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.
15 Jul 2015 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. In view of the fact that the Chairman says the CBK Governor will appear before the Committee, will I be in order to request that you direct that the statement be further interrogated at the Committee when the Governor appears? A much more comprehensive response can then be brought to the House.
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8 Jul 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a matter of tremendous, vital, national interest. Under our new Constitution, unlike the constitution of other countries, including Uganda, they describe their international boundaries and territory from beacon to beacon, hill to hill and river to river. In our Constitution, we simply said in Article 5 that our territory consists of territory and territorial waters comprising Kenya on the effective date and any additional territory and territorial waters as defined by an Act of Parliament. The last Act of Parliament is the Provinces and Districts Act of 1982. Today, we have a problem with South ...
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8 Jul 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am seeking clarification. We prepared our maritime boundary in accordance with the direction of the United Nations (UN), extending our maritime jurisdiction by 2050 as allowed by the UN. Documents were lodged by Kenya at the UN, but Somalia went and removed the documents. They are now saying that what was our territory is not our territory. My question is: Is the Committee able to impress on the Government, as a matter of urgency, to first give effect to Article 5 of the Constitution by bringing legislation? The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report ...
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8 Jul 2015 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Chairperson, Sir. The procedure is that we vote on the amendment. If it passes, we will eventually vote for it to be part of the Bill. We cannot have two votes in one clause that is being amended. This is because we must carry the amendment then the clause as amended be voted on as part of the Bill. So, it cannot be stayed to be voted twice later. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the ...
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1 Jul 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the event happened in my county. The facts are that KWS officers killed unarmed helpless herders.
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1 Jul 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am asking a further question.
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1 Jul 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, could the Statement further tell this House and the country what the Ministry of Environment, headed by Prof. Judy Wakhungu, is doing in order to rein in wayward and trigger happy KWS officers who shoot unarmed, helpless citizens on sight, plant ammunition on them and make entries of false OBs in police stations calling them bandits? This happened in my county. I thank Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo for bringing up this matter which had already been brought to my attention. If I was not unwell in the last couple of days I was going to bring it ...
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1 Jul 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, pursuant to Standing Order No.41(2)(b), I wish to seek a Statement from the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance, Commerce and Budget regarding the recent up-scaling of minimum capital for commercial banks. In the Statement, the Chairperson should address the following:- (1) What informed the policy announcement by the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury to upscale the minimum capital for banks to Kshs5 billion. (2) Was this policy statement subjected to public and sector participation? (3) What is the effective date of this policy? (4) Is the Cabinet Secretary for Treasury aware that this ...
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1 Jul 2015 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have a further question.
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