Peter Lochakapong

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 41 to 46 of 46.

• 13 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: I support the Motion. Let us have something that can assist in the short run as we fix the issues of security in this country. Thank you. view
• 1 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. I rise to support the Adjournment Motion by Hon. Sossion. What he has brought to this House is good. We need short-term measure for the challenges which our people are going through. view
• 1 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: The shortage of teachers is well known to everybody in this country. We have a shortage of about 104,000 teachers. We are facing a lot of challenges and inadequacies in staffing in our schools. With the current situation where teachers’ lives are in danger in some of the areas in this country which have a lot of insecurity like in the North Eastern, parts of Kerio Valley and in the North Rift, the best thing to do is to accept that this is a reality. Teachers have moved from those places, and pupils and students are not being taught. Therefore, ... view
• 11 Oct 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Chairman. As you have rightly put it, my name is Peter Lochakapong, Member for Sigor Constituency, West Pokot County. I support this amendment. It will ensure that people work hard as opposed to just sitting down and waiting for technicalities so that they get a reason for invalidating election results. It will ensure that in future, nobody uses technicalities to invalidate any election result. Thank you. view
• 14 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. My name is Peter Lochakapong, Member for Sigor Constituency in West Pokot County. I support the Adjournment Motion. We are “freshers” here, or people who have come to this august House for the first time. We are looking forward to the time when we will have the induction. I also take this earliest opportunity to thank my people of Sigor Constituency for giving me an opportunity to represent them in this House. I equally thank the entire community of Kapenguria Boys High School, where I was before coming here. I thank ... view
• 14 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: and up to now. We have been waiting for an opportunity to make our first speech in the National Assembly. I commend His Excellency the President for the Speech that he made on Tuesday, while opening this House. I also thank him for abiding by the Constitution. Although he does not agree with the Supreme Court ruling that annulled his election, he has agreed to abide by it. I just want to tell the petitioners to allow the IEBC to conduct the repeat election as ordered by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court did not give orders to the effect ... view