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.
17 Jun 2014 in Senate:
I did not hear that. If you did, I retract. However, if you did not, I saw this gentleman manhandling Sen. Orengo and took exception of that.
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17 Jun 2014 in Senate:
I thought that I should bring it to your attention. Under whatever stress, we must maintain the dignity of Members of this House. The cardinal duty of protecting our dignity lies squarely with the Chair.
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12 Jun 2014 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. My point of order relates to the request that the distinguished Senator for Meru made that he required the Statement to have the hand of the Minister and your ruling goes counter to a ruling you made earlier in this House that you are not going to receive Statement written and signed by junior officials in the Ministries who cannot be subsequently called to be interrogated by Committees in case the answers are inadequate and that such Statement should have the hand of the Minister himself or herself. Your response to Sen. ...
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12 Jun 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Sen. Muthama, the distinguished Senator for Machakos is very sorry for that unhelpful interlude. I want to thank Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki for bringing this Bill in this House, but I also want to oppose it for several reasons. First, if the Senate Majority Leader wanted to enhance the powers of NACADA, give them a fund and deal with the issues to do with NACADA. He should have been courageous enough to amend the NACADA law and not this. Secondly, I hope the distinguished Senator for Tharaka-Nithi has read the history of the war against alcohol in ...
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12 Jun 2014 in Senate:
Thank you for the information, Sen. Kajwang.
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12 Jun 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is imputing improper motives on colleagues and it is unacceptable.
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12 Jun 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, if I may proceed, you probably were not watching the whole House. When I mentioned the name of Mututho, you should have seen the molar tooth of Sen. (Prof.) Kindiki. He was so happy that actually I know the facts. I was pointing out about the law being used to come down heavy on inevitable habits of the population. All you do is you send them under. I mentioned boot legging in the United States of America (US). When the State purported to outlaw the consumption of alcohol in the US, it went up by more than ...
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12 Jun 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, these two young Senators cannot pretend that they can read this Bill better than I have done; I have read the Bill.
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12 Jun 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, when you are old you are wiser and less excitable than what we are seeing. I hope the interruptions, my time has been saved. In any case, I am entitled much more than the minutes you are giving me. You should know that.
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