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.
7 Aug 2012 in National Assembly:
Much obliged, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will communicate to the Minister.
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7 Aug 2012 in National Assembly:
On which issue, Mr. Speaker, Sir? Sorry, I was consulting with the---
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7 Aug 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I still have no idea. If, perhaps, you give me a few minutes, I can step out and call the office and then inform the Chair. In the meantime, on behalf of the Government, you have our apologies.
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7 Aug 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the mobile services are not affecting only the Member for Rarieda. All of us are having difficulties using our mobile phones. I will certainly do so.
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7 Aug 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I had wanted to follow up what Dr. Khalwale said.
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7 Aug 2012 in National Assembly:
Yes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. After him you can still give me an opportunity to---
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7 Aug 2012 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, at one time in the course of their work, I was one of the Kenyans who were very angry with this Commission. I was angry because this is one of the products of Serena negotiations - Agendas 1, 2, 3 and 4. Truth, justice and reconciliation was critical in healing some of the glaring past injustices meted on Kenyans. Unfortunately, the Commission spent a lot of negative energy on wrangling, abusing each other and going to court. They wasted valuable time. But Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we are also alive to the famous unpalatable phrase in ...
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7 Aug 2012 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, our Vision 2030 and all other visions of development in this country will not be achieved if we engage in witch-hunt, looking for whom to punish, who to humiliate and forgetting that this country has room for each and everybody. I want to urge that this Commission must style up. The time we are giving to them must be put into good use, and they must bring a report commensurate to the resources and the expertise that we have put at their disposal, and the expectations of the people of this country, so that we can ...
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28 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the new Minister for Finance has cultivated very successfully tremendous good will in this House. I think the House has been moving in tandem with his thinking and appreciates what he is doing. May I propose to our colleagues who have raised very legitimate concerns that since the Minister has assured us that the Printed Estimates are out, we go on with the second reading, stay the Committee Stage for this morning, allow the Committee on Finance, Planning and Trade and the Budget Committee to go and relook at the Printed Estimates and have as top ...
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28 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you had given me the Floor. I will be very brief. I rise to support the Bill, and in so doing, laud the Minister for the very positive statements he has made regarding the allocation of funds, the manner in which they will be disbursed and the manner in which we expect them to be expended.
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