Friday, 14 March, 2025
Rongo MP, Hon. Paul Abuor takes up the Vice-Chairperson role at Departmental Committee on Regional Development๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐๐๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ b๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ
๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ ๐๐ฉ, ๐๐จ๐ง. ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฎ๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐- ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ. He secured the Seat after defeating Teso South MP, Hon. Mary Emaase with three votes. The Committee conducted the election to fill the Vice-Chairpersonโs position which fell vacant following the current Committee Membership reshuffles.
However, the Position of the Chairperson remains to be Hon. Peter Lochakapong (Sigor) since the Chairperson's seat was not vacant hence no election conducted.
The hotly contested race saw Hon. Abuor secure eight votes against his competitor Hon. Mary Emaase who managed five votes.
The Vice-Chairpersonโs position was previously held by Hon. Mary Wamaua (Maragwa) who was moved to another Committee during the recent reshuffle.
Hon. Obuor Holds a Bachelor of Commerce specializing in Finance and an MBA (Strategic Management).
The Committee Chairperson, Hon. Lochakapong praised the contestants for a well conducted campaigning leading to a successful election with a clear winner.
โI must thank you colleagues for the great campaign and thereafter a peaceful election. Our Vice- Chairperson as declared by the Presiding Officer for scoring majority of the votes is Hon. Paul Abuor. I congratulate him for this positionโ, noted Hon. Lochakapong.
In his acceptance speech, Hon. Abuor assured the Committee that he will work tirelessly to serve the people of Kenya.
โHon. Members I am privileged to serve you in the position of the Vice-Chairperson because anyone could have been elected but you trusted us to serve you. I want to give an assurance that I will work very closely with the Chairperson and the Members to steer the Committee to greater heightsโ, said Hon. Abuor.
The Committee among other roles oversights the State Department for Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) and Regional Development and the State Department for Devolution.