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.
6 Dec 2011 in National Assembly:
2. Sudan was going to impose an air embargo on all flights to and from Kenya. It should be noted that up to 70 per cent of air flights to Kenya overfly Sudanese airspace.
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6 Dec 2011 in National Assembly:
3. Sudan was going to cease participating in any IGAD meetings to which Kenya is---
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6 Dec 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, can I finish and then I get the information?
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6 Dec 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I accept the information since he travelled with me.
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6 Dec 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I thank the Minister very much for the information.
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6 Dec 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the last and more important issue is that Kenya is the chair of the CPA implementation committee of IGAD. Although Southern Sudan is independent, there are several outstanding issues. There is South Kordofan that is still outstanding, the Blue Nile State, the un-demarcated boundary and citizenship issues. Above all, there is the issue of Abyei. President Bashir stayed all these conditions and gave us two weeks to observe the developments and see how further we can deal with the issue. But let me say that when the judgement was made, as the Foreign Affairs Minister for ...
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6 Dec 2011 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. My learned junior from Githunguri Constituency asked me about compliance and I did say, and I think perhaps he was consulting with my other learned junior, Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona. I said that this is a judgment incapable of obedience. I did not say we will not respect the court order. That is standard language that any good lawyer who goes on appeal uses in indicting a judgment. And any good lawyer like Olago Oluoch here will tell you that a judgment incapable of obedience is not an assault on the Judiciary. It never will be! ...
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6 Dec 2011 in National Assembly:
I am just responding to what---
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6 Dec 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, am I out of order in any way? I am responding to what Mr. Olago Oluoch said.
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6 Dec 2011 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is all I said. I did not say anything beyond that. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. C. Kilonzo also asked about the lawyers who probably misrepresented or inadequately represented the Government in this case. I believe the Attorney-General is hearing this and I thank you for pointing out that because if there was proper representation, we would not be where we are in the first place. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Ngugi asked about plan “b.” Plan “b” on this is the appeal that we are pursuing and I believe that it has very good ...
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