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.
21 May 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will be very brief. I support the Motion. Mr. Speaker, Sir, one of the most difficult tasks to execute in meeting the expectations in devolution lies and will continue lying in how the revenues are divided. There will always be the tussle between the national Government to withhold more and the county governments to want more. In doing so, I think that the role of the CRA 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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21 May 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am sure you can protect me because I was not referring to any region. I was simply talking about the counties that may not be looked at favourably by those who are distributing funds. Even Sen. G.G. Kariuki here from Laikipia requires money to protect that county from the cattle rustling menace and so on.
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21 May 2013 in Senate:
I am just making my final statement.
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21 May 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, you should be eternally blessed for protecting me. We have a saying in my language that says when there is a dog that steals, when you raise a stick, it starts crying before you do anything. With those few remarks, I beg to support.
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16 May 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have a further point of order.
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16 May 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I appreciate your ruling. But when you look at the Order Paper, the Notice of Motion by Sen. Orengo is listed twice---
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16 May 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is improper use of paper to have the Motion listed on the proper Order Paper and as an appendix!
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16 May 2013 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The point raised by the distinguished Senator for Elgeyo-Marakwet requires much deeper direction from the Chair. This is because I get the impression that Committees would want to curtail the freedom of Senators from bringing this list to the House.
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16 May 2013 in Senate:
That will be very dangerous because any Senator here, provided they get the concurrence and approval of the Speaker, has the right to bring any Motion as long as it is within the ambit of the law to debate issues. Committees have every right to enjoin themselves in those Motions or even come here and oppose them, but we cannot have---
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16 May 2013 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am on a point of order.
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