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.
19 Mar 2019 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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19 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, is it in order for the Senator for Nandi to erroneously refer to the Senator for Nairobi City County as the Chairperson of the Committee on Security, Defence and Foreign Relations when, in fact, he is not? Equally, is it in order for the Senator for Nairobi City County to continue smiling when he is being erroneously referred to as the Chairperson of a committee when he is not? The Chairman of the Committee on Security, Defence and Foreign Relations is one Sen. Yusuf Haji, the distinguished Senator for Garissa.
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19 Mar 2019 in Senate:
I had flagged for that, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.
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19 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Committee that will deal with this matter, which is chaired by my distinguished colleague from Nairobi City County, my nephew, Sen. Sakaja should encourage the ministry concerned to devolve the issuance of passport to counties. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, a passport, under our Constitution, is an alternative form of identification to an ID card. I do not understand why it is held very closely to the level whereby you can only get a passport issued in Nairobi, Kisumu or Mombasa and nowhere else. People from Wajir and Mandera have to come to Nairobi ...
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19 Mar 2019 in Senate:
taken back to Wananchi. However, this idea of holding on to documents that are so important to the citizens, does not help Kenyans at all. I support the distinguished Senator for Nandi.
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19 Mar 2019 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The next Order you have just called is a Bill from our Committee on Finance and Budget. In fact, I am lined up to second it but we were slated to have a Motion of Adjournment at 5.00 p.m. Now, it is five minutes to 5.00 p.m. I seek your indulgence, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that we go straight to the Motion of Adjournment and that this Bill be moved tomorrow or any other time that you will allocate because it will be futile for the Chair to start moving the ...
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19 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:-
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19 Mar 2019 in Senate:
That pursuant to Standing Order No.34, the Senate do now adjourn to discuss a definite matter of urgent national importance namely; the state of drought, starvation and food security in the country, especially Turkana and Baringo counties and other parts of northern Kenya.
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19 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thank the Chair for slating me this time to move this very important Motion. I equally thank the distinguished Senator for Turkana with whom I consulted that I am going to move a Motion that touches, among other counties, his county in a very special way.
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