Richard Onyonka

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I cannot verify that aspect right now. What I can verify is that, yes, we have made arrangements. Sometimes Government procedures take a little longer, but we have verified and these children--- view
• 16 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this report about what the young man is doing was written about a month ago. This is what we found on the ground. After our Government officers left Mozambique, they went back to Harare and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs authorized them to release some money to the children to survive on until we bring them back. If the Member wants me to lay on the Table how view
• 16 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if the House Members feel in good faith that they would like to contribute money towards this good course--- view
• 16 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have already said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will give them tickets as soon as possible. view
• 16 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I cannot give you that answer right now because I have to speak to my Permanent Secretary who will then authorize. However, the commitment on the amount of money to be given for tickets is in the report that I have given my colleague. view
• 16 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I need about a week to make sure that the children come back to this country. view
• 16 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to inform the House that the travel documents are now ready. We are just waiting for the approval of the funds for the tickets to be provided. view
• 16 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is a Kenyan who is the head and the Chairman of the Kenyan members of the Diaspora in Mozambique who is staying with these children. Number two, I wanted to mention to you and to the House that the issue which Dr. Khalwale has raised over the fact that we should wait until we give a report in one week--- Every single commitment that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has given on repatriating Kenyans from, for instance, Libya we did it and finished it. We repatriated Kenyans from Lebanon. We have repatriated Kenyans from ... view
• 16 May 2012 in National Assembly: Much obliged, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 16 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I believe that unless something drastic happens, the children will be here by Wednesday. However, I want to state that, at least, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has given you the true position of these children. We do not try to sugar-coat this position. However, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not have funding which is used for repatriating anybody. However, we will bring the children back to the country. view