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.
11 Apr 2007 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to seek the indulgence of the Chair and that of the House that I answer this Question in the next two weeks. This is because the information sought is long and complex. We need to contact our missions to provide us with the same. I have talked to Ms. Ndung'u and she is in agreement.
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11 Apr 2007 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Motion seeks to redress, for the public, the transgressions that were done by fraudsters. But I do agree with hon. Mwenje, that when we are dealing with issues of such importance, it is important to take a bi-partisan approach, by involving both sides of the house, other than hon. Khamisi spoiling a good Motion by being partisan in his approach; by drawing a list of only one side of the House, when he is seeking support from both sides of the House. This is because a fraud is a fraud. It is not a matter ...
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11 Apr 2007 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I confirm that hon. Marende is not a fraudster.
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11 Apr 2007 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Motion is a follow-up of issues that have been discussed on this Floor before. There is a Public Investments Committee (PIC) report that went deep into the issues of this cashewnuts factory. That report even recommended persons who are culpable and who could have been prosecuted. The facts I know about this factory, are that its management took a bank loan of Kshs40 million. However, they did not repay it. In fact, they stole the money. The Barclays Bank that had lent the money then, subsequently, in a most unsatisfactory and non- transparent manner, auctioned ...
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10 Apr 2007 in National Assembly:
Thank you very much, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The ACP-EU Joint Assembly is one of the organs of the ACP partnership with EU. We have the Committee of ambassadors, the Joint Assembly and other organs that deal with the relationship between the ACP countries and the EU. I was privileged in the 7th Parliament to represent our Parliament in the Joint Assembly for five years. Looking at this Report, it is in conformity with the debate that goes on in the Joint Assembly that is alternatively held every year in EU headquarters either in Strasbourg, France or Brussels, Belgium. ...
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10 Apr 2007 in National Assembly:
Yes, could I be informed?
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10 Apr 2007 in National Assembly:
Thank you for the information, Mr. Kajwang. That is exactly the point I am making. The importance of this Report and our commitment to our relationship with the EU, will, in part, help us in solving those kind of problems. You may also wish to know that Lake Victoria, which is one of the points of focus in the EU, has in some areas receded by as much as 60 meters in the last two years because of the destruction of the environment in catchment areas. The EU, through this ACP-EU initiative, is supporting those kind of programmes. Mr. Temporary ...
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22 Mar 2007 in National Assembly:
Hoja ya nidhamu, Bw. Naibu Spika wa Muda. Yafaa Capt. Nakitare atueleze ni maua gani anayozungumzia na ni akina nani wanaweka maneno katika mdomo wa mhe. Rais.
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21 Mar 2007 in National Assembly:
Thank you, very much Mr. Speaker, Sir, for an opportunity to contribute and support the Presidential Address and touch on a few things. The President has shown the way that we need to dialogue and address the issue of constitutional reform. There have been statements emanating from all directions, including one from His Excellency the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs last week that we can give the country a Constitution between now and the next elections. I do not think so. I believe that we must first delink the issue of giving Kenyans a new Constitution from any elections ...
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21 Mar 2007 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that will also lessen the unnecessary arguments we
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