Hon. Richard Nyagaka Tongi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker and Hon. Sheriff for the well thought-out National Police Service (Amendment) Bill. It is interesting as you have said that this is coming from the other side of the House. I think that is the spirit of the nation. What is good is good and the source of the information does not matter. We are glad that you have enumerated the cases which have prompted you to think of this Amendment Bill. I think this is very timely because we have lost young police officers who have left behind families which are hurting. Their ... view
• 5 Apr 2017 in National Assembly: I am ably guided, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I fully support and second this (Amendment) Bill. I believe it will address the challenges that we are facing. I also hasten to mention that the Jubilee Government has tried so much to improve on those challenges. I know the biggest room on earth is for improvement and there will always be provision for change. I am glad these changes are coming from our people who have looked at them while putting aside party issues. They want to make Kenya a better place to live in. If our security system is improved, ... view
• 5 Apr 2017 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
• 5 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to speak on this Bill. I associate myself with the Bill so deeply because of what it propagates. It is meant to ensure that our examinations are more credible and acceptable universally, and that the issues that have devoured the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC) for many years become a thing of the past. You cannot be a judge of your own case. For a long time, KNEC has been the judge of their own cases. They have been marking exams, condemning results and passing judgement on candidates. How ... view
• 5 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, we have a big challenge of convincing upcoming generations of graduates that education is key to success, when we have poor, jobless graduates on one hand, and rich criminals who have stolen from the Government surrounding our leadership on the other hand. We lose the spirit of encouraging students to believe that education and hard work pays. We have so many unemployed youths out there. The Government and the leadership of this country should be very concerned and think of how best to address this problem, if we are to inspire students to achieve their full ... view
• 5 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: As I said, failure at one level of education should not condemn a person in totality. People fail because of many reasons. It could be that, at the time of writing the exams, one was going through family challenges. People have failed exams because at the time of the examination, they were having some personal problems. The youth are people whose maturity comes in different stages. Some of them could be experiencing adolescence challenges at the time of the exams, and such experiences could affect their performance in the exams. Later in life, they could discover that education is important ... view
• 5 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker and Hon. Sheriff for the well thought-out National Police Service (Amendment) Bill. It is interesting as you have said that this is coming from the other side of the House. I think that is the spirit of the nation. What is good is good and the source of the information does not matter. We are glad that you have enumerated the cases which have prompted you to think of this Amendment Bill. I think this is very timely because we have lost young police officers who have left behind families which are hurting. Their ... view
• 5 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: I am ably guided, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I fully support and second this (Amendment) Bill. I believe it will address the challenges that we are facing. I also hasten to mention that the Jubilee Government has tried so much to improve on those challenges. I know the biggest room on earth is for improvement and there will always be provision for change. I am glad these changes are coming from our people who have looked at them while putting aside party issues. They want to make Kenya a better place to live in. If our security system is improved, ... view
• 5 Mar 2017 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
• 22 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to also speak to this Bill, which is very important. Health is wealth. When people are healthy, then the nation is healthy and all of us operate at our maximum potential. At the outset, I also support the Bill and thank the initiator of the Bill. view