Kep Chuktema (Khmer: កែប ជុតិមា; born 7 February 1951) is the former governor and mayor of the Municipality of Phnom Penh.
The municipality over the past ten years has failed to tackle the rate at which the population is growing.
[3] In March, Prime Minister Hun Sen expressed concern for the failing state of Phnom Penh’s infrastructure during a meeting with the visiting mayor of Paris.
He said the city's expansion had led to electricity shortages, traffic jams, trash problems and an inadequate water supply system.
Chuktema is best remembered for the widely unpopular filling in of Boeung Kak lake and the violent land evictions there and at the Borei Keila community, whose landless residents continue to protest regularly in Phnom Penh.