Peter Lochakapong

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: I also want to thank those who have assisted us, namely, the Kenya Army, His Excellency the Deputy President and Hon. Murkomen and his team. From what we hear, people should not use this situation to play power games. This is a situation of lives. We are talking about loss of lives and the humanitarian support that is required by the people who were affected by the landslide and the ravaging floods. We need all of us to come in, unite and help Kenyans. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for this opportunity. I want to, at the outset, start by saying that I support the Bill by Hon. Kamket, the Equalisation Fund Bill, 2019, for about three simple reasons. One, this Bill will seek to The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: expedite the operationalisation and expenditure of funds so that regions that are marginalised can catch up with the rest of the country that is a bit more developed. So, I want to commend Hon. Kamket for coming up with this Bill. Since the establishment of this Fund, these funds have been disbursed only once. Whatever was contemplated in Article 204, the impact of it has not been realised in the areas that are considered marginalised. I want to believe that by passing this Bill, we are going to ensure that the Equalisation Fund, through the creation of the National Board, ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker that is why they are not very keen to disburse the funds as frequently as possible to the areas that are affected. So, I also support the current policy by the CRA where the lowest unit of consideration of the fund is the sub-location. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Secondly, when we shall have a National Equalisation Fund Board working together with the local committees tasked with identifying projects that will be funded at the ward level, it will speed up projects. That way, areas that are affected will catch up with the rest of Kenya. It is good to consider the lowest level as sub-locations because you are aware that even within counties, we have intra-county marginalisation where certain parts of a county are more marginalised than others. So, by going down to the sub-location level, we are going to identify the areas that are really marginalised. That ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: However, we need to redefine the parameters used to consider what a marginalised area is. We need to clarify what we mean by “other factors.” That is why you see Members want to bring factors such as population density. So, we need to redefine the parameters so that they are as clear as possible for us to know what it is we are looking for, if we are to consider an area as marginalised. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: As we move forward, it will be important to note that the Constitution talks about 14 marginalised counties. Other than bringing the sub-locations and wards, we have to look at a way of ensuring that even those counties are not left behind based on the latest review by the CRA. So, enactment of this Bill will reduce bureaucracy that we are currently witnessing from those who are tasked with the management of this fund that is domiciled at the Ministry of Finance and the National Treasury. Passing the Bill will enable marginalised areas to catch up with the rest of ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, within the teaching fraternity and the public service, we have hardship areas. So, certain officers receive hardship allowance. One problem is that the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: thinking of certain people in the Executive who are supposed to either gazette or consider certain areas as hardship are now getting an excuse of saying that with the Equalisation Fund and the NG-CDF all areas in this country should have come to a level where we are all now equal. They may not know that this has not happened. Last week, as the Departmental Committee on Education and Research, we visited Taita Taveta because of a petition that was presented here. When I engaged with somebody from the Ministry, he was quick to say that he was not a ... view
• 13 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: So, the faster we use these funds in the marginalised areas so that they catch up with the rest of Kenya, the better for us. Otherwise, thank you and I support. view