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.
12 Nov 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the departing Senator does not seem to have been paying attention to what you were saying, because she was to second. However, I have colleagues from the Committee here.
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12 Nov 2019 in Senate:
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12 Nov 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, Aware that the Senate resolved to establish a Select Committee comprising nine (9) Senators to investigate and establish the facts surrounding the leasing of the Medical Equipment in the now 119 beneficiary hospitals country wide; APPRECIATING that the mandate of the Select Committee lapsed on Friday, 8th November, 2019; REGRETTING that due to heavy workload and sheer magnitude of the assignment the Committee is yet to table its report in the House and requires more time to conduct a further and thorough inquiry into the subject matter of ...
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12 Nov 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know when we visited Isiolo; the distinguished Senator Halake was not with us although that is her county. It is regrettable if she was not
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12 Nov 2019 in Senate:
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12 Nov 2019 in Senate:
informed in good time but the head of the Delegation from Isiolo was with us and she happens to be the Chairperson of the Committee. As I said, this is a procedural Motion and I urge the House to find favour with the Committee and extend the time so that we can work round the clock to achieve the set targets.
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12 Nov 2019 in Senate:
As a Committee, we have also sat and discussed that if we extend this time, our time will determine around Christmas time. The Committee has agreed that even when the House goes on recess, we shall seek the authority of the Speaker so that the Committee can continue working even through those festive season days so that by the time we resume sittings after the December Christmas Recess, the report will be ready. It will be a thorough report that will reflect on fact and truth about these equipment.
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12 Nov 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, many startling things are coming out. I want to encourage Members that we, as the team that you have entrusted with this process, will not let you down. We will make sure that the money that is being creamed off your counties - Kshs200 million per county creamed at source - must be money that can make sense in terms of expenditure of public resources and provision of services.
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12 Nov 2019 in Senate:
As I end, we have found out that equipment delivered in Garbatulla in Isiolo is still in carton boxes. It has not been installed or commissioned and is not working but the people of Garbatulla are paying. The Committee will also be bringing to this House issues of equity. How do you charge Isiolo, Lamu and Tana River the same amount of money as Nairobi, Kakamega, Kiambu and the big counties? Where is equity? You cannot say that you have picked on one or two hospitals in each county and regardless of the users, small and big counties are all ...
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12 Nov 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to end by urging the House that you favour the Committee with your discretion to extend the time so that we can bring to this House a reasoned and properly laid out report that will put to rest the issue and controversy surrounding MES. In cases where there will be people found to be culpable, the Committee will be courageous enough to point out the levels of culpability. We shall indicate whether it is civil or criminal culpability so that the agencies that deal with governance in this country can do their job.
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