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.
29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
On a point of information, Madam Temporary Speaker.
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
Madam Speaker, lest if it remains on record on a statement made per incuriam, the distinguished Senator for Kiambu County has alleged that the first Presidential Petition – I believe he means the one of 2013 – was presided over by judges who had never sat in court and made any ruling. I want to correct that misleading impression. We had distinguished Judges of the Supreme Court at the time. My own Professor, Jackton Ojwang’; my sister whom we had practised law with, Kalpana Rawal; Justice Tunoi, a very distinguished judge; and, Mohammed Ibrahim, who had been in the court ...
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
Madam Speaker, the distinguished Senator for Kiambu County is responsible for the veracity and accuracy of the statement he makes on the Floor and he should not mislead Kenyans.
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
On a point of information, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
On a point of information, Mr. Speaker, Sir. My distinguished nephew, the Senator for Nairobi City County, is making very cogent, but extremely faulty arguments. The issue I want to inform him is this in delimiting and creating additional constituencies, whether the people of Marsabit, Mandera, or Kitui counties qualify or not, the underlying principle and philosophy in this Constitution is equity and fairness. You can find that in Article 10. You will end up giving Nairobi City County the constituencies, but hear people of Marsabit, Mandera and other parts of the couuntry. What is even more important and that ...
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
I do not mind the information before I finish. You can inform me.
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, in law we have a doctrine called watching the watchers. We can also have informing the informers. This is the growth in law and debate. I want to inform my distinguished nephew that when you look at Article 89, the delimitation of boundaries of constituencies, you have to take into account Article 89(5) on geographical features and urban centres, community of interest, historical, economic and cultural ties and means of communication. Can you show us from your report since you were in the Committee; whether these requirements were met before the 70 constituencies were fixed in the ...
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
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29 Apr 2021 in Senate:
I am sorry, my nephew. I retract that, but the hyena told a stone: “Hata usipo
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