LOCHAKAPONG, PETER

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 of other minerals, and there...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. First of all, I want to… (Loud consultations) Order! Proceed. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to contribute on the State of the Nation Address by His Excellency the President, which he delivered in this House last week. It...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. It is actually not a Question but a Request for a Statement. Yes, Request for Statement. REQUEST FOR STATEMENT ALLEGED KILLING OF LIVESTOCK BY SECURITY OFFICERS IN WEST POKOT Hon. Temporary Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I wish...

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, the Chairman has even communicated...

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, and based on that, I...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I also support. (Question, that the words to be inserted be inserted, put and agreed to) I beg to move: That, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 5. (Question of the amendment proposed) (Hon. Shakeel Shabbir spoke off the record) The Temporary Chairman (Hon....

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 it is made up of...

THAT, Clause 11 of the Bill be amended in paragraph (n) by deleting the words “Inter-governmental Council” and substituting therefor the words “Cabinet and the Summit”. (Question of the amendment proposed) (Question, that the words to be left out be left out, put and agreed to) (Question, that the words...

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, including women, children and persons...

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 the board are of either...

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 be appointed as a chairperson...

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 chairman or from the Board,...

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 agreed to) (Clause 16...

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) The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’): Yes, Hon....

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)

THAT, Clause 29 of the Bill be amended in subclause (1) by deleting the expression “the Director-General or such other person that the Board may direct” appearing immediately after the word “Secretary”. The proposed amendment aligns with the Mwongozo Code of Conduct for State corporations which provides that the corporation’s...

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 the amendment we have proposed....

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)

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 are aware that there are...

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 Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) :...

THAT, Clause 57 of the Bill be amended by deleting subclause (1) and substituting therefor the following new subclause— “ (1) A public officer currently serving in the National Disaster Operations Centre and National Disaster Management Unit shall be seconded to the Authority for a period not exceeding three years.”...

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 you. The Temporary Chairman (Hon....

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 legal framework. We hope our...

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.

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 contributions. In the next stage,...

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. Hon. Temporary Speaker, as you are aware, the Bill seeks to provide a legal framework...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I thank all Members who have contributed to this Bill. I also thank Members of the Committee on Regional Integration for working hard and ensuring that we get the Report of this Bill. I also thank them for making themselves available yesterday to make their...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. On behalf of the Departmental Committee on Regional Development, I beg to move that the Regional Development Authorities Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 7 of 2023) , be now read a Second Time. Order. Hon. Members. The Order Paper was rearranged. What...