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.
18 Mar 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, when I was making my very informative and intelligent point, the distinguished Senator for Isiolo was engaged in an animated discussion with the distinguished Senator for Meru.
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18 Mar 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the world over, refineries are always constructed at sea ports or ports of discharge. Even for Kenya, we have oil in Turkana, it will go to the refinery in Isiolo but on a day or month when for some strange reason, the oil wells break down or there is no oil being extracted, it is much more sensible and cheaper economics to have a refinery in Lamu, Kilifi or Mombasa where when you cannot pull in your own inland crude oil, you can bring in crude oil and refine it. This is common knowledge world over. ...
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18 Mar 2014 in Senate:
In fact, I will tell the distinguished Senator for Isiolo for free that there is a small Island called Curacao Island. Curacao is a Dutch Municipality next to Venezuela. Curacao is part of what used to be called the Guyanas. In Curacao, they have some of the largest refineries of crude oil in the world. They do not produce any oil. What happens is what the distinguished Senator for Homa Bay has told you. You bring a shipload of a million barrels of crude, refine it on commercial terms and sell it. If the refinery is in Isiolo, how will ...
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18 Mar 2014 in Senate:
I decline to be informed.
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18 Mar 2014 in Senate:
Let me get the information from the distinguished Senator from West Pokot who is happily married to a lady from my county.
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18 Mar 2014 in Senate:
But you are happily married?
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18 Mar 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, are you satisfied that that was a point of order? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to conclude so that my colleagues can also contribute. It is not that we are against a place or against somebody. I can very well be selfish and say that the refinery must be in Bungoma. We can very well say that the refinery must be in Kisumu which has an inland port. We are still saying that is bad economy because it has to be at the sea. I would invite the distinguished Senator for Isiolo County to do ...
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18 Mar 2014 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Is the distinguished Senator in order to allege that Ministers of yesterday came here and contradicted themselves? Only fools do not change their minds. Life is dynamic and a good idea will always give way to a better idea. We also know that a better idea will always give way to the best idea. Is she in order?
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18 Mar 2014 in Senate:
On a point of information, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir.
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18 Mar 2014 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. Is the distinguished Senator in order to pursue a misguided argument on the Floor of the House when it is on record that I and nobody else opted out of office to give way for investigations? They were carried out, concluded and His Excellency, Mwai Kibaki, my President then, called me back to office on finding that I was blameless. I took political responsibility and walked out of office. Is she in order to engage in a trivial attempt to besmirch me ostensibly purporting to answer issues that I raised on ...
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