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, do I get the impression that there is a conspiracy to interfere with my debate in this House? I never said that the word “scampering” is popular; I said it is a common word. He has used the word “popular;” the Chair was listening and I expected the Chair to correct him. You can look at our Standing Orders, the word “scampering” cannot be said to be unparliamentary; it cannot be said to be discourteous; it cannot be said to be derogatory; it is an ordinary English word---
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21 Oct 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the President has a right to address the House on weighty national issues. The issue of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is not a weighty national issue and will never be.
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21 Oct 2014 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, before I was rudely interrupted, I was saying that the President must be seen and understood to be innocent until proved guilty. That is the common tenet of criminal law and as my senior in law, you know that. Nobody has said that the President is guilty; nobody has said that the President must be found guilty. He finds himself in a state where the ICC investigation Chamber – unlike other legal processes – it is the court itself that investigates. It found the President to be culpable and indicted ...
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21 Oct 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the President has a right to address the House on weighty national issues. The issue of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is not a weighty national issue and will never be. 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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21 Oct 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is obvious that the distinguished Senator is being emotional on an issue she was not listening to. I said that the President is innocent until proven guilty. I have said before and it is in the HANSARD, that I oppose the idea of Kenyans going to The Hague. I have said that once somebody is indicted by a court of competent jurisdiction, he has a duty to obey summons by it. These are basic facts.
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21 Oct 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in fact, in this statement, the President says that this is a personal matter. This is on the last page. The Constitution does not confer on the President any authority to come and address the Houses of Parliament on a personal matter. He says it is a personal matter. 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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21 Oct 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is obvious that the distinguished Senator is being emotional on an issue she was not listening to. I said that the President is innocent until proven guilty. I have said before and it is in the HANSARD, that I oppose the idea of Kenyans going to The Hague. I have said that once somebody is indicted by a court of competent jurisdiction, he has a duty to obey summons by it. These are basic facts.
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21 Oct 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is on the last page.
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21 Oct 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in fact, in this statement, the President says that this is a personal matter. This is on the last page. The Constitution does not confer on the President any authority to come and address the Houses of Parliament on a personal matter. He says it is a personal matter. 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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21 Oct 2014 in Senate:
The hon. Member said here that I have no right to pass a judgement on the debate. That is why it is here for debate. I am shocked. I have the right to pass a judgement.
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