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 Dec 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the distinguished Senator for Meru is reminding me of the Wambora case which had a germination of 5 per cent after pumping in Kshs100 million.
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3 Dec 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we need to take care of the protection of the farmer against these crooked traders. The problem with Kenyan traders and the majority of them is that they are very keen to make quick bucks and they will go to any length. It is not even the traders; it is actually the Kenyan psyche to the extent that if you get involved in an accident on the highway, there are good Samaritans who come to help you out of the accident and there are crooks who come to strip you even when you are dying. They ...
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3 Dec 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we need to take care of the protection of the farmer against these crooked traders. The problem with Kenyan traders and the majority of them is that they are very keen to make quick bucks and they will go to any length. It is not even the traders; it is actually the Kenyan psyche to the extent that if you get involved in an accident on the highway, there are good Samaritans who come to help you out of the accident and there are crooks who come to strip you even when you are dying. They ...
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3 Dec 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thought the Chair was appreciating what I was saying because it is a fact; that you have a pedigree cow and you cannot afford AI.
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3 Dec 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thought the Chair was appreciating what I was saying because it is a fact; that you have a pedigree cow and you cannot afford AI.
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3 Dec 2014 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. The Government must come back to help and support the farmer. Looking at the functions of the Board, they include: Advice the Cabinet Secretary on matters relating to fertiliser and advice on the relative priorities to be given to the implementation of specific measures. It also includes managing importation. What the Bill does not say is whether the Board will import or only formulate policies for importation. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it also says that the Board will ensure that there are adequate retail outlets. This is very important. Even if you have mega ...
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3 Dec 2014 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. The Government must come back to help and support the farmer. Looking at the functions of the Board, they include: Advice the Cabinet Secretary on matters relating to fertiliser and advice on the relative priorities to be given to the implementation of specific measures. It also includes managing importation. What the Bill does not say is whether the Board will import or only formulate policies for importation. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it also says that the Board will ensure that there are adequate retail outlets. This is very important. Even if you have mega ...
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3 Dec 2014 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. This is so that the benefits of subsidy do not become cash cows for traders. If there is a subsidy, it must be a true subsidy. We will be encouraging the importers to benefit from the economies of scale so that you do not have briefcase carriers walking and roaming from office to office pretending to be selling fertiliser when, in fact, they have no fertiliser to sell. 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, ...
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3 Dec 2014 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. This is so that the benefits of subsidy do not become cash cows for traders. If there is a subsidy, it must be a true subsidy. We will be encouraging the importers to benefit from the economies of scale so that you do not have briefcase carriers walking and roaming from office to office pretending to be selling fertiliser when, in fact, they have no fertiliser to sell. 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, ...
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2 Dec 2014 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.
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