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.
23 May 2013 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I also wish to go on record in congratulating you and the institution of the Senate for that precedent-setting ruling founded on law, facts, reason, devoid of emotion and devoid of irrational thinking. I urge that we keep that level of operation. We must continue showing the country the difference and the reason we are not just the Senate, but the Upper House. Thank you.
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23 May 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Chairman, Sir, I was commending you that you are very clever. That is something I was about to recommend.
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23 May 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Chairman, Sir, the only rider to that is in the event there is any amendment on the amendment. Then we must dispose of it first. But if there is no amendment on the amendment---
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23 May 2013 in Senate:
Then I did not hear him well.
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23 May 2013 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I agree with you, fully, but the Chair must be consistent. The other day, the Speaker was seated there and people were voting casually. We raised this issue, but there was no response. We agree with you, fully, that we want you to be consistent. Either, there must be a written authority or you exercise your discretion. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.
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23 May 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Chairman, Sir, if you vote that you are voting “yes” on Clauses 4 and 5, it means that it is a collective vote.
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23 May 2013 in Senate:
That is not what you said earlier. Now you are right.
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