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.
22 May 2013 in Senate:
Thank you, Sen. (Prof.) Lonyangapuo, for allowing me to inform you for free that under our Constitution, you cannot have retrospective legislation. So, you cannot legislate today and impose compensation for yesterday. It can only be for tomorrow.
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22 May 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is removal and insertion and there is a composite amendment. So, are we debating the composite amendment?
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22 May 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir that is how I understand it. My own understanding of it is that we are not looking at it in totality. If you so wish, we can look at the whole amendment as proposed but then we will vote twice under that Standing Order.
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22 May 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, after hearing the level of consultations, I do not think that there is any Senator who has a problem with the amendment. For the Senate to benefit from this positive Motion, it is good that we have a Select Committee that will fast track everything so that we arrive at the proposed Bill as soon as practically possible. Consequently, I support the proposed amendment, the deletion and insertion as you have ably guided us under Standing Order No.52(5). In so doing, I want to move that the House, under Standing Order No.97, adjourns Debate on this ...
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22 May 2013 in Senate:
They more or less mean the same thing.
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22 May 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, although Standing Order No.97 would apply, Standing Order No. 51(3) is more relevant. Thank you for your guidance.
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22 May 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move under Standing Order No.51(3) that you defer putting the question to the following day on both the amendment and the main Motion
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22 May 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I beg to move that the Chair exercises its discretion to defer the putting of the question on both the amendment and the main Motion to tomorrow afternoon, at 3.00 p.m.
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22 May 2013 in Senate:
Point of information, Madam Temporary Speaker.
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22 May 2013 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, I wish to inform the distinguished Senator for Homa Bay County who is my learned Senior that the role and function of the protection of the environment and natural resources with a view to establishing a durable and sustainable system of development, including and in particular fishing, is a national responsibility. Our brothers and sisters in the Lower House should be pre-occupied with this and not bastardizing the Senate.
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