out, put and agreed to) (Question, that the words to be inserted in place thereof be inserted, put and agreed to) (Clause 38 as amended agreed to) 13th...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I see that this proposed amendment by Hon. Millie has the support of the majority of Members. I had a problem understanding this proposal on the establishment of designated public convergence zones in cases of emergency. In this country, we...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I beg to move: THAT, Clause 47 of the Bill be amended in subclause (2) (a) by deleting the word “changes” appearing immediately after the word “other” and substituting therefor the word “charges”. (Question of the amendment proposed) The Temporary...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA)

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA)

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Chairman. We may not have a problem with a majority of the proposals but the definition of disaster means progressive, sudden, widespread and localised. We can retain the term ‘localised’ when it is not widespread. We can agree on the rest. Thank...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairman, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I want to commend the Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah, for bringing this Bill, which was committed to my Committee. With what we have done, I now know that we have the...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of the whole House has considered the National Disaster Risk Management Bill, (National Assembly Bill No. 24 of 2023) , and approved the same with amendments. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. On behalf of the Leader of the Majority Party, Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah, the Member for Kikuyu Constituency, I take this opportunity to reply. First, I thank all the Members who got opportunity to contribute. We have taken their concerns and...

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) The Member for Ganze, Hon. Tungule. Give him the microphone. Proceed, Hon. Tungule.

Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, on behalf of the Leader of the Majority Party, I beg to move that the National Disaster Risk Management Bill (National Assembly Bill No.24 of 2023) be now read a Second Time. 21st March 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 39 Hon. Peter Lochakapong...