Hon. Richard Nyagaka Tongi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman view
• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 3 of the Bill be amended by deleting paragraph (d). Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, we support the amendment. The justification is that the proposed provision establishing the Defence Forces Retirement Home is counter-intuitive. Military veterans ought to be integrated in their families, and not isolated. It will not be pragmatic to keep military veterans in retirement homes. The amendment, therefore, seeks to delete it. view
• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, we are all in agreement because we also do not want to cause confusion. The definition is key in what we are doing. The provision in paragraph 6 basically deals with the definition of who a soldier is and who a veteran is. (a) it states that, for one to qualify to be a veteran, he must have served in the Kenya Defence Forces. (b) or Kenya Armed Forces after 1963 because we appreciate there are people who have served in the KDF in a different name before 1963. This one seeks to address the issues, ... view
• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, after consulting the Leader of the Majority Party, we agreed that it should stay because that is the body of what we are dealing with. view
• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: Yes, we have. view
• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: view
• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: THAT, Clause 21 of the Bill be amended in sub-clause (1) ― The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: (a) by deleting paragraph (a); (b) in paragraph (b), by deleting the words “deceased members of the Kenya Defence Forces or”. The justification is that the proposed Dependant’s Education Fund should be for provision of scholarships for the education of dependants who are children of deceased military veterans. Since the Bill is meant for military veterans, the fund will go a long way in paying for the education of children of deceased veterans. This should be the priority. We had a long discussion about this and we all agreed that the essence of a veteran is to ensure that his ... view
• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: To cushion the Government from spending more money on this, we proposed to get a way of internally raising the money, both from serving officers during their tenure of service and also getting well-wishers to support this. It is the practice all over the world that veterans are supported, not just from the budget alone, but from supporters in the donor community. view
• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: We believe that if we ensure that children who are left behind are supported through their education, they stand a good chance of supporting their families in subsequent years. This is because of the capacity and resources that they will obtain by virtue of opportunities that knowledge brings them. They will be able to get gainful employment and help their families in the process. That will make the veteran prouder of his or her family. view