Speaker of the National Assembly in the 13th Parliament.
He was the Bungoma Senator (2013 - 2022; Leader of Minority in the Senate (2013 - 2017)
By virtue of his position as co-principal in NASA he was retained as Minority Leader in the 12th Parliament but later replaced by his Siaya counterpart after 19 senators who attended Nasa's Parliamentary Group meeting at Parliament Buildings in Nairobi unanimously voted to replace him with Senator James Orengo on 15th March, 2018.
3 Dec 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I sympathize with the poor young man, because he is such a good young man with a good brain. However, but the brain is being wasted because nobody is valuing it.
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3 Dec 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me finish by saying that the Majority Leader must lead. Sit down with the Majority Leader in the other House and get things working. It is not enough to say that the Bills from the National Assembly are important because public interest is at stake. The Bills from this House also carry tremendous public interest. In fact, while many Bills from the National Assembly are serving national Government interests, this House is carrying the interests of the real people in the counties where we represent.
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3 Dec 2019 in Senate:
A point of information, Mr. Speaker Sir.
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3 Dec 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to inform the senior counsel and the distinguished Senator for Siaya that what he is saying is important. In fact, in diplomacy, nobody goes to the negotiating table without a fear factor. You must create a fear factor before people come to the table to negotiate. What Sen. Orengo is saying is in sync with the internationally acclaimed philosophy and tenets of diplomacy; that it is fear that makes people negotiate.
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28 Nov 2019 in Senate:
Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. I thank the distinguished Senator for Nyandarua for bringing this question and seeking a Statement at this time. We have heard excess rains this year. Even as the rains have caused devastation elsewhere, we also have a silver lining. It should be a boon to dairy farmers. The Chairperson of the Committee in answering this question must explain what happened to Kenya Co-operative Creameries (KCC) that was owned by farmers. Anytime there was a glut of milk in the country, the KCC bought the milk, processed it into powder milk, stored it for longer life ...
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28 Nov 2019 in Senate:
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28 Nov 2019 in Senate:
Instead, farmers in Trans Nzoia, Nyandarua, Nakuru, Uasin Gishu and Bungoma counties have nowhere to take their milk.
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28 Nov 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Chairperson must bring a comprehensive Statement from the Ministry on one, the fate of the Kenya Cooperative Creameries (KCC). Two, how the Ministry is handling the monopoly that we now see in the milk industry. Three and more important, explain why we have a very heavy inflow of milk from Uganda.
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28 Nov 2019 in Senate:
As a country, we cannot be setting up establishments to boost other farmers when our farmers are going under. We need answers to these questions, so that our farmers, when providence from the good heavens brings good rains to the country, it should put more money and not misery in their pockets.
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26 Nov 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this special dispensation from you for me to make a comment on this CPAIC Report.
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