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:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we had gone over that. If you want locals to grow, you must take into account - I will reiterate what Sen. Murungi said – that any party that can fight an election and get an electoral seat is entitled to money from the taxes of Kenyans. I find it extremely onerous to expect that a party can maintain 24 offices in 24 counties, actively paying and being paid surprise visits on taxpayers’ expense by the Registrar of Political Parties. They are busy roaming around the country to check whether ODM has an office in Lunga ...
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8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you read George Orwell’s 1984 book of which he has a character there called Big Brother, he was watching from an instrument then called a telescreen and you can hear the distinguished Senator for Tharaka-Nithi pretending to be Big Brother, sitting in his office and watching the proceedings and then running here with a big stick to purport to control the debate. That is not acceptable!
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8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
--- CORD as a coalition or any parties in the cold.
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8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, he said that he was watching the proceedings in horror from his office.
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8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in fact, you are very right. When Sen. Murungi raised the issues, I let the chips lie where they fell. It is my two colleagues who have come in with gusto, pretending to be more concerned than others. I support this Bill fully. I want the issue of maintaining 24 county offices for political parties to be rethought. It is actually unconstitutional. I want every vote to have value. Any party that can have an elected person, including Kalembe Ndile’s Tip Tip with one or two Members of the County Assemblies, on a pro rata basis ...
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8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is serial defectors like Sen. Kiraitu that are the enemies of democracy.
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8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.
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8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the record, in my entire political life, I have been a member of only two parties. I was in KANU, which every other Kenyan who was in politics then was and, later, FORD-(K). I was in NARC and PNU as a corporate member from FORD-(K). It was my party that was a member of NARC and PNU and not I, the individual. 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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