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.
24 Aug 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, sometimes I ask myself why this country likes copying. My colleagues including the Senate Majority Leader can bear witness. In America, banks cannot increase interest rates by 0.5 per cent without sanction from the Federal Reserve Director. They cannot. In England, the head of the Bank of England which is equivalent to our Central Bank will not allow any bank to escalate interest rates by one per cent without its sanctions. I do not want to give a personal testimony but I can tell you that in 1995 I borrowed Kshs970,000 from then Kenya National Assurance ...
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24 Aug 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, sometimes I ask myself why this country likes copying. My colleagues including the Senate Majority Leader can bear witness. In America, banks cannot increase interest rates by 0.5 per cent without sanction from the Federal Reserve Director. They cannot. In England, the head of the Bank of England which is equivalent to our Central Bank will not allow any bank to escalate interest rates by one per cent without its sanctions. I do not want to give a personal testimony but I can tell you that in 1995 I borrowed Kshs970,000 from then Kenya National Assurance ...
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24 Aug 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, normally in this Motion you say anything under the sun. It is like contributing to the President’s Speech. We have sat for a long time. I beg to second that we extend our recess by an extra week and as we go on to our extended recess, I wish each Member a very good recess and congratulate all of you, just like my brother did for the job well done this afternoon. I fully appreciate your out of turn dissent on the matter---
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24 Aug 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, normally in this Motion you say anything under the sun. It is like contributing to the President’s Speech. We have sat for a long time. I beg to second that we extend our recess by an extra week and as we go on to our extended recess, I wish each Member a very good recess and congratulate all of you, just like my brother did for the job well done this afternoon. I fully appreciate your out of turn dissent on the matter---
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24 Aug 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, that is why I am saying that we appreciate your point of turn in dissent. As your leader, I had pronounced publicly that every Member must be whipped to support. You dissented, but I will not take any action against you. I beg to second.
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24 Aug 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, that is why I am saying that we appreciate your point of turn in dissent. As your leader, I had pronounced publicly that every Member must be whipped to support. You dissented, but I will not take any action against you. I beg to second.
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24 Aug 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on a point of order. Is it in order and is it Parliamentary for the distinguished Speaker to tell a Member that you will hit and hit very hard? The Speaker only rules either for or against an issue. I am on a point of order Mr. Speaker.
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24 Aug 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on a point of order. Is it in order and is it Parliamentary for the distinguished Speaker to tell a Member that you will hit and hit very hard? The Speaker only rules either for or against an issue. I am on a point of order Mr. Speaker.
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24 Aug 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I get worried because the Chair is an impartial Arbiter. The Chair rules a Member out of order or rules you in order to proceed.
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24 Aug 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I get worried because the Chair is an impartial Arbiter. The Chair rules a Member out of order or rules you in order to proceed.
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