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 Sep 2013 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I also want to congratulate Sen. (Dr.) Zani for bringing this very important Motion. The Motion is good. The Committee on Finance, Commerce and Economic Affairs that I serve has gone around a few counties. Some of these things are being done, although at a preliminary level. We are setting up integrated planning to have county development programmes synchronized. But the Motion is important to the extent that it is obligating every county to do exactly the same. More importantly, that every county must have a clearly formulated, mapped out and operationalized strategy for development. ...
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10 Sep 2013 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I want to point out to the Chair that in accordance with the provisions of Standing Order No.45 (3), this Motion is incompetent. In accordance with the provisions, I want to urge the Chair to reject it. Standing Order No.45---
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10 Sep 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, if from his opening remarks we can take Prof. Kindiki seriously, this is supposed to be a very serious Motion to be debated without broadsides; without this rehearsed information; without dragging in names of persons who cannot come here and defend themselves.
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10 Sep 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to urge you to direct these two first-timers that this is serious business and it should remain so.
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10 Sep 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, obviously he does not understand what I am saying.
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10 Sep 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the information of all, Slobodan Milosevic is a Yugoslav from Yugoslavia. It is not in Africa. Mr. Speaker, Sir, what are we asking for in this Motion? I heard very clearly from His Excellency the President and his Deputy that they will fully co-operate with the court and they are already co-operating. That is why the Deputy President is there. Why are we trying to foul the mood with this kind of Motion? The Deputy President was not arrested and taken to The Hague. He boarded a plane and went on his own volition. I salute ...
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10 Sep 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, from the body language, you can see how nervously my learned junior is speaking. He does not even believe in what he is saying. I am very clear in what I am saying. It is my opinion that the contents of the Motion are contradictory.
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10 Sep 2013 in Senate:
That is very true, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Paragraph one wants us to continue co-operating and paragraph three wants us to pull out; is that not a contradiction? It is so clear. Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you allow me to proceed---
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10 Sep 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I can point out further contradictions; that, that request for a referral to deal with the UN was rejected already, and he knows---
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