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 Aug 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, even if I said in the affirmative, it is unlikely to help any trial anywhere.
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15 Aug 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, even if I said in the affirmative, it is unlikely to help any trial anywhere.
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15 Aug 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will now go to paragraph 280.
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15 Aug 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will now go to paragraph 280.
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15 Aug 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I can say what I know you are about to say, that English is a foreign language.
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15 Aug 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I can say what I know you are about to say, that English is a foreign language.
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15 Aug 2014 in Senate:
I salute you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will invite my brother and very great friend, to pass by the nearest bookshop and buy a book called “The Trouble with Nigeria” by Chinua Achebe and read it very carefully. Chinua Achebe says that recently he heard President Shehu Shagari saying that corruption in Nigeria has not yet reached alarming proportions. He goes ahead to say that anybody who makes a statement of that nature is either a fool, a crook or does not live in Nigeria. He went on to say: “I know that President Shagari very well; he is not ...
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15 Aug 2014 in Senate:
I salute you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will invite my brother and very great friend, to pass by the nearest bookshop and buy a book called “The Trouble with Nigeria” by Chinua Achebe and read it very carefully. Chinua Achebe says that recently he heard President Shehu Shagari saying that corruption in Nigeria has not yet reached alarming proportions. He goes ahead to say that anybody who makes a statement of that nature is either a fool, a crook or does not live in Nigeria. He went on to say: “I know that President Shagari very well; he is not ...
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15 Aug 2014 in Senate:
It was a quote, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It means:- “Please, help our people. Employ our people.” This is happening in all counties. We are fighting to increase the amount of money going to counties, so that they can put up factories, industries and employ people, to arrest urban migration and create wealth. How can this amount to impeachment? I want to urge this Senate to rise to the occasion, because the whole country is watching. Either we distinguish ourselves into ignominy as a House of trivial or we rise to the occasion and show Kenyans that we are not a ...
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15 Aug 2014 in Senate:
It was a quote, Mr. Speaker, Sir. It means:- “Please, help our people. Employ our people.” This is happening in all counties. We are fighting to increase the amount of money going to counties, so that they can put up factories, industries and employ people, to arrest urban migration and create wealth. How can this amount to impeachment? I want to urge this Senate to rise to the occasion, because the whole country is watching. Either we distinguish ourselves into ignominy as a House of trivial or we rise to the occasion and show Kenyans that we are not a ...
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