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.
20 Feb 2019 in Senate:
However, the names were there and they walked away with Kshs563 million.
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20 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker Sir, we went to Nyansiongo and the farmers shed tears. They said the subsidy of fertilizer they were given, ended up to be quarry dust and there was no single germination of any seed given to them.
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20 Feb 2019 in Senate:
We must, as a House that is obligated to protect counties and their interests, rise to the occasion and help this country achieve food security, protect the farmer and make sure we streamline the cereals sector so that this country does not spend astronomical sums of money importing food not only to feed people but also to allow profiteers to make obscene profits at the expense of the taxpayer.
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20 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker Sir, I beg to second.
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19 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, towards the end of the last term, I sought a statement in relation to the activities of Lake Turkana Wind Power in Marsabit County and the loss or misapplication of resources between that company, the Ministry of Energy and the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KETRACO), a parastatal in the Ministry. You directed that the statement be made available as soon as it was practically possible and then we went on recess. Now that we are back and we are in the second week, I would like to know from the Chair of the Committee if the Statement ...
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19 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you listened to the distinguished Senator for Narok, he was just engaged in unhelpful polemics because he did not say anything. All he said is that the matter is with the Committee and they have been busy with too many issues.
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19 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, you directed that the response to the Statement be made in two weeks. We have been on recess for two months and since we resumed, we have had two weeks. So, the knife that sliced the distinguished Senator for Trans Nzoia should be the same knife that should slice the distinguished Senator for Narok.
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19 Feb 2019 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I enjoin my distinguished colleague from Elgeyo-Marakwet and urge the Speaker that it is not open to a Chair of a Committee or anybody representing him to tell this House and in particular the Chair, that when you demand observance of the orders of the Chair, then he is entitled to bring half-baked information. That does not work in this House or any House for that matter. When the Chair says two weeks, it means two weeks. At the end of the recess, one would have expected some courtesy and decency on ...
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19 Feb 2019 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Chairman, Sir
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19 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Mr. Chairman, Sir, as a matter of procedure, I noticed that the distinguished Chairman, the Senator for Embu County is just standing at the Dispatch Box after moving a Clause. As you propose and put the question, he is just transfixed at the Dispatch Box. That is not part of the procedure of this House. Every time he finishes with one Clause, he has to take his seat and wait for the Chair to dispose of the question then, he comes again to deal with the next.
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