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.
1 Dec 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, in an area like where we come from, people cannot go to live on markets and in other areas. They have relatives who would accommodate them. When 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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1 Dec 2020 in Senate:
they run away from areas of danger, their elder brother, cousin, uncle or whoever will live with them as long as danger looms and prepare to go back. These are IDPs. They have not been paid any money. In the case of Kibera, the amount of money being paid within Kibera is discriminatory. Some are getting less while some are getting more. However, even the little they are getting is far less than the Kshs400, 000 that was being paid to IDPs then under the management and navigation of hon. Anne Waiguru who was in charge. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you ...
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1 Dec 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, the distinguished lady whom I have great respect for, the Chairperson of Centre for Multiparty Democracy (CMD), was obviously not listening to me.
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1 Dec 2020 in Senate:
This is because Hon. Governor Ann Waiguru was in charge of resettlement and payment of IDPs when out of Kshs24 billion, only Kshs9 billion reached IDPs. Is that not a controversy? The rest was squandered. We do not need to say much more than that. I want to finish by urging this House that the Committee on National Cohesion, Equal Opportunity and Regional Integration and any other Committee that you may in future pick, should carry out a full-scale inquiry into the management of the IDP situation. We would like to know how much money has been expended on IDPS, ...
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1 Dec 2020 in Senate:
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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1 Dec 2020 in Senate:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, although the Senator for Mombasa has raised it in passing, I want to bring to your attention something that we have said here over and over again. Sen. Khaniri has tabled 13 reports. We have one from Sen. Shiyonga. Sen. Khaniri tells me that his Committee has another 10 Petitions that are pending. I urge that, as the leader of this House, you should bring back the Implementation Committee that can follow up all these issues.
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1 Dec 2020 in Senate:
With the heavy workload that they have, the Committees have no time to follow up departments, Ministries and other organs of the Government to see whether these issues are implemented or not. This House should never act in vain. Everything we decide must be implemented and followed to the letter. We urge that the Implementation Committee be brought back. I urge the Senate Majority Leader to bring back the Committee on Implementation even if he decides on chairing it himself as long as it is implementing the decisions of the House to the letter.
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1 Dec 2020 in Senate:
On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.
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1 Dec 2020 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, I know that you have already directed that there will be no comments on Statements, but this particular Statement is from my county.
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1 Dec 2020 in Senate:
Madam Deputy Speaker, I have not finished my request.
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