The Pastoralist Parliamentary Group (PPG) was formed in 1998. Its purpose is to mainstream the pastoralists’ agenda within the national political and policy processes.

The membership of PPG is open to all members elected or nominated from Kenya’s 15 pastoralist counties to the National Assembly and the Senate, regardless of their ethnicity or political party affiliation. In the 13th Parliament (2022-2027), its 102 members comprise 64 constituency MPs, 14 senators, 13 County Women Representatives, 4 nominated MPs, 5 nominated senators, and 2 EALA members, drawn from 10 political parties and 4 independents. Among them, 25 women form the PPG Women’s Caucus. These members represent counties with 2,593,165 registered voters and a total population of 9,787,731 people as per the 2019 census.

Download the 12th Parliament PPG Scorecard here.

THE 13TH PASTORALIST PARLIAMENTARY GROUP (PPG) LEADERSHIP

The PPG executive committee comprises 15 members—one from each pastoralist county. This body steers the group’s strategic initiatives and ensures that the unique interests of every county are effectively represented in national policy discussions.

Key Priority Areas

1. Peace and Security: Eliminate conflict and reduce negative effects associated with inter-communal conflicts in the pastoralist areas.

2. Pastoralism & Livestock: Introduce strategic change in livestock sector benefits that include all players, small producers and consumers, businesses, investors, and the country at large.

3. Land, Environment & Climate Change: Protect and secure community land rights. Increase resilience to drought, reduce drylands vulnerabilities, improve investment, and protect community land rights.

4. Political & Social- Equalization, drug abuse, & citizenship: Realize constitutional, statutory, institutional, and policy gains for pastoralists; policy implementation advocacy; & legislation.

5. Human Capital & Basic Services (Education, Water & Health): Improve the health services, integrated water solutions for humans, &education in the PPG Counties

6. Infrastructure & Energy: Lobby for the implementation of flagship infrastructural projects in the PPG Counties

Reports from the previous Pastoralist Leadership Summits:

1st Pastoralist Leadership Summit (PLS) 2014 Conference Report (Narok)

2nd Pastoralist Leadership Summit (PLS) 2016 Conference Report (Isiolo)

3rd Pastoralist Leadership Summit (PLS) 2019 Conference Report (Garissa)

PASTORALIST PARLIAMENTARY GROUP (PPG) WOMEN’S CAUCUS

The PPG Women’s Caucus unites pastoralist women MPs across political affiliations to advocate for gender-inclusive policies. It enhances the PPG agenda by ensuring women’s perspectives are represented and mainstreamed in all thematic priorities. Each issue in the broader pastoralist agenda has a designated caucus champion who ensures pastoralists’ women’s concerns are integrated into legislative processes. Furthermore, the caucus offers mentorship to enhance members’ effectiveness and facilitate their counterparts’ implementation of policies in the County Assemblies.