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.
10 Mar 2016 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish my colleague and brother had furnished me with a copy of the statement before he read it so that we can interrogate it properly. Be that as it may, if you followed the statement carefully, you will find several things. First, that the Government has not been fair in handling the issues of IDPs. Some IDPs have been paid Kshs200,000, others Kshs400,000, others a paltry Kshs10,000 and others nothing. Even the idea of classifying the IDPs as integrated, so that they do not benefit from Government support is The electronic ...
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10 Mar 2016 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for being generous to me. This is a very emotive issue.
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10 Mar 2016 in Senate:
When I sit here and listen to my brother saying that in 1993---
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10 Mar 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, forgive me because I am not going that direction. When Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki read the victims of 1992/1997 violence, he did not mention the Kiliku Report of the National Assembly or Parliament which identified that the highest victims of that time were from Trans Nzoia, Kipkaren, Bungoma and Lugari. He did not mention any one of those areas. This is a selective application that is not good. Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, Kshs22 billion, that has led to Sen. Khaniri’s request that was said to have been paid to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). This House will be interested ...
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10 Mar 2016 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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10 Mar 2016 in Senate:
He is defending the Government!
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10 Mar 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, first I want to thank the Senate Majority Leader for the candour that he has displayed in dealing with this matter. More importantly, I thank colleagues for showing tremendous interest in a matter of grave national importance, touching virtually on every county. Mr. Speaker, Sir, my suggestion to the House is that it is unlikely that each one of us will have the opportunity to pick the materials from our respective counties in good time and bring it to the House. If this Motion under Order No. 18 goes through and a select committee is set up ...
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10 Mar 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am raising a matter under Standing Order No. 45 (2) (a). It is a matter on an issue of topical concern and it is touching on a county. We have seen newsflashes that the Government has withdrawn the security detail of the Governor of Mombasa County, one, Ali Hassan Joho. His bodyguards and residential guards have been withdrawn. This does not augur well for the politics of this country. Everybody knows that we just came from a bruising by-election contest in Malindi where Governor Hassan Joho was the team leader of the Coalition for Reforms and ...
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10 Mar 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, coming as it does, immediately after the by-election and with all that we have seen around Governor Hassan Joho, his family business was closed and the police raided his business, I stand here on behalf of CORD fraternity and state as follows:- 1. That we will hold the Government and its security organs liable and responsible if anything happens to Governor Ali Hassan Joho. 2. Secondly, we demand that the provision of security to a governor for his personal safety and security and his residence is not a privilege, it is a right. A governor is ...
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9 Mar 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, that our athletes have brought fame and glory to this country is not arguable. However, of late, a nightmare is ensuing amongst our athletics. Our athletes are now being cited as being victims of doping. In our history, whether we are talking of Kipkeino, Ben Jipcho or Samson Kimobwa, all these great athletes were like Caesar’s wife; beyond any suspicion. Today, we have Ritah Jeptoo, a very admirable young athlete banned for five years. We have others being mentioned. Last week, the CEO of Kenya Association of Athletics (KAA) was found culpable of complicity in doping and ...
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