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.
18 Jun 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, two minutes?
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18 Jun 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, please, give me three minutes.
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18 Jun 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker Sir, we should never have a situation where Kenyans die because of a disagreement between entities whose duty is to serve Kenyans. I will help Sen. Seneta to include an amendment that apportions criminal responsibility for any reckless conduct on the part of Kenya Medical Supply Authority (KEMSA) or any public officer, be it at the county or national level, that knowingly and willfully engages in conduct that leads to a loss of life. For example, if you are a hospital superintendent and know that the quantity of drugs in your hospital is running out, and you ...
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18 Jun 2019 in Senate:
any Kenyan at any age. How do you, in your right senses, walk to a hospital because a child has died, and close it when there are patients there queuing to be treated, others admitted and some on the way coming to the hospitals? I have never seen such an unreasonable behavior by a professional body. I think we also need to bring some law to streamline the management of these professional bodies, so that they can be responsive to the needs of people, and not act on the whims of their situations. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to ...
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13 Jun 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. This Petition reflects all the other petitions that we have received in this House. As an oversight House and a House that protects and defends counties, this House must resist attempts by other institutions to truncate and frustrate its oversight roles. I expected the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, chaired by the Senator of Nandi, to stand on the Floor of this House and challenge a recent judgement in the courts of law that said that the Senate can only oversight funds sent to counties from the national Government and not funds ...
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13 Jun 2019 in Senate:
The idea of governors lining their pockets at the expense of the people of this country is a common knowledge. What we do about it is what is lacking.
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13 Jun 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Yesterday, when the distinguished Senator for Nandi County presented a Petition from West Pokot County, the Senator for Nairobi City County attempted to bring it to the attention of the Chair. Unfortunately, the Chair just brushed it aside. I agree with the Senate Majority Leader that rules of decorum and respect for each other and respecting boundaries of leadership and representation require that if citizens from another county ask me to present a Petition on their behalf, courtesy requires that I have to go to my colleague, explain to him and seek his concurrence or ...
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13 Jun 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I am going to give the way forward---
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13 Jun 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, if you hear me, you will understand me. The Standing Orders are not meant to create disharmony between us, but for the orderly running of business in this House. I urge the Chair, including you, that if a Member of this House wants to present a petition from another county in a manner that you feel has not been properly consultative, it is easier for the Speaker to read the petition to the House than to let Members quarrel over who will present a petition from another county. That way, we will not have this situation where ...
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13 Jun 2019 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I support the Statement by Sen. Cheruiyot. However, we have to tackle the issue from where the problem starts; the primary documents that lead to the acquisition of a passport; the birth certificate for minors and the identification card for adults. Those of us from frontier counties like Trans Nzoia, Bungoma, Busia, Siaya, Migori and all the others, it is impossible to get a national identification card unless you go through a very harrowing process. You are sometimes asked to go and bring your great grandfather’s identification card. We know that the use of ID cards in ...
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