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.
22 Sep 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, as you had directed, yesterday in the Committee of the Whole chaired by the distinguished Senator for Nyeri, it turned out that the two Cabinet Secretaries who you had directed to be summoned but instead they were invited, did not show up in the committees. If the HANSARD was to be circulated, I think we have the speech by Sen. Wako, the Attorney-General emeritus, during the Committee of the Whole. He spoke his heart out on these issues.
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22 Sep 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, as you had directed, yesterday in the Committee of the Whole chaired by the distinguished Senator for Nyeri, it turned out that the two Cabinet Secretaries who you had directed to be summoned but instead they were invited, did not show up in the committees. If the HANSARD was to be circulated, I think we have the speech by Sen. Wako, the Attorney-General emeritus, during the Committee of the Whole. He spoke his heart out on these issues.
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22 Sep 2021 in Senate:
Members of committees in this House know that when a Cabinet Secretary is unable to appear before a committee on invitation or summons, the least they can do is to
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22 Sep 2021 in Senate:
Members of committees in this House know that when a Cabinet Secretary is unable to appear before a committee on invitation or summons, the least they can do is to
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22 Sep 2021 in Senate:
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22 Sep 2021 in Senate:
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22 Sep 2021 in Senate:
send their Principal Secretaries (PSs) or any other senior officers to come and tender apologies and explanation to the committee. We all understand that sometimes you may not be available for this and that reason. However, during yesterday’s meeting, and my good friend the Chair is here, there was no single representation from any of these two Ministries, not even a press officer from the Cabinet Secretaries’ offices to tell us that they are sorry because they are not available. There was nothing! I said that in a crisis moment like this, wherever the Cabinet Secretary for Petroleum and Mining ...
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22 Sep 2021 in Senate:
send their Principal Secretaries (PSs) or any other senior officers to come and tender apologies and explanation to the committee. We all understand that sometimes you may not be available for this and that reason. However, during yesterday’s meeting, and my good friend the Chair is here, there was no single representation from any of these two Ministries, not even a press officer from the Cabinet Secretaries’ offices to tell us that they are sorry because they are not available. There was nothing! I said that in a crisis moment like this, wherever the Cabinet Secretary for Petroleum and Mining ...
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22 Sep 2021 in Senate:
By doing so, you are adhering to studiously to every single provision in the Constitution, including but not limited to being required to go to Parliament to answer questions because that is what the Government must do and that is the responsibility of the Government. However, we have no responses. That is why this House must stand up in unison. Our censure may not lead to these Cabinet Secretaries leaving office but it is a blot on
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22 Sep 2021 in Senate:
By doing so, you are adhering to studiously to every single provision in the Constitution, including but not limited to being required to go to Parliament to answer questions because that is what the Government must do and that is the responsibility of the Government. However, we have no responses. That is why this House must stand up in unison. Our censure may not lead to these Cabinet Secretaries leaving office but it is a blot on
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