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.
1 Oct 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, my request goes to the Committee on National Security and Foreign Relations. Pursuant to the Standing Orders No.45(2)(b), I rise to seek a statement from the Chairperson of the Committee in relation to an incident that occurred on 29th September 2015, in which some citizens were allowed to demonstrate along Harambee Avenue and Parliament Road while others were barred from demonstrating. In the statement, the Chairperson should explain:- 1. Why the police allowed some citizens to demonstrate, but barred others from doing so, in violation of their rights to demonstrate and picket which constitutional right is provided ...
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1 Oct 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, in responding to the statement, will the Senate Majority Leader tell the House and the country where the much publicised proceeds of the Euro bond which was US$2 billion or thereabout, has been placed because we understand the proceeds of the Euro bond were banked outside the country yet we were told it was supposed to stabilise the foreign exchange regime and therefore stabilise the ratio of our exchange of the Kenya shilling to the hard currencies that we deal with. Where is this money from the Euro bond?
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1 Oct 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you, for that far-reaching and fundamental ruling. Further to what the distinguished Senator for Mombasa has said, in a sort of precedence setting for future reference and direction, it will help if Mr. Speaker brought back an expanded ruling that we have given which is a precedence, so to speak, to cover that area and enlighten the House and the future whether in the event the President rejects a passed Bill and sends a memorandum back and purports to introduce new clauses, must those clauses go through the legislative process of First Reading, Second Reading and ...
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30 Sep 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a very serious national matter. It did not occur to me that Kshs15 billion has been sunk in the IDP scam. This is a matter that I doubt if the distinguished Senator who has read the Statement will have sufficient facts to respond to the supplementary requests we are making, because I am sure what she has is the Statement from Ms. Waiguru and no more. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in western Kenya where God blessed me to come from, people were expelled from Naivasha, parts of central Kenya and many parts of the ...
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30 Sep 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am making a statement to the effect that clarifications we seek may not be forthcoming or satisfy the House. Even if we called Ms. Waiguru, with all the issues surrounding her, she is unlikely to give us proper facts. We want a select committee to dig deep and properly into this matter. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.
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30 Sep 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, may I contribute something—
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30 Sep 2015 in Senate:
Thank you Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for allowing me to ride on that request. The distinguished Sen. Orengo is here from that Committee. I am also a Member of that Committee but I have constantly declined to take any responsibility for the work of the Committee. In answering and responding to Sen. Ong’era’s question, we want the Chairperson to tell this distinguished House under what law and on what basis did the Cabinet Secretary purport to direct not only the Inspector-General of Police, but also the Chairperson of the National Commission for Integration and Cohesion (NCIC), on the basis of ...
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30 Sep 2015 in Senate:
I want the Chairperson to explain, because NCIC told us that they work under nobody’s direction and will not take what the Minister said. They also said that they are not intending to record a Statement from Sen. Muthama and withdrew the summons they had given to him. On what basis and under what law is the Cabinet Secretary, who has been a very distinguished Member of Parliament and we have worked with him--- Why is he violating the Constitution and the law to give directions where he has no authority? As I finish, even in America---
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30 Sep 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I know the Chair presiding now is a Member of the Committee and so is the distinguished Sen. Orengo and myself. I will inform the Chair that such a weighty issue has been raised on the Floor and probably he could issue the Statement in a week, that is, next Wednesday. The Clerks-at-the-Table should inform the Chair.
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30 Sep 2015 in Senate:
Sorry for usurping your powers. 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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