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 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Yes Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. That is what I am asking and I congratulate the Nyeri Senator for arm-twisting the President to give them two dual carriageways at the expense of the rest of the country.
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24 Feb 2016 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.
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24 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, apart from the Imperial Bank issue where Kshs2.9 billion is likely to be lost, we know banks are holding Kshs27 billion of farmers’ money at an interest rate of just 10 per cent per annum. It is earning Kshs2.7 billion for the banks per annum. Could the Chairman tell us whether the small-scale farmers have consented to their money being held and traded around in fixed The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes
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24 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Let me finish, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Could the Chairperson tell this House, and if he does not have the answer now he can seek for it and bring, whether there is any privity of contract? The term “privity” means parties have agreed and there is a relationship between the small-scale farmer in Nyangores and KTDA that they will hold his money and put in a fixed deposit?
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24 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for purposes of the HANSARD, we are doing something procedurally incorrect. After announcing the results of every Bill, the Clerk-at-the Table ought to have stood to read out what she is reading. The HANSARD will now record that she is reading pertaining to all Bills at the end and the flow of the HANSARD will be distorted. We need to follow the proper procedure.
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