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.
21 Oct 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said let him go on with his sycophancy, yes, because this idea of saying juu, juu, juu zaidi, first, he was flouting the Standing Orders. When you start speaking in English, you do not switch to Kiswahili. The “ juu juu juu zaidi” are the days of sycophancy in this country, which everybody knows.
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21 Oct 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, ---
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21 Oct 2014 in Senate:
I thought you had asked me a question.
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21 Oct 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when a Member starts contributing and within less than a minute, he says “Let me start by saying; “Uhuru, juu, juu, juu zaidi; ” If that is not sycophancy, I do not know what you would call it.
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21 Oct 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said let him go on with his sycophancy, yes, because this idea of saying juu, juu, juu zaidi, first, he was flouting the Standing Orders. When you start speaking in English, you do not switch to Kiswahili. The “ juu juu juu zaidi” are the days of sycophancy in this country, which everybody knows.
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21 Oct 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, did you hear what he said about me?
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21 Oct 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when a Member starts contributing and within less than a minute, he says “Let me start by saying; “Uhuru, juu, juu, juu zaidi; ” If that is not sycophancy, I do not know what you would call it.
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21 Oct 2014 in Senate:
The Chair cannot pretend not to have heard what Sen. Yusuf Haji said while standing and facing you. He said: “ Pumbavu,mjinga.”
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21 Oct 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, did you hear what he said about me?
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21 Oct 2014 in Senate:
The Chair cannot pretend not to have heard what Sen. Yusuf Haji said while standing and facing you. He said: “ Pumbavu,mjinga.”
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