Hon. Richard Nyagaka Tongi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 22. The proposed provision establishing the Defence Forces Retirement Home is counterintuitive. Military veterans ought to be integrated into their families and not to be isolated. It will not look good if we separate them and put them in old age homes. Considering the way we are brought up and how we socialise as a community, a retirement home is not considered a The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained ... view
• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: conducive place. Therefore, we propose that we find a way of integrating military veterans into the society. Whatever they would get from the retirement home should be provided to them in the society. view
• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 2 of the Bill be amended by deleting the definition of “child” and substituting therefor the following new definition― “child” means a child of a Kenya military veteran under the age of eighteen years. The proposed amendment seeks to enable children of military veterans to access benefits proposed in the Bill in a clear manner. Now that we just concluded consideration of the Children Bill, this amendment is timely. Childhood ends at 18 years. So, we want to limit ourselves to that age to ensure that we do not open ... view
• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, the long title to the Bill be amended by deleting the words “to establish the Defence Forces Retirement Home”. view
• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I second. view
• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following paper on the table of the House: Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations on its consideration on the vetting of nominees for appointment to the position of ambassadors, high commissioners and permanent representatives. view
• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion: THAT, taking into consideration the findings of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations in its Report on the vetting of the nominees for approval as ambassadors, high commissioners and permanent representatives, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, 24th May 2022 and pursuant to the provisions of Article 132(2)(e) of the Constitution, Section 20(2) of the Foreign Service Act, No.12 of 2021 and Sections 3 and 8 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act, 2011, this House approves the appointment of the following ... view
• 24 May 2022 in National Assembly: 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
• 10 May 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to support this noble Bill. It is meant to address the challenges that our people face. I come from a community where the disabled were considered a curse to the family and the unthinkable was done to them, including hiding them from the public. That injured their capacity and development because they were not given a chance to go to school. This Bill addresses those issues and the cultural barriers in Kenyan communities. We have seen PWDs excel in their fields. Some have become the best artists, educationists or lawyers in ... view
• 10 May 2022 in National Assembly: expensive and PWDs cannot afford them. They cannot be suffering from disability and then we disable them further by not giving them the support they need to stand a chance ahead of the queue. If we do not do that, almost 5 per cent of Kenyans will be injured permanently. To that extent, the country will reduce its production capacity by almost 5 per cent. If you look at the multiplier effect, we are speaking of a bigger percentage of the 5 per cent we are denying opportunities because of their inability or because they are enabled differently. They should ... view