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.
8 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I filed this Statement on 3rd June. However, it has come late because of the recess that we had. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.48 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations regarding the recent mysterious disappearances and killings in Kenya. In the Statement, the Committee should: i) Provide a status report on the investigations surrounding the recent mysterious disappearance and death of Mr. Bashir Mohammed, who is reported to have been last seen in Kilimani, Nairobi County on Thursday, 13th May 2021 only for his body ...
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8 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, of late, people have been disappearing in Nairobi and its environs who are curiously found in the rivers within Murang’a County, Kirinyaga and other rivers in Thika. The bodies are normally dumped in fresh water bodies, which are used by the citizens of this country for domestic and animal use.
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8 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Yesterday, Mr. Achola, an engineer who is a friend of mine called to report to me that his 10 years old daughter by the name Millicent Akinyi Achola, disappeared at 1.00 p.m. from their home in Mihango Estate, Eastland. It is now more than 24 hours and the child has not been found. Nothing has been heard of the child but I hope and pray that the body of the child will not be found after the abductors killing and dumping her in whatever place they may have been doing.
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8 Jul 2021 in Senate:
I would like to acknowledge that I reported this particular case to the Director of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), Mr. Kinoti and he assured me that he is sending a squad to Mihango to investigate the disappearance of the Grade Four child who disappeared from her parents’ house and nobody knows where she is. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.
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8 Jul 2021 in Senate:
I want an assurance from the State that the duty to protect the lives and properties of innocent Kenyans is sacrosanct. We cannot have people disappearing only for their mutilated bodies to be found stuffed in sacks and dumped in rivers yet there are no arrests or prosecutions.
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7 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I join the Senator for Mombasa, Sen. Faki, invoicing the concern of poor workers who for no fault of their own find themselves abandoned, unappreciated, unpaid and suffering. We have a Ministry of Labour and Social Protection in this country whose responsibility includes the protection of the interest of workers regardless of wherever or whenever they are.
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7 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Looking at its performance, you read about them on only two things, the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) because there is a lot of money there and one in a while The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate.
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7 Jul 2021 in Senate:
making incomprehensible noise about Kenyans working in the Middle East. It has completely abdicated their responsibility of the protection of the workers. We also have a problem with Central Organization of Trade Unions, COTU (K); an organization that is supposed to protect the interest of workers. However, their leader has abandoned his role and now plays sectarian and unhelpful politics everywhere; jumping onto any political issue, except on issues affecting workers. The Kenya United Steel Company Ltd (KUSCO) was placed under receivership. The Committee that is going to consider this petition, must get the receiver and get full information on ...
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7 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will be very brief. Yesterday, Sen. Khaniri brought a Statement on the management of the pandemic in the county. Today it is the effects of the pandemic on the country. I have no doubt that it enjoins all Senators in this House that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused severe stress in our country, particularly in terms of restricting opportunities for earning a living, self- employment and in fact direct employment. For example, take our fishermen in Lake Victoria and my colleagues from the lake region can bear me out. Fishermen go out fishing at ...
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