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.
29 Mar 2017 in Senate:
On a point of order Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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29 Mar 2017 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, on this matter of security in Baringo, even as we wait for the Statement and knowing what is going on there---
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29 Mar 2017 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am addressing the Chair---
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29 Mar 2017 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am seeking you to take an intervention.
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29 Mar 2017 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me speak to that.
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29 Mar 2017 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was on the floor.
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29 Mar 2017 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was advised that I had 13 minutes. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Yesterday, I was offering my critique of the Speech by the President, described as policy and I said that I saw no policy in it. I had talked about several issues that were lacking. I will go to the point where I left, which is on public debt. The President, in a very casual manner, said that the public debt in the country was not unmanageable. Everybody knows that this country is suffering under the weight of public debt. Everybody knows that the debt ...
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29 Mar 2017 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I go on to do so, I want to plead with the Chair. Yesterday, I was so rudely interrupted by some excited Senators to the extent that all my time was consumed by points of order. I want you to protect me to push my point. To answer Sen. (Dr.) Machage, the distinguished Senator for Migori County, he was a Minister in the Kibaki Government and he knows that the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) was costed and awarded as a contract at Kshs200 billion to the China Road and Bridge Company. When the Jubilee Government came ...
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29 Mar 2017 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Deputy Speaker under the guise of a point of order has just pursued an argument. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you have been in this House even longer than the Deputy Speaker. We used to be told as soon as we entered Parliament that when the President has made his speech and it is open for debate, you are open to debate anything under the sun within the rules. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is fallacious to expect that we stand here to go through the paragraphs of the President’s speech and praise it. We are critiquing the speech ...
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