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.
26 Feb 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I only invited any Member to amend. I did not amend anything.
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26 Feb 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, probably you were consulting with the Clerk next to you and did not hear me.
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26 Feb 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I conceded to Sen. Murungi that there may have been compensation, but went on to describe the history of compensations in this country; how they are designed, executed and wananchi are routinely cheated. Money is set aside sometimes and it never even gets to those who are supposed to receive it. A chief, District Officer or District Commissioner receives it. Sometimes those who receive it get so little that it makes little meaning as to what the compensation is all about. Let me go to my next point.
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26 Feb 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to second the Motion. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in so doing, I want to point out to the Senate Majority Leader, who has moved the Motion that, indeed, what he has said is correct. I see a situation, in many cases, where the Mover of the Motion on the Presidential Address will invariably be a person who sits in the Senate Majority Leader’s seat, regardless of how he got there.
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26 Feb 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I hope we are not turning this very important debate into a debate on compensations. But---
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26 Feb 2014 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the two distinguished young Senators have actually interpreted what I said correctly. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to continue seconding the Motion.
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