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 Nov 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, unfortunately, I will not be around on Thursday. I request that the answer be brought tomorrow.
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29 Nov 2016 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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29 Nov 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is preposterous. When I requested for this Statement, you directed that it be brought in two weeks. This was on 1st November, 2016. We are now on 29th November, 2016. Asking the Chairperson to bring the answer tomorrow is asking for too much. In fact, he should be feeling your wrath for the inordinate delay in bringing the answer after four weeks instead of two weeks as directed. I request that the answer be brought tomorrow. If the disjointed manner in which he has framed the answer is the issue, we can go and restructure and ...
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29 Nov 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, what the distinguished Senators for Vihiga and Kakamega Counties are not telling the House is that the word preposterous means any one of those that they are reading, not all of them. I had absolutely no reason to make reference to Sen. (Dr.) Machage as utterly foolish. I used the word preposterous to mean outrageous. In the Oxford English Dictionary, outrageous is also included in the description of preposterous.
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29 Nov 2016 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I second the Motion. Allow me to thank you for being soft on us and allowing us to consult even in the process of proceedings. That is the way to go, so that we can make progress. Allow me too to thank the Senate Majority Leader for his humility in accepting whenever he finds that the step taken is not the right one. With that humility that he continuously displays in this House - and I dare say I cannot say the same of his deputy- we are able to make progress.
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29 Nov 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not understand Sen. Sang and Sen. (Dr.) Machage. How does my saying that the Senate Majority Leader has displayed great humility and that I cannot say the same of his deputy drive a wedge between them? This is my perception, understanding and appreciation of the two gentlemen.
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29 Nov 2016 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for that display of enormous wisdom. I second the Motion in an amended form. The amendment is that at No.11 we are putting Sen. Henry Tiole Ndiema, the Senator for Trans Nzoia. At No.15, we are putting the name of the distinguished Senator for Kisii, Sen. Christopher Obure, in place of Sen. Sonko. This is a matter that we have a common position on and I do not want to belabour too much. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained ...
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29 Nov 2016 in Senate:
State House, if you want to hear.
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29 Nov 2016 in Senate:
This list and our colleagues who have been given the opportunity to serve, I urge you that you all; Sen. (Eng.) Muriuki, you are the doyen of devolution and the father of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) that has now been bastardised into a different thing. I urge all the Members because nobody can compromise Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, Sen. Obure, Sen. Murungi, Sen. Abdirahman or anybody, go and represent this House with all the capacity that you have, to come up with a solution that will take us to the next level. We are sick and tired of this ping ...
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29 Nov 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, give him two more minutes. He is our chairperson.
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