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.
19 Oct 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move:- THAT, pursuant to Standing Order 28 (3), the Senate do adjourn until Tuesday, 1st November, 2016. Mr. Temporary Speaker, this is a procedural Motion. We have come at the end of this busy Session and the Senate Business Committee, in its sitting early this week, agreed that the Senate will adjourn for two weeks to give Senators who have been busy with the House Business and Senators whose previous recess was interrupted several The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can ...
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18 Oct 2016 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. You have given us similar communication before. The issue should not be about Senators who wish to attend. If it is a proper devolution conference, Senators are obligated to attend. Before we confirm our attendance we want an assurance from your office that this is not going to be another showbiz for governors. Senators should not go there to be humiliated the way we saw our distinguished colleague from Kisumu handled when the conference was in Kisumu and subsequently in Meru. We should not go there only to be statistics; that also ...
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18 Oct 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.45(2)(b) to seek a statement from the Chairperson of the Committee on Education regarding the notice to the Chairman of the Kenya Technical Training College (KTTC) Governing Council from the Cabinet Secretary for Education to relocate from its current location in Gigiri to the former Kenya Science Teachers College (KSTC) which is currently a campus of the University of Nairobi. In the statement, the Chairperson should address the following: (1) What informed the decision by the Cabinet Secretary to relocate the KTTC from its current location to the former KSTC, currently ...
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18 Oct 2016 in Senate:
They are not your answers that you are giving but those of the Ministry.
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18 Oct 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, on a point of order. Before we move away from the Statements, last week I requested the Chair of Security---
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18 Oct 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, no it is within Statements.
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18 Oct 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, on Thursday, last week I made a request for a Statement in regard to a group of Kenyans who are picketing outside the Senate gate. There is a banner there indicating that they are refugees and returnees from Uganda. Since the Chairperson of National Security and Foreign Relations promised to bring a Statement later this week, the Speaker has directed that some remedial action be taken by the Government to remove those Kenyans from staying at the gate of the Senate day and night. These are women and children who have not facilities. They do not have ...
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18 Oct 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I came running because I was involved in mobilizing colleagues to support Sen. (Prof.) Anyang'-Nyong'o, the Senator for Kisumu. If you look at the history of water in this country, we have been classified by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as a water deficit country. That makes it imperative that we jealously protect our water sources. I laud my brother, friend and co-principal in CORD, the former Prime Minister Raila Odinga for raising this issue. I encourage those who are reacting in a haphazard and erratic manner to pay attention to the message instead of ...
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13 Oct 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are not angling to make statements here, but we urge you to enforce the rules. The Standing Order quoted by the distinguished Senators who have spoken before me is very clear. I know that Sen. Murkomen might run to Standing Order No.45(2)(d), but it does not apply. It only applies where, for example, the Senate Majority Leader was to move a Bill. If he is not in the House, then he can ask his Deputy to move a Bill. Otherwise, Standing Order No.45(2)(c) is explicit in its entirety. It is either the Senate Majority Leader or ...
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13 Oct 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving us 30 minutes to enjoy comic relief in the House. I wish to request for a statement from the Chairperson of the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations, a Committee I belong to. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.45(2)(b) to seek a statement from the Chairperson of the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations concerning the Kenyan refugees from Uganda who have been camping at the gate of the Senate since Monday, 10th October, 2016. In the statement, the Chairperson should address the following: - (1) What is the ancestral ...
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