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.
23 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.
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23 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Let me finish, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. A matter under Standing Order No.45(2)(a) cannot possibly wait for a reasoned ruling then you allow us to debate because topical means now. The issue of elections in Uganda, you should go to social media and see how angry people are. We, as leaders of the people, are entitled to speak to this matter. I respect your ruling. It is wrong, but you have the right to make rulings, even wrong ones. I want to urge you that the dynamism of debate in the House and the duty and the role of the ...
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23 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Can we then have it tomorrow and discuss it.
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23 Feb 2016 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am so sorry.We have been so subsumed in that argument. I have two statements whose responses were to be given today. One is from the Chairperson of the Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget on the continuing appearance of a human portrait on our currency contrary to the Constitution. STATUS OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS The second one is on the disbursement of what was described as the final payment of Kshs1 billion to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs); the broader issue of IDPs, how they have been paid and dealt with, ...
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23 Feb 2016 in Senate:
I stand guided. ALLEGED ASSAULT OF POLICEWOMAN BY CAPTAIN ALLISTER BROWN
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23 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, may I ride on that? The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes
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23 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you saw the video clip, this white gentleman – if he is gentleman at all – was physically assaulting a police officer on duty. With such glaring evidence, open and shut case. We do not want to hear that the matter is under investigation. It was obvious. I have seen a 411 flash that he has been dismissed. However, the consequence of a physical assault on a police officer is not a dismissal. He was not even a Government employee, but an employee of a private company. Can the Chairperson of the Committee bring the ...
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23 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will ask the Chairman to bring the statement tomorrow. It is urgent.
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23 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we will do that. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes
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23 Feb 2016 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to support the Bill and congratulate the distinguished Senator for Kisii County for bringing it. It is a Bill that has been long overdue, but has probably been in consideration of the distinguished Senator for Kirinyaga County who is the Chairperson of the Committee on Education. This Bill is in keeping with the dynamism of CORD. You will remember that Sen. Musila, the distinguished Senator for Kitui County, brought another progressive Bill that obligated all the heads of schools to never withhold certificates of school-children. We went further to amend it to cover university students ...
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