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.
16 May 2019 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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16 May 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, given that there is not a single petition in this House and the previous House that any Committee has ever brought a report within 60 days as the Standing Orders envisage and; given the magnitude and importance of this Petition – can we, as a House, have the undertaking from the illustrious Chairperson of the Committee on Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights, that indeed, he will deliver a reasoned and productive report to this House within the 60 days? We hold him to it.
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16 May 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. My distinguished colleague from Nairobi County, who is my nephew, has a point that is only clever by half. He has a point, but we must appreciate that the Petitioners feel that it is only in this House where they can get justice. My colleagues who come from Northern Kenya like Sen. Halake, Sen. Dullo and Sen. Farhiya know that clannism makes it impossible for an individual from a particular clan to get any iota of justice in the county and that is why they come here. I know this for I have practiced law ...
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16 May 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you for the opportunity to contribute to the Statement by the distinguished Senator, Sen. Pareno. I would like to give free advice to Prof. Magoha, a gentleman with a very long Curriculum Vitae (CV) showing his distinction in academia and everybody believes that he has the ability to run The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.
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16 May 2019 in Senate:
the Ministry of Education and make a difference. He should enter that office knowing that it has had the highest turnover of Cabinet Secretaries in the Jubilee Government; and that he may also be walking through a revolving door. When Prof. Magoha came into office, the first thing he said was that he has no reverse gear, yet nobody had asked him whether he had any gears. That once he takes a trajectory, that is it. Yesterday, he said that he will crush anybody who stands in the way of the new curriculum. That is not how to run public ...
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16 May 2019 in Senate:
On a point of order Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.
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16 May 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to join Sen. M. Kajwang‘ and point out to my distinguished learned junior that he is a known lawyer in this country and he knows that Standing Order No. 98 does not operate in a vacuum. In fact, I want to refer him and the Chair to the rulings of Speaker Marende and the recent ruling by our Deputy Speaker to the effect that a mere fact that a case is in court, assuming that it is there, does not get prejudiced because it is mentioned. Judges and magistrates of this country are so ...
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15 May 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, you can feel the anger that is being exhibited by the distinguished Senator for Mandera County. The Chairperson of the Committee on Education must, in response to Sen. Dullo‟s Statement, bring very clear answers to this House. Why is the Ministry of Education engaged in incoherent and inconsistent policies about education in this country? Every other day, they come up with something controversial, unacceptable and harmful of the people of this country. You cannot commit yourself to 100 per cent transition regardless of the outcomes of examinations and then discontinue people who have been admitted to colleges ...
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15 May 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, we must revisit this very critically. The Chairperson of the Committee of Education is a very hardworking man. He must look into this and talk to the mandarins at Jogoo House as to why they are doing this to Kenyans.
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14 May 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I join you in welcoming the students from Bomet and from Muindi Mbingu Secondary School. I had an opportunity to meet them at the entrance of the Senate. I took a group picture with them and they are very pleasant young men. I encourage all of them to work hard to replace us as we go to our sunset. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to take up the point raised by the distinguished Senator for Elgeyo Marakwet; the Senate Majority Leader. Article 110 (3) of the Constitution is very clear, and for the avoidance of doubt, let ...
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