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 Jul 2021 in Senate:
riders particularly now in the Western region that includes the eight or so counties of Homa Bay, Migori, Siaya, Kisumu, Bungoma, Kericho, Uasin Gishu, Vihiga, Kakamega and Trans Nzoia, who depend on riding their motorcycles to earn a living can now no longer do so. There is a curfew from 7.00 p.m. and they cannot be seen to be riding and ferrying passengers and goods and services from one place to another. Therefore, they cannot look after their families.
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7 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, when a situation like that takes place, one would expect a martial plan that will take care of the stress on families. We were told last year that there was a special fund of I think Kshs6-7 billion for tourism industry. We have not heard any report on how this money was spent. 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:
Hotel owners in tourist establishments are not the only service providers in the tourism industry. People who deal in production and sale of handcrafts, small eateries that sustain the tourism industry in small and big towns on the highways ought to benefit from this fund that has been set up. If it is somebody who has a roadside eatery in Nyeri, Homa Bay, Bungoma or Isiolo, he needs to be also taken care of so that he can benefit from this fund that has been set up. For all the money that has been sent to counties for COVID-19 interventions, ...
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7 Jul 2021 in Senate:
From your directions yesterday, we want the leadership to table a list of Members who will reconstitute the COVID-19 intervention a d hoc Committee by Tuesday, next week, so that it can monitor this and report to the House on a regular basis the way the Committee led by Sen. Sakaja used to do.
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6 Jul 2021 in Senate:
On a point of order, Madam Temporary Speaker.
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6 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I congratulate the Senate Majority Leader because for the first time, this House has received reports from the East African Parliament. For the last eight years or so that we have been in existence, we have never received reports from the East African Parliament. I hope that the Senate Business Committee (SBC) will find it necessary to create time and list these reports for our debate in furtherance to our commitment to the integration of the East African Region. There is very little interaction between national parliaments and the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), which ...
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6 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, this Statement could not have come at a better time. I want to thank the Senator for Vihiga, Sen. Khaniri---
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6 Jul 2021 in Senate:
Madam Temporary Speaker, we have now had this pandemic for about one-and-a-half years. It has ravaged the country. It has affected lifestyles. It has killed people and it continues weighing heavily on the national economy and behavioral activities of Kenyans. When COVID-19 hit this country, the Government set out protocols that if they were adhered to would probably have saved Kenyans from infections and deaths.
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6 Jul 2021 in Senate:
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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6 Jul 2021 in Senate:
As we speak here, many of us, including myself have lost very close family relatives, friends. Personally among the first 10 deaths in the country was my own brother and many others. I have a feeling that the Government has not been handling this COVID-19 issue well. We have had situations when lockdowns have been effected and curfews imposed. However, when you lock down areas like the counties where we come from in the west, like Migori, Homa Bay, Kisumu, Kericho, Nandi, Bungoma, Busia, Kakamega and Trans Nzoia, one would think that you would lock down an area to carry ...
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