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.
13 Mar 2019 in Senate:
I know and I am prohibited by the Standing Orders to name, that one of the key Members of that Committee is a transporter for KEMSA. 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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13 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also join in supporting the Statement and wish that we send our collective condolences to the families of our compatriots and other world citizens who lost their lives in this tragedy. Mr. Speaker, Sir, air transport is the quickest and for many years, the safest in our travels. However, when it does happen like it did, we realise how fragile air travel is. This is because if passengers crash in a vehicle, chances of having survivors are much high that of a plane coming down from the skies. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have seen ...
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13 Mar 2019 in Senate:
in good time and go about their business, especially if it is a working day. So, anyone of us who connect through Addis Ababa could have been on that flight. Therefore, we feel for those who have lost their lives.
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13 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Thank You, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I support the Statement. How I wish Sen. Khaniri had, in fact, moved a Motion of Adjournment, so that we can also encompass other criminal activities that have been going on all over the country. The saddest thing is that almost all the watchmen butchered by this criminal gang are above 60 years. Secondly, nothing was stolen from them. Three, they were killed 50 metres away from the police post. To kill brutally five people and being security guards, they must have been carrying some form of weapons, crude or otherwise. There must have ...
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13 Mar 2019 in Senate:
boys, Mungiki, Chinkororo, Amachuma et cetera . All these were proscribed through this Parliament. We heard this morning from the Senator for Migori that there is another one that has popped out in his county called Sangwenya, and many others. I want to urge the Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations to liaise with the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Interior and Co-ordination of National Government and urge him to bring to Parliament an instrument to ban these criminal gangs, and deal with them in accordance with the law and make them feel the full weight of the law. ...
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13 Mar 2019 in Senate:
catch up with the person who walked into Dusit D2 Hotel, Westgate, Kilingili Market and senselessly butchered people, that person does not deserve, if found guilty, to burden the State with looking after him, feeding and giving him security. They deserve to go to the electric chair, and this is done in other jurisdictions. Some of these criminals are even running ‘governments’ within the Government. They collect taxes from wananchi. When you go to matatu termini they are the ones who are responsible and make millions of shillings under the watch of the Government. We have a social contract with ...
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12 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have a long-standing Statement in relation to energy about the Turkana Wind Power. Does it also fall under this category or it will stand on its own and we expect a Statement from my distinguished tycoon colleague from Nyeri County.
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12 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I meant what I said.
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12 Mar 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there has been absolutely no discussion or agreement on this matter. What my distinguished friend and colleague did was that he gave me a very scanty answer last week, which I have looked at and is incurably inadequate. I would seek your intervention that this issue which is extremely weighty because it is involving billions of taxpayers’ money that may have gone astray, 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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