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, I have said this even to the Chairman of the IEBC who calculated and determined nominations to this House; that with four Senators I could not have been equated with the Mbus which has two Senators, and be given an opportunity to nominate one each. I have said this and will say it again.
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8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Corruption does not necessarily mean money.
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8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, how else can you explain that two are equal to four? It is a convolution of facts.
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8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
It is not against the Mbus, because they did not nominate themselves.
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8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when I was making my point, the Clerk was talking to you and, perhaps, you did not follow.
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8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, more importantly this is a House of distinguished Senators. When it comes to the level of the Chair sounding out twice in an afternoon, one would expect any Member who has inadvertently carried a phone to be honest to the House and behave 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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8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Shame! 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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8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, when Sen. Kagwe rose on a point of order, I am not quite clear that he had Standing Order No.94 in mind. I think he just wanted substantiation. In fact, he was just protesting. He never quoted any Standing Order as being breached. The HANSARD can bear me out. He simply said; “is the Professor in order?” He did not say that the Professor was required under Standing Order No.94 to do anything. Be that as it may, I come to Sen. Lesan. I respect you, immensely for what you have said regarding ...
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8 Jul 2014 in Senate:
We do not want to accuse anybody of selective amnesia.
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