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.
13 Oct 2016 in Senate:
They are carrying banners. They are from Uganda.
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13 Oct 2016 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. We are talking of women with children and no hygienic provisions. They are not allowed to enter the precincts of Parliament to use facilities like toilets or wash themselves and they have been lying at the gate from Monday. Even if a comprehensive answer will be brought later, we want a remedial measure to be taken so that these Kenyans, if they are and even if they were not, we are obligated under international law to protect any persons on our territory. In the interim, what measures can be taken to remove ...
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13 Oct 2016 in Senate:
Sen. Adan will be here.
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13 Oct 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I salute Sen. Haji for raising that issue. Many of our colleagues sitting in the comfort zones of Government would not wish to be associated with such issues. I salute you.
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13 Oct 2016 in Senate:
The Makonde people live along the coastline of Kenya from Likoni all the way through Vanga, Tanga, Dar es Salaam, Ruvuma and to Nambula in Mozambique. If you go to Mozambique, you find beautiful Makonde carvings---
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13 Oct 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have been a Minister of Foreign Affairs for 10 years. Do you know that?
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13 Oct 2016 in Senate:
The Makonde people are industrious and artistic people. The best carvings in Africa are from the Makonde people. The Constitution of Kenya enjoins the Government to give the Makonde people and any other people who live in this country citizenship. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sen. Haji has brought the matter to the Floor. As we salute him, I urge the Chair that as a leader in your own right, and the head of this House, to take it up personally and write on behalf of the Senate to the Government of the Republic of Kenya to point out this issue and ...
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13 Oct 2016 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. The issue of fraudulent alienation of public land in this country is not a secret. In this particular case of Machakos County, we may invite the Vice Chair and the House to take judicial notice of the fact that the current Governor of Machakos County has been quoted in public media inviting people, particularly from the Middle East, to come to Machakos and be given free public land, which is held in trust for the people of Kenya in general and the people of Machakos County in particular. I would want ...
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13 Oct 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I do not want to get into this confidence issue. This Statement was written on 6th April, 2016. Your office may wish to help the House on why a Statement written from the NLC on the 6th April, 2016, finds its way to the House on 13th, October, 2016. These are the facts that appear on the Statement. If it had come and been postponed continuously, that would be another matter. However, if it has truly taken that long, the tradition of this House is that the Chair normally directs that Statements be issued in two ...
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13 Oct 2016 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. As the leadership in the House, one would expect that any distinguished Senator who has business on the Order Paper is obligated to be in the House to prosecute their Motions or the Bills or whatever business. The Senate Business Committee has balloted and scheduled business on the Order Paper and the Member who is supposed to prosecute the business is not in the House, and the Chair has not informed the House he has an apology from such a Member. I think such business ought to be dropped and to ...
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