National Assembly
Nelson Koech
Official identity source · observed 30 Jul 2026
Topics detected in Nelson Koech's contributions
Follow Nelson KoechOfficial Background
Education
- KEMU Bachelors – Business Management 2013 to 2017
- Chemamul Secodary School KCSE 1995 to 1998
Career & Experience
- PSC Member of Parliament 2017 to 2022
Primary source · verified observation 30 Jul 2026
Current Positions
A member of the 13th Parliament
2022 General Election
Who is standing for this seat in 2027 will appear here once the IEBC clears candidates. Nominations close and clearance is published in the months before the August 2027 vote, so there is nothing official to show yet.
Committee Membership
- Chairperson of the Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations committee. from December 2022
- Member of the Appointments committee.
- Member of the Liaison committee.
Committee reports
Reports produced by the committees Nelson Koech sits on.
- Report On Inspection Visits To Kenyan Diplomatic Missions In Zimbabwe And Botswana, November 2025
- Report On Participation At The 39th African Union Summit Held In Ethiopia, February 2026
- Vetting / approval Report On Consideration Of Mr. Humphrey Wattanga, Nominee For Appointment As High Commissioner To Ottawa, Canada
- General / other Report Of The Dc On Defence, Intelligence And Foreign Relations On The Approval Hearing Of Dr. Julius Mbijiwe As Ambassador To V
- Vetting / approval Report On Approval Hearing Of Nominee For Appointment As The Ambassador To Denmark
- Vetting / approval Report On Consideration Of Nominee For Appointment As Permanent Representative, Unep
- Report Of The Departmental Committee Of Defence On Inquiry Into The Conduct Of The Batuk
- General / other Joint Report Of Three Committees (incl. Dc Defence) On The Fact Finding Mission To Boni Forest In Lamu County
- Report On Participation In The Diaspora Mobile Consular Services (mcs) Exercise In Japan From 20th To 27th November 2023
- Vetting / approval Report On Approval Hearings Of Nominees For Appointment To Foreign Service
- General / other Report On Participation In The Diaspora Mobile Consular Service Exercise In Hong Kong, 2024
- Fifth Report On Approval Hearings Of 2 Nominees For Appointment As Cabinet Secretaries
- Committee On Appointments Fifth Report Apptoval Hearing Of Niminees For Appoitment As Cabinet Secretaries
- General / other Report On The Consideration Of The Ratification Of The Treaty Establishing The Intergovernmental Authority On Development
- Budget / appropriations Report On Budget Implementation Oversight For The Financial Year 23 24
- General / other Report On Inspection Visit To Kenyan Embassies In The Uae & State Of Qatar
- General / other Report On Participation In The Diaspora Mobile Consular Services In Texas
- Vetting / approval Report On Vetting Of Nominee For Appointment As Ps, State Department For East African Community (eac) Affairs
- Vetting / approval Report On Approval Hearing Of Nominee For Appointment As Principal Secretary, State Department For Science, Research & Innovatio
- Fourth Report Of The Committee On Appointments On Approval Hearings Of Nominees For Appointment As Cabinet Secretaries, 2025
- Vetting / approval Report Of Defence, Intelligence & Foreign Relations On Nominees For Appointment To Various Diplomatic Offices
- General / other Report Of Defence On Consideration For Ratification Of The Protocol To The Constitutive Act Of The African Union Relating To The Pan-african Parliament
- 2nd Report Of The Committee On Appointments August 2024
- General / other Report On An Inspection Visit To Kenyan Embassies In The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia And The State Of Kuwait Conducted
- Report Of The Committee On Defense On The Approval Hearing Of Mr. Noordin Mohammed Haji, Cbs Ogw, The Nominee For Appointment
How this compares
99 87th of 348
Ahead of 75% · median 47
8 75th of 348
Ahead of 59% · median 7
0 80th of 348
Ahead of 0% · median 0
17 47th of 348
Ahead of 85% · median 6
motions counted as moved, not seconded
15
What these numbers don’t measure
- Committee work
- Parliament publishes no committee attendance for either House, so nobody can count it — us included.
- Constituency work
- Funerals, harambees, schools, casework. Recorded nowhere we can read.
- Whether it worked
- We can count questions asked, not answers given.
- Speaking often isn’t speaking well. Use these to ask Nelson Koech better questions — not to grade them.
Topics this member is active on
Policy areas drawn from this member's certified verbatim Hansard contributions.
