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.
22 Apr 2009 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I support Dr. Khalwaleâs Motion to adjourn and consult. Judging from the mood in the House, it is obvious that inadequate, or no consultations were done. I have been consulting with the Leader of Government Business and he has told me that he consulted with the Whips. It does, therefore, appear that, perhaps, our Whips are not consulting the parties below them. That is because we have a Chief Whip from the ODM side and a Chief Whip from the PNU side. I want to urge them to go down to the levels---
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22 Apr 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, what my Whip has said, in fact, fortifies what I have said. I want to liberate him from being a messenger to being a Whip, so that he can do his job and not convey messages!
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22 Apr 2009 in National Assembly:
A Whip is a very critical functionary in any political dispensation in a parliamentary system. I want my friends, Thuo and Midiwo, to be real Whips so that they go down to the parties, talk to them, get their views and representations so that we can move on.
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22 Apr 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have a heavy agenda ahead of us. We have to deliver a Constitution to this country. If we start on this note, of showing very active disagreement on a matter that we ought to have come here united, then we are sending the wrong signals, contrary to what you said yesterday! I want to urge that we bring this to a quick end so that we withdraw and consult. That will enable us to come up with a list that is acceptable to both sides of the House, taking into account all the issues raised by ...
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22 Apr 2009 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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19 Feb 2009 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Fe bruary 19, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES
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19 Feb 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not intend to contribute to this Motion because I am a member of the Committee. But I am constrained to do so. I wish to ask the House to hear us.
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19 Feb 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this House, in its wisdom, selected a Committee of 27 Members to Fe bruary 19, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES
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19 Feb 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think my learned junior mistakes a point of information with a point of order.
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19 Feb 2009 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, having brought the list here, I am actually disturbed by the arguments of my very learned and able senior, Olago Aluoch, whom I have tremendous respect for as a lawyer. I cannot imagine any situation where you say, a professional discharging his duties, by the very fact that he or she is appointed to serve on a Committee, automatically creates a conflict of interest. How? In the interviews, issues as to whether Mr. Miller was a lawyer for hon. Mungatana or not never arose. The quality of answers depended on the quality of questions.
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