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.
12 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Everybody is watching this and we must stop this because those are not their resources. Those are resources of the people of Kenya.
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12 Feb 2019 in Senate:
Finally, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I urge this House to remain above board, avoid politics of hatred, vindictiveness and of dividing the country so that even where our colleagues in the “Lower” House engage in errant behaviour, let us rise and stand above them so that Kenyans know that we are truly a House of reference wrongly described and we are truly a House of revision and truly the “Upper” House that can give direction and be able to help restore political sanity in the country. It is not for nothing that the new Constitution gave this House the authority as ...
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6 Dec 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. It is in our tradition - and I apologise for not flagging my card - to welcome our visitors from the two friendly countries, Zanzibar is part of Tanzania in the East African Community. We are delighted to welcome all of you. Feel at home and when you go back home, remember to say hello to one Mr Kifijo, who served with me in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Union (CPU) for a very long time. Our colleagues from Namibia are equally welcome. You know the role that Kenya played towards the independence of Namibia. Our ...
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6 Dec 2018 in Senate:
should interact. All these good Senators would want to have a relationship with many of you. Thank you.
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6 Dec 2018 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I support Sen. Wambua‟s Petition. Pending bills are now the nightmare of every county. It is a terrible drawback on devolution. I want to correct my colleague from Isiolo County. The total amount of pending bills by county governments is a staggering Kshs110 billion and not Kshs900 billion. These are small traders, young women, youths, disabled persons and persons who borrow money from merry-go-rounds, micro-finance institutions (MFIs) and SACCOs in the villages where they are charged shylock interests. At the end of the day, each one of them is under the auction hammer. Mr. ...
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6 Dec 2018 in Senate:
When you go to counties, you are routinely told that they only disburse funds for recurrent expenditure. However, the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act says very clearly, and you, Chair, as a professor of law, know that you cannot procure for goods and services without an attendant budget and money in your kitty. Those who are procuring services and goods without having budgets are breaking the law. This Senate has to bring counties to order to protect innocent and weak business people who are trying to grow up and are being truncated by non-payment of bills.
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6 Dec 2018 in Senate:
I want to urge the Governor for Kitui County, with whom we have worked in this Parliament and Cabinet, to listen to this Petition and pay her constituents promptly. I urge all other governors to follow suit.
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6 Dec 2018 in Senate:
One is a pronoun and the other is an adjective.
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6 Dec 2018 in Senate:
I will be very brief, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.
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