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99 counted contributions in this Parliament, 26 of them in 2026.
Named by other members: 42
Other members named Nelson Koech in 42 passages of debate across 28 sittings, by 20 different members.
This counts the times somebody else named Nelson Koech in debate. It is not a contribution — a contribution is something Nelson Koech said — and the two are never added together.
Parliamentary Activity
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. To be honest, we were deeply in thought discussing the matter that is coming up shortly. What is your question?
Official Hansard sourceThank you. I would like to provide a response on Tuesday next week. This should be a straightforward matter.
Official Hansard sourceHon. Temporary Speaker, as much as she requests a response, my Committee is receiving a lot of frustration with the State Department for Diaspora Affairs. I engaged them last week and this week. Probably, I would seek at this point your indulgence, Hon. Temporary Speaker, because I have been unable...
Official Hansard sourceThank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Allow me also to add my voice to the Budget Estimates for the Financial Year 2026/2027. While I will not go through the entire document, I must commend the Budget and Appropriations Committee for a job well done. The Committee, chaired by my...
Official Hansard sourceIn two weeks, Hon. Speaker. Again, my apologies because we have the delegation from the House of Commons.
Official Hansard sourceThank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Before I can go to the Motion, allow me also to welcome all the students who have visited us and are seated in the Speaker’s Gallery. Amongst them are my two sons, Barchok Koech and Kipkalya Koech, and their friend, Negus. The two decided to...
Official Hansard sourceSorry, Deputy Minority Party Whip, but she is running for President in 2032. So, I am just preparing her psychologically.
Official Hansard sourceThank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I thank Hon. Members for their comments. Allow me to profusely apologise to my dependable Member, Hon. Millie, for referring to her as the Deputy Minority Leader instead of the substantive Whip of the Minority Party. She is a very useful Member of my Committee,...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Speaker, I beg to move the following procedural Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of section 13 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act (Cap. 7F) relating to extension of period for consideration of nominees for appointment to a public office, this House resolves to extend the period for...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on its consideration of Defence Cooperation Agreements laid on the Table, and pursuant to the provisions of Section 8(4) of the Treaty Making and...
Official Hansard sourceThank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I take this opportunity to thank my Committee. We did this exercise when the rest of the Members of the National Assembly were on recess. I thank the Committee for their effort and being there to have such a good Report. I thank the staff...
Official Hansard sourceThank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I do. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I hope it is in regard to Hon. Tandaza. Sorry, my apologies. I will give a response next week on Tuesday. Thank you.
Official Hansard sourceThank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. My apologies for my earlier response. Hon. Tandaza Kassim, specifically through the Committee, sought clarification on the following areas:
Official Hansard sourceThank you once more, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I will endeavour to be as brief as possible. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations in its Report on the approval hearing of...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on the Approval Hearing of Mr Kosiom Frank Ole Kibelekenya as the Nominee for Appointment as the Ambassador to Copenhagen, the Kingdom of Denmark.
Official Hansard sourceHon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations in its report on the approval hearing of a nominee for appointment as the Ambassador to Copenhagen, Kingdom of Denmark, laid on the...
Official Hansard sourceThank you very much, Hon. Speaker. On my behalf, my family and the great people of Belgut, I take this opportunity to eulogise my friend, Hon. Johana Ng’eno. Hon. Speaker, as it has been said, Hon. Sudi and I were his best men when he solemnised his marriage to his...
Official Hansard sourceThank you, Hon. Speaker. This is a response to a Statement sought by Hon. Charles Onchoke regarding the reported coercion of Kenyan citizens to join the Russian military and the whereabouts of Mr Clinton Nyapara Mogesa and Mr Justus Mayienda Ombati in Russia. I will go straight to the response...
Official Hansard sourceThank you, Hon. Speaker, I beg to move: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations in its Report on the approval hearing of a nominee for appointment as a Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kenya to the United Nations Environment...
Official Hansard sourceHon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on the Approval Hearing of Canon (Dr) Ida Betty Odinga, EGH, for Appointment as Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kenya to the United Nations Environment Programme...
Official Hansard sourceThank you once more, Hon. Speaker. I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations in its report on the approval hearing of the nominee for appointment as a Permanent Representative of the Republic...
Official Hansard sourceBills Sponsored
Nelson Koech has not sponsored any Bill.
