Bowen David Kangongo

Hon. Kangogo Bowen (Marakwet East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) and how we understand, 80 to 89 per cent of Kenya is Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) . In the entire 47 counties of Kenya, including Nairobi, teachers teaching in Kibera...

Hon. Kangogo Bowen (Marakwet East, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Peter Kaluma) Hon. Kangogo Bowen, why can we not avoid points of order? Hon. Kangogo Bowen (Marakwet East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, is it in order for Hon. Makali Mulu to say...

Hon. Kangogo Bowen (Marakwet East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Firstly, I commend the Chairperson of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, Hon. Atandi. He is a consultative chairperson, and through our interactions with him and the committee, we have agreed on some areas and later reached an agreement on...

Hon. Kangogo Bowen (Marakwet East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I will submit those projects, but I want to single out two. I am unable to pronounce the names properly, but there are two or three projects. A new water pan is indeed allocated Ksh250 million in Northern Kenya. It is...

Hon. Kangogo Bowen (Marakwet East, UDA) Exactly. Hon. Temporary Speaker, if you check the water projects in this Budget, there are so many which cost millions: Ksh300 million and Ksh200 million. These were not subjected to the committee for scrutiny. When we called the Principal Secretary, he said he was...

Hon. Kangogo Bowen (Marakwet East, UDA) It is true, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I agree with the Hon. Atandi. The President can issue a pronouncement, and the National Treasury then factors it in. What I am saying is that the new additions from the National Treasury must be subjected to committee...

Surely! Shame! Shame! Hon. Kangogo Bowen (Marakwet East, UDA) You have Ksh1.5 billion in pending bills and another Ksh1.8 billion in new projects. Yet when we try to correct that, it is rubbished. (Hon. Samuel Atandi spoke off the record)

Hon. Kangogo Bowen (Marakwet East, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. David Ochieng’) Hon. Kangogo, what is out of order? Hon. Kangogo Bowen (Marakwet East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, in yesterday afternoon sitting, our substantive Speaker directed me to bring a Response to...

Hon. Kangogo Bowen (Marakwet East, UDA) I said it clearly that it is a proposal, even when they appeared before us on the Budget Policy Statement. The State Department for Irrigation proposed Ksh1billion for irrigation to West Pokot in the next financial year. Let me answer the two similar questions...

Hon. Kangogo Bowen (Marakwet East, UDA) If you check my answers, I said there is a water treatment facility designed just for consumption. It has a capacity of 62,000 litres but it is on the Turkana side. I am asking the Members from the West Pokot side something. It applies...

Hon. Kangogo Bowen (Marakwet East, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want to agree with you. There is a Water (Amendment) Bill which is still at the preliminary stage where we are also looking at the water regulators like the WRA and the charges they collect. Out of the 6 per...

Hon. Kangogo Bowen (Marakwet East, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I do not know. Hon. Moroto is not here. This is something we discussed with the Ministry. I have the answer. It is only that she is asking on behalf of Hon. Moroto, who is not in. Hon. Speaker: When is Hon....

Hon. Kangogo Bowen (Marakwet East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the Division of Revenue Bill. It is a constitutional requirement that we have this annual Bill in the name of the Division of Revenue Bill. As a House, it is important that...

Hon. Kangogo Bowen (Marakwet East, UDA) Hon. Chairlady, under Clause 2, the Chair has given the definition of governing council, which I do not have a problem with. But the definition of ‘national infrastructure’ is the national highways, railway networks, airports, seaports, electricity generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure, water reservoirs,...

Hon. Kangogo Bowen (Marakwet East, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table – 4th March 2026 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 2 Report of the Departmental Committee on Blue Economy, Water and Irrigation

Hon. Kangogo Bowen (Marakwet East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to support the National Infrastructure Fund Bill. I have been in this Parliament for the last 13 years. To date, we have struggled with budgets and supplementary budgets year after year. The reason is that...

Hon. Kangogo Bowen (Marakwet East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I join my colleagues in mourning Hon. Ng’eno on behalf of the people of Marakwet East, where he visited following the landslide tragedy almost three months ago. As a country, we have lost a great man. As the Kalenjin nation,...

Hon. Kangogo Bowen (Marakwet East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to also comment on the Petition. [The Deputy Speaker (Hon. Gladys Boss) left the Chair] [The Temporary Speaker (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) in the Chair] Hon. Temporary Speaker, from 1997 up to now, we...

Hon. Kangogo Bowen (Marakwet East, UDA) Thank you for the opportunity to congratulate our senior staff, Abonyo, whom I have known for 13 years. I was placed in the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs (JLAC) when I joined this House in

Hon. Kangogo Bowen (Marakwet East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. There is a need to look into the issue of hardship areas across the country so that we do not have individual petitions… 18th February 2026 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 9

Hon. Kangogo Bowen (Marakwet East, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I was building up on that. The issue raised by the two Members on Turkana County cuts across many hardship counties, including Kerio Valley, where I come from in Elgeyo Marakwet, West Pokot, and extends all the way to Northern Kenya. I...

Hon. Kangogo Bowen (Marakwet East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to join my colleagues and support the Motion. The country's social media platforms have become sources of misinformation and disinformation. Therefore, there is a need to regulate them. Kenya is not a lawless country....

Hon. Kangogo Bowen (Marakwet East, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to support the Environmental Professionals Institute of Kenya Bill (National Assembly Bill No.36 of 2024) , which has been brought to the House by my good friend, the Member for Ndaragwa. Our environment is...