Onyonka Richard Momoima

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Apr 2025 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I do not know whether the Cabinet Secretary and the team that she is with are aware that if you go to roughly seven counties of western Kenya, namely, Trans Nzoia, Kakamega, Siaya, Kisii and Homa Bay and Bomet County could also be included, there is a Chinese company that is cutting trees indiscriminately, packaging them into trucks and shipping them off to China. I remember the President once came to Kisii County and said we do not want to be exporting raw materials. That if there is anything to be done, let it ... view
• 27 Mar 2025 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. There was inevitable delay in the Report. The report which was done by the Committee is much better, and I hope my colleagues will receive it. That Report demarcates the schedules, the money from donor funding, conditional grants and all other monies that need to go to every county. Two, there is clarity of what every county has gotten from donor funding, the Financing Locally-Led Climate Action (FLLoCA) Programme money, and all these other monies which have been in the programme. I thank the Senate Majority Leader for his comments. I also thank my friend, ... view
• 27 Mar 2025 in Senate: this Report is done. There is a problem on the dealing with the Road Maintenance Levy Fund. That is what has held us back until this time. Therefore, the decision to allow the courts determine for us this matter in finality makes sense. Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have always asked, in this House, to be given the amounts every county is getting in figures. We have also been requesting to know the agencies where they are getting that money from in order for us to explain to our people what needs to be done. I am sure this House is ... view
• 27 Mar 2025 in Senate: consternation it was raising. There were many issues that we dealt with and felt that because we do not have time, there was no need for us to have disagreements in terms of what the numbers were and what they were not. I would like to remind many that, last year, there was a group of about 18 counties that were given money for the industrial parks and we waited. I am happy that Kisii County has also now been given the money for the industrial parks. I am also happy that the money which was allocated for cancer as ... view
• 27 Mar 2025 in Senate: colleagues deeply look through, particularly this Senate. It is your responsibility to try and save the county governments, because they are in trouble. Finally, we need to come up and solve this problem where all governors are saying, and indeed they are correct, that there is always late disbursement of funds from the Exchequer. That matter must be sorted out. Any time you delay payments of a trader or a business person who was a supplier, naturally, you understand what that means. It means that his loans are either not going to be serviced, and some of these people have ... view
• 27 Mar 2025 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you for accommodating me. I am not going to discuss what my colleagues have said. Instead, I am going to make recommendations. I sat in the Committee chaired by Sen. M. Kajwang’. The team was very good and we did an excellent job. I have also sat with Sen. Osotsi, and I have watched and seen how that Committee works. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we are discussing and trying to figure out what is broken in our country. We are looking at the issues surrounding devolution and I would like to tell my colleagues, ... view
• 27 Mar 2025 in Senate: procurement. The Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) has voiding. People are not being paid pending bills that we keep talking about over and over. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have a problem with the Road Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF) and the Ward funds. We also cannot agree on whether Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA), Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) or Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) should be the ones managing county roads. This House must sit and discuss these issues to their logical conclusion. We are leaving too many gaps and as we do that, the governors and even ... view
• 19 Mar 2025 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am happy to have this opportunity to ask this question. On several occasions, in this House, we have raised issues about people who have never been compensated for their land, which was utilized by either Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA), Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), or the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). Some of these people, have never been compensated for the last 10 years. In fact, some of the parents have died. I presented a case of a family of a Mzee who died and he has left nine family members who are completely ... view
• 19 Mar 2025 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. First, I would like to commend Hon. Chute for bringing this substantive issue. All of us do not know what to do. Private land is being taken over by private individuals and companies, like Hon. Abass has said, and when somebody goes to court to sort out the issue, the courts are not delivering fair judgement. I wish that the Standing Committee on Lands Environment and Natural Resources will handle this. The Government should take this very seriously and understand the implications of it. We do not want to encourage anarchy in our country. Let ... view
• 19 Mar 2025 in Senate: It is okay, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Sen. Eddy can inform me. view