Richard Onyonka

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: some officers of the National Land Commission. I have had land matters in Kitutu Chache South. They told me that they wished this Departmental Committee would spend time with them, so that they can give the Committee a clear and true picture of what they feel is ailing the Ministry of Lands. It is important that the Committee looks for time, so that its Members can sit with the National Land Commission and find out why we are having these issues. The other point that I wanted to raise is that when you look at the role of this Committee, ... view
• 17 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: some officers of the National Land Commission. I have had land matters in Kitutu Chache South. They told me that they wished this Departmental Committee would spend time with them, so that they can give the Committee a clear and true picture of what they feel is ailing the Ministry of Lands. It is important that the Committee looks for time, so that its Members can sit with the National Land Commission and find out why we are having these issues. The other point that I wanted to raise is that when you look at the role of this Committee, ... view
• 3 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon, Speaker. I would like to tender my apologies, because I forgot my card at home though I had excused myself earlier. First, I would like to give credit to the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, hon. Mutava Musyimi. He has done an excellent job. Indeed, if we were in the old dispensation, we would have given him credit as our Minister for Finance. He has done a sterling job even with the complications and challenges. view
• 3 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: The second important issue is that, for the first time, this House is clawing back its capacity and capability. Legally, the mandate rests squarely on this House to look at the Appropriations and the Budget Policy Statements, discuss and evaluate the issues. For the first time, we have come through on this one. I hope that the other House will look at it and understand that we have actually done what was expected of us. I believe that all of us in this House are aware that devolution must be supported. This Budget makes sure that we support devolution and ... view
• 3 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we should stand by the reallocations which have been made because they are good reallocations. I would like to state that, as far as I am concerned, our conscious is very clear. If there are any outstanding issues, they can be discussed at a later date and there should be no mix up. I heard one or two hon. Members say that if we do not allocate money this way then there is a possibility that the CDF might not even be allocated money. We believe that CDF will continue and if the other arm of the Government ... view
• 3 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: The current Constitution has a few errors. One of the errors is that devolution should have been carried out at four levels. There should be the national Government, the county Government, the sub-county Government and the Wards. According to us, those 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
• 3 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: who are talking about bringing a referendum, if they do not bring out the forth level of government, we will oppose it. We have no apologies about it. We believe Kenya is a country that has to move forward and we are not going to be taken back. view
• 3 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, money has been allocated for the social welfare funding from this Budget. This is a brilliant idea because we are taking care of our elderly. I do not know whether hon. Members are aware that, for the first time, this money is actually being allocated according to the constituency. As a result of that, many of our elderly people are now receiving some social recourse because many of them are not able to work at their age. The little money they are getting has also been increased. I would like to thank the Chairman of the Budget and ... view
• 3 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: I would also like to raise an issue on the amount of money that was allocated to universities. I want to say that the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee did well by reallocating money to some of the universities, like Kisii University Campus, which has more than 5,000 students. From the Budget you notice that they did not have any development money before the reallocation and I squarely put this blame on the Departmental Committee on Education, Research and Technology. Some of the universities that have less than 5,000 students were receiving close to Kshs1 billion whereas some ... view
• 3 Jun 2015 in National Assembly: About a month ago, a friend of mine told me that there was display of arms in Israel. When their team went there, they found about four or five governors attending and they were busy trying to buy bazookas and armoured cars. You would think they are coming to Kenya to start a war. The national Government should be left with the responsibility of buying and keeping the armouries. It should make sure that it is the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) that handles insecurity matters. The county governments should only handle development matters, and only participate as partners in sorting ... view