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:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have been so interrupted that I have not made my point. I beg for five minutes to make two or three points.
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29 Mar 2017 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, this House has become a dictatorship.
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29 Mar 2017 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, and this appears to be connivance between the Speaker and his deputy.
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29 Mar 2017 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sen. Kittony has just uttered some words and fled the Chamber. You and the Deputy Speaker are my witnesses. I have never made reference to the President on this Floor in a derogatory manner. I always say, President Uhuru or the President of Kenya, and then I proceed to criticize what he has done. I have never referred to the President, and I will never, as “the man from Gatundu”. I do not know where she got it from. Yesterday, as a matter of light moment in the House, I made reference ...
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29 Mar 2017 in Senate:
The only thing that touched me is that the Standing Orders give me time to speak. I have eight thingsthat I wanted to critique in the President’s Speech and I did not even finish two. I am very fond of standing on points of order all the time. Normally, you do not give me chance like four or five times in a row. You would give me one, then deny me and give me another chance later. I appreciate that because I am not the only Member in the House. I want to reaffirm my great respect for the Chair, ...
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28 Mar 2017 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am a Member of the Committee. We will notify the Chairman, Sen. Haji, so that he can bring the statement in two weeks’ time.
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28 Mar 2017 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Chairperson should bring this statement because it is very urgent. I have heard the West Pokot County Senator say that the rain started yesterday, but I would like to tell him that it started two weeks ago. People are busy planting crops, especially the breadbasket areas---
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28 Mar 2017 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am talking of the breadbasket areas where cereals are grown such as Trans Nzoia, Uasin Gishu, Nandi, Nakuru, Bungoma and Kakamega counties and other counties in the former Nyanza Province. As I ride on this statement sought by the hon. Senator, I want the Chairperson to tell the House and the country the following:- (1) The distribution of the fertilizer and the competition between the county governments and the national Government is hurting the agriculture sector in this country. Agriculture is a devolved function. We will want the Chairperson to explain why the national Government is ...
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