Voting Records
Voting Records: 10
Motions
- Taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations in its Report on the Approval Hearing of a Nominee for Appointment as High… 26 May 2026 Passed/Adopted Source ↗
- Pursuant to the provisions of section 13 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, Cap 7F relating to extension of period for consideration of nominees for appointment to a public… 23 Apr 2026 Passed/Adopted Source ↗
- This House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on its consideration of the Defence Cooperation Agreements, laid on the Table of the House on… 2 Apr 2026 Passed/Adopted Source ↗
- Taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations in its report on the approval hearing of a Nominee for Appointment as the… 10 Mar 2026 Passed/Adopted Source ↗
- Taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations in its Report on the Approval Hearing of a Nominee for Appointment as Permanent… 24 Feb 2026 Passed/Adopted Source ↗
- Taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations in its Report on the Vetting of the Nominees for Appointment as Ambassador… 16 Jan 2025 Passed/Adopted Source ↗
- This House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on its consideration of Protocol to the Constitutive Act of the African Union relating to the… 19 Sep 2024 Source ↗
- Pursuant to Article 241(3)(c) of the Constitution and sections 31(1)(b), 31(1)(c) and 32 of the Kenya Defence Forces Act, Cap. 199, this House accedes to the request of the Defence Council dated 26th… 26 Jun 2024 Passed/Adopted Seconded Source ↗
- Approval of nominees for High Commissioners, Ambassadors, Permanent Representatives and Consuls-General 17 Apr 2024 Moved Source ↗
- This House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on its participation in the Diaspora Mobile Consular Service (MCS) exercise in Japan, laid on… 20 Mar 2024 Moved Source ↗
- Approval of appointment of High Commissioners, Permanent Representatives and Ambassadors 8 Nov 2023 Moved Source ↗
- Approval of appointment of Mr. Noordin Mohammed Haji as Director-General of the National Intelligence Service 13 Jun 2023 Moved Source ↗
- Approval of appointment of Director-General of National Intelligence Service 13 Jun 2023 Moved Source ↗
- Adoption of Report on Defence Co-operation Agreement between Kenya and UK 11 Apr 2023 Moved Source ↗
- Taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence & Foreign Relations in its report on the Vetting of Nominees for Appointment as Principal Secretaries… 1 Dec 2022 Passed/Adopted Source ↗
Petitions
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Questions
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Statements
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Papers Laid
- Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on the Approval Hearing of Mr Kosiom Frank Ole Kibelekenya as the Nominee for Appointment as the Ambassador to Copenhagen, the Kingdom of Denmark. 10 Mar 2026
- Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on the Approval Hearing of Canon (Dr) Ida Betty Odinga, EGH, for Appointment as Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kenya to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 24 Feb 2026
- The Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on its Participation in the Diaspora Mobile Consular Services Exercise in Hong Kong from 22nd to 24th April 2024 14 Aug 2025
- Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on its vetting of nominees for appointment as Ambassador, Permanent Representative and Consul-General 16 Jan 2025
- Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on its consideration of the Treaty Making and Ratification (Amendment) (No.2) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No. 9 of 2024) 28 Nov 2024
- Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on its consideration of Protocol to the Constitutive Act of the African Union relating to the Pan-African Parliament 19 Sep 2024
- Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on its vetting of nominees for appointment as High Commissioners, Ambassadors, Permanent Representatives and Consuls-General 16 Apr 2024
- Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on its participation in the Diaspora Mobile Consular Service (MCS) Exercise in Japan from 20th to 27th November 2023 20 Mar 2024
- Report of Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on the Inspection Visit to Kenyan Embassies in the Republic of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo conducted from 18th to 25th May 2023 7 Dec 2023
- Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on its vetting of nominees for appointment as High Commissioners, Permanent Representative and Ambassadors 7 Nov 2023
- The Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on its consideration of the Defence Cooperation Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kenya and the Government of the Republic of Seychelles 13 Jun 2023
- Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence, and Foreign Relations on its vetting of the nominee for appointment as the Director-General of the National Intelligence Service 6 Jun 2023
- Report of Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on its consideration of the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kenya and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Defence Cooperation 21 Mar 2023
- Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on vetting of the following nominees for appointment as Principal Secretaries 1 Dec 2022
- Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations on its consideration of the request by the National Executive regarding the Deployment of the Kenya Defence Forces to the East Africa Community Regional Force - Democratic Republic of Congo 9 Nov 2022