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.
12 Jun 2014 in Senate:
If you looked at Article 36, you would see that it amends Section 50 to empower the Authority and to recommend to the Cabinet Secretary the list of officers to be appointed as authorized officers or persons for the purpose of this Act. I have already said that regulation of consumption of alcohol should be left to the counties. Why should the Cabinet Secretary sitting in Nairobi be the one to gazette and authorize officers to regulate alcohol in the counties? Why do we have county governments? We have two levels of government in Kenya. What is the role of ...
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12 Jun 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is what the clause says; Clause 36 seeks to amend Section 50 of the Act so as to empower the Authority to recommend to the Cabinet Secretary the list of officers to be appointed as authorized officers for the purpose of this Act. That is what I am saying. Why should the Authority recommend to a Minister sitting in Nairobi when in the same Bill, the Mover has recommended that the Authority shall have a county level and a national level? The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified ...
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12 Jun 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, is that an argument, a point of order or a point of information?
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12 Jun 2014 in Senate:
Which I would have rejected. Clause 43 is tautologous.
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12 Jun 2014 in Senate:
I have hardly said anything.
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12 Jun 2014 in Senate:
That is not true. When I raised a question, they jaded me for directing Clerks. Now, they are doing exactly the same thing.
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12 Jun 2014 in Senate:
I intend to exhaust it. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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12 Jun 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will not stand here, praise you and sit down on the basis of regional affiliation.
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12 Jun 2014 in Senate:
And when I choose to speak, I have the maximum time. Right?
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12 Jun 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the Fourth Schedule, so as to specify the prohibited substances under the Act, there is a new Fifth Schedule in the Act so as to provide for the laboratories recognized for the purposes of ascertaining alcohol, I have a problem with this. You and I have been in Parliament for a long time and when you want to make a point, you first read the offending clause then you analyze it and then you say why it is offensive like I am about to do. But my good colleagues here are giggling and obviously excited about ...
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