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.
20 Mar 2014 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. May I seek clarification from the Chair? In the tradition of Parliament, we are not allowed to cheer, clap or laugh when a point is being made. The only appreciation available is what Sen. Hassan has been doing, thumping his feet. Is there any other alternative way of appreciating a point being made other than by thumping your feet? If we stand up and say: “Hooray” it will be out of order.
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20 Mar 2014 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.
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20 Mar 2014 in Senate:
I also want to seek a clarification. The harassment, profiling and killing of Muslim clerics is, in fact, not a matter that has started with the Jubilee regime. It is something that has been ongoing and is systematic in this country. While we must fight extremism, intolerance and unhelpful radicalism in all their forms and manifestation, could the respondent tell this House and give us an assurance, that even where offending clerics are identified, they will be subjected to due process as provided for under the Constitution other than being eliminated in a Kamikaze style by either the state, stage ...
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20 Mar 2014 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.
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20 Mar 2014 in Senate:
Yes, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.
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20 Mar 2014 in Senate:
I want to assist the House, if you allow me.
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20 Mar 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you may not even defer the matter if you listen to me.
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20 Mar 2014 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Is the Chair of the Committee in order to mislead the House by saying that you have to establish the un-deservedness when it is very clear that anybody holding a rank of a Lieutenant Colonel or a Major, people in well paying State jobs, cannot go and queue and receive land meant for helpless squatters? They can access credit. They have salaries and they are well positioned Kenyans. Is the Chairperson in order to attempt to whitewash what looks like a fraud? We are not blaming it on him. We are ...
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20 Mar 2014 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.
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