Mr. Namwamba made a name for himself during the tenth parliament. At that time he was what most people would call greenhorn, just entering parliament, but with a lot of heat in his trail. His contributions to the debate in the national assembly were outstanding. He spoke many times, but I do not have the statistics, so I would not say how many times.
But Namwamba was not alone during that time. There were other sober debaters, the likes of Gitobu Imanyara, Charles Kilonzo, John Mbadi, Boni Khalwale. And then there was the speaker of the national assembly, Kenneth Marende and his deputy, Farah Maalim. During those times they managed to debate on a number of very difficult issues affecting the country. Speaker Marende and deputy Maalim were forced, on many occasions, to make very difficult decisions on behalf of parliament and on behalf of the country.