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.
6 Oct 2021 in Senate:
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6 Oct 2021 in Senate:
available in Bomet and vice versa. This will ensure that we reduce the stress Kenyans face in travelling for long distances and spending huge sums of money to look for specialized attention when they can have that specialized attention within reach. It will be easier and more convenient, cheaper and it will give Kenyans an opportunity to enjoy the fruits of devolution, especially in the actualization of the provisions of Article 6 of the Constitution. I remember when we were carrying out investigations on one of the health issues, we were told by Homa Bay how they sponsored a professional ...
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6 Oct 2021 in Senate:
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6 Oct 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, health is over 90 per cent devolved. Nevertheless, more than 90 per cent of the resources of health are held in Nairobi. We want to see this money spreading across the counties to help our people. I encourage Sen. (Dr.) Ali that by the time we go to Committee Stage, he should do the comparison and the contrast between the original Statute and what we are bringing here so that we seal all the loopholes. We should not have situations where counties start saying that the Advisory Committee in Nairobi has sent us a gynaecologist consultant, ...
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6 Oct 2021 in Senate:
This is good legislation that will go a long way. At first when I saw the Bill, before I read it carefully, I thought it was a clawback on devolution, but it is actually an enhancement of devolution in the health sector. It is an enhancement on service delivery in the health sector. In fact, I agree with the Mover of the Bill, Sen. (Dr.) Ali, that waiting to bring the National Health Commission through a constitutional amendment, we can wait to eternity. Because of the super majority required in both Houses and the various sectarian interests; some selfish, some ...
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6 Oct 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I urge the House to support this Bill because it is a positive development in this House as the defender and promoter of devolution and the
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6 Oct 2021 in Senate:
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protector of counties, their governments and their people. This is one of the milestones. In a very small way, the Bill is only three pages, but it carries a heavy load in enhancing the performance of the health sector in a devolved system in this country.
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23 Sep 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank you for giving me the opportunity to support the very active Senator from Nairobi City County in her request for the Statement in relation to the loss of lives arising out of police misconduct. I encourage the distinguished Senator that besides making this request, she should use her office to write to the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA). I say this because I noted that after the killing of the Kianjokoma brothers in Embu, it is IPOA that took up the matter, investigated it very quickly and as a result, six police officers are in ...
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