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.
27 Feb 2019 in Senate:
We want to see people prosecuted and convicted. If you issue extravagant statements about what we are doing today and a month down the line take somebody to court and bring evidence that does not tally, a good lawyer like Sen. Mutula Kilonzo Jnr., will just ask you: “Were you lying then or you are lying now?” That will be the end of the case. We urge these people that whatever they are doing, they are not short of precedent. People did not like a man called Bernard Chunga in this country. However, you know that when we were working ...
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27 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to second.
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27 Feb 2019 in Senate:
On a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.
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27 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to inform the distinguished professor and my good friend that, in fact, as the referendum talk picks up, this House has a singular and unique opportunity to take what other jurisdictions like Nigeria have. Shared resources are based on annual budgets and not on audited accounts.
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26 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to request for a Statement on the Implementation of the Digital Literacy Programme (DLP), commonly called the Computer Programme. 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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26 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Pursuant to Standing Order No. 48(1), I rise to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Education on the implementation status of the Digital Literacy Programme by the Ministry of Education. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Table a status report on the uptake of the Digital Literacy Program under the Ministry of Education indicating the number of learners, per school in each county, that were issued with the digital devices under the Digital Literacy Programme; (2) State the name of the supplier of the digital devices and the cost incurred so far by the Government in implementing ...
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21 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a senior in the House, I join you in welcoming the delegation from Elgeyo-Marakwet County Assembly. Elgeyo-Marakwet are our neighbours on the Trans-Nzoia side and are friends of all of us. I would like to encourage the MCAs and the staff to engage fully with this “Upper” House; a House that has a duty constitutionally to defend counties, their governments and their interest. I encourage them to be on the frontline of primary oversight, so that all the monies that we allocate to their counties are put to good use for the development of their people. ...
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21 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, during the last campaigns, I went to several places in Elgeyo- Marakwet, including a place called Tot. Many people turned up and they were cheering us uncontrollably. However, when the votes came, they were not as many. That is politics. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I urge our visitors that yours truly will be visiting them again. I encourage them to welcome me in large numbers in 2022. I hope they will not reduce the numbers of ballot for me.
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21 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, is it in order for my distinguished learned junior, Senate Majority Leader, to use an opportunity to welcome MCAs from his County, to settle scores and feuds with his governor, who is not here to defend himself?
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21 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the distinguished Senator for Kericho County for bringing this important issue. I had also drafted a request for a Statement on the same. Whichever Committee you direct to deal with this matter, should find out and tell this House how a matter as fundamental as violating people’s privacy – including but not limited to taking people’s DNAs in the registration of this process – found its way into the law through a miscellaneous amendment law in the National Assembly and was never brought to this House, when it is a matter that affects counties at ...
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