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.
8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Is he in order to belittle FORD Kenya when he leads a party that is a footnote to the Jubilee brigade?
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8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
I think it is a proper for us to be recognized by our own name. This has caused a lot of pain to political parties including the “Mbus” party which is drafted by the distinguished Senator for Meru but subsequently brought to Parliament by hon. Martha Karua. I am not saying that he prosecuted it but he drafted it.
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8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
You can never sweep the truth under the carpet. That reminds me of the words of wisdom of one Aaron Ringera when he was teaching us law. I believe that Mr. Ringera was a one time partner of the distinguished Senator for Meru. He used to say that if you want to test the goodness of a law, imagine the same law in the hands of your worst enemy. If you feel safe with it, then it is a good law. I am sure that my learned senior agrees with me. This draconian Political Parties law we passed ends up ...
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8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, a party having a Chairman with a name starting with “O” does not make it national.
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8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I never said that the TNA is a tribal party. I said that the TNA is a party I enjoin in support from a tribal enclave. I did not say that it is tribal party. Those are two different issues. I can elaborate more and more but let me go to the point.
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8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I dare say that if you go to the Rift Valley, the TNA members will be the same community. If you come to the central part of Kenya, you will find that they are also from the same community with exceptions of my brother who is agitated and standing---
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8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that matter would have passed without any issue if the Meru Senator did not jump to it. All I said is that apart from the ODM which has strong support everywhere in the country, other parties still follow members of certain communities. That is neither here nor there. Let me go on with my submission.
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8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Sen. Sang is a lawyer and he knows the maxim expressio unius est exclusion alterius, which means to specify one is to exclude others. I did not mention URP
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8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir,
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8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
means that to specify one is to exclude others. I only mentioned one party, but let me move on.
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