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.
3 Nov 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is very difficult for distinguished Senators to stand up to speak just because they have to speak.
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3 Nov 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am surprised that the Chair did not direct the distinguished Senator who I have tremendous respect and liking for. She is my friend. When she referred to Senators sitting across the Floor as “they”, the rules of the House require that you refer to Senators as either Senators by name or a Senator. You cannot just say: “They walked away.” These are not- --. Anyway, the point I want to make to the Chair, because I do not think we should engage in trivia on such a serious matter, is that nobody - and my ...
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3 Nov 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the valve, the vent – because when we come here to arch points, it is not that we want the Chair to rule in our favour all the time but we want to bring issues that we feel are necessary, important, helpful and can guide this House and the country and even assist some of us are who are in a learning process, so that we can be apprised. Tomorrow, when Sen. Wetangula is gone, somebody else will pursue a similar argument to help the country. I urge you to hear us on this procedural matter. ...
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3 Nov 2015 in Senate:
Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I will tell my distinguished friend and the Chair of my Committee for free, that The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.
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3 Nov 2015 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. The distinguished Senator for Samburu with whom we first came to the House in 1993 has rapidly degenerated into an irritating heckler.
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3 Nov 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I see the difficulty in which we find ourselves. I want to reaffirm the point where I started that I have got a very critical procedural issue to raise. The procedural issue I want to raise may touch on Order No’s 8 and 9. It is correct, that it will go beyond those Orders and touch on any similar Orders in future, is equally correct. What I would want to request the Chair because he repeatedly used the word “ ambush ”, I do not want and it is not my habit to ambush anybody except ...
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3 Nov 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on the lower side 20minutes, on the upper side 30 minutes.
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3 Nov 2015 in Senate:
The Senate Majority Leader is rarely in this House, so he does not know how we have been prosecuting things.
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3 Nov 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I accept the 15 minutes, let us start. I want to bring to the attention of the Chair and the House that under Article 115 of the Constitution, which I will come back to, it defines under Sub Article 4, the manner of disposal of the memorandum from the President. Before I come back to that, I want to draw the attention of the House and the Deputy Speaker to Article 122 (1) of the Constitution on voting in Parliament. It states:- “Except as otherwise provided in this Constitution, any question proposed for decision in either ...
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