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Member of Parliament, Pokot South
Born
1977(49 yrs)
Region
West Pokot
Constituency
Pokot South
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David Losiakou Pkosing (born 1977) is a Kenyan politician and development-focused legislator serving his third consecutive term as Member of Parliament for Pokot South Constituency in West Pokot County. First elected in 2013, he has been re-elected in 2017 and 2022 and is widely associated with the Kenya Union Party (KUP), which he co-founded in 2021 and where he is commonly described as party leader, even as recent reports also link him politically to the UDA orbit. In the 12th Parliament he chaired the influential Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing (2017–2022), where he led scrutiny of major road, rail and aviation projects and sponsored transport-sector legislation such as the Kenya Roads Board (Amendment) Bill, 2022. In the 13th Parliament he has continued to occupy a powerful oversight role as Chairperson of the Public Investments Committee on Commercial Affairs and Energy (PIC-CAE), probing the performance and asset management of state corporations, including high-profile inquiries into land and infrastructure challenges affecting entities like Kenya Pipeline Company and Kenya Ports Authority. Pkosing’s political work is underpinned by a background in peace, development and church-based community organising. A Ford Foundation International Fellowship alum and CBS honouree, he holds a Bachelor of Education from Moi University, a Higher Diploma in Development Studies from an institution in the Republic of Ireland and a Master’s in Peace Studies from the University of Bradford (2005–2007). Before entering Parliament he served as coordinator with the Catholic Diocese of Kitale through the 1990s and early 2000s, then as Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Film Classification Board from 2008 to 2012, where he worked on content regulation and youth protection policy. His areas of interest, as reflected in parliamentary records, include transport, infrastructure and public investments, and he has increasingly positioned himself as a national voice from the North Rift on questions of equitable development, resource allocation and the place of smaller parties like KUP within Kenya’s coalition politics.
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Member of Parliament for Pokot South (2013-Present)
Party Leader, Kenya Union Party (KUP)
Former Chair, National Assembly Transport Committee
He was arrested and questioned in 2023 over allegations of funding and fanning banditry in the North Rift, claims he strongly denied and termed political.
In February 2023, David Pkosing was arrested and questioned by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) over allegations of financing banditry activities in the North Rift region of Kenya.
During the February 2023 investigation, Pkosing's helicopter was subjected to a forensic analysis by the DCI to determine if it had been used to transport illegal firearms or facilitate banditry, allegations which he denied.
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Leadership of powerful oversight committees: Pkosing has chaired two of the National Assembly’s most influential watchdog bodies—first the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing (2017–2022), overseeing major national road, rail and aviation projects, and currently the Public Investments Committee on Commercial Affairs and Energy (PIC-CAE), which audits the performance and asset management of key state corporations such as Kenya Pipeline Company and Kenya Ports Authority. These roles place him at the centre of scrutiny over multi-billion-shilling infrastructure and energy investments.
Founding and building the Kenya Union Party (KUP): As co-founder and de facto party leader of the Kenya Union Party, Pkosing has succeeded in establishing a regionally influential outfit that has delivered elective seats in West Pokot and positioned itself as a bargaining voice from the North Rift within national coalition politics. Through KUP he has leveraged local support to negotiate at the national table while still projecting an image of defending Pokot and other marginalised communities’ development interests.
Graduated with a Bachelor of Education from Moi University in 1999.
Served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) from 2000 to 2004.
Obtained a Higher Diploma in Development Studies from an institution in the Republic of Ireland in 2003.
Completed a Master's degree in Peace Studies from the University of Bradford in 2007.
Served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Film Classification Board from 2008 to 2012.
Elected as the first Member of Parliament for the newly created Pokot South Constituency in 2013.
Awarded the Chief of the Order of the Burning Spear (CBS) in 2016 for contributions to national development.
Re-elected as Member of Parliament for Pokot South in 2017.
Served as the Chairperson of the National Assembly's Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing from 2017 to 2022.
Co-founded the Kenya Union Party (KUP) in 2021.
Re-elected as Member of Parliament for Pokot South in 2022.
Appointed to the National Assembly's Committee on Appointments in 2022.
Appointed as the Chair of the Public Investments Committee on Commercial Affairs and Energy in the 13th Parliament.
Pkosing faced public criticism and police scrutiny for paying the bond for seven individuals arrested on charges related to banditry, a move he defended by claiming the suspects were innocent and that he was acting in the interest of his constituents.
