Richard Onyonka

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, secondly, the Protocol on the annex on the right of residents states that East African citizens will be guaranteed the right to reside in any partner state and at the same time along with their spouses and children for the purpose of employment within our region. view
• 26 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will try and clarify to Dr. Khalwale. I said that free movement of persons within the East African region is simply for the individuals who belong to the East African Community. Given the protocols that we have signed, they are actually free to look for jobs, work and live in Kenya without any interference from any quarter whatsoever. So, that is not an issue. view
• 26 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the issue of the other individuals whom he has stated, this issue came out from a note which was sent over to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the Department of Immigration, which was anonymous. It contained communication from employees of Shelter Afrique who have been feeling that to a large extent, most of the jobs in Shelter Afrique should actually be occupied by Kenyans and not necessarily any other African individuals who may have been qualified or had been recruited by Shelter Afrique. Shelter Afrique is an international organization and they are free to allow ... view
• 26 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, to be honest with you, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not aware of the recruiting agency that has been recruiting individuals to work for this international organization for the simple reason that if we were to go out and start finding out how individuals are recruited, that would be micro-managing these organizations. Soon or later, we would start micro-managing UNEP and other organizations. What I would say is that we believe that the recruitment was done on merit and the best qualified individuals got the jobs; if anything has gone wrong we will follow up just ... view
• 26 Apr 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has a department which deals with international jobs; the latest information we have got is that--- We have sought a clarification from Shelter Afrique not to try to micro-manage them, but to make sure that we can discuss and agree with them that they must recognise the fact that Kenya is one of the largest shareholders in Shelter Afrique. We hope that they will try and correct any semblance of injustice which may have been done to the Kenyan community. Otherwise, we appreciate that Shelter Afrique has its headquarters in Nairobi, and ... view
• 15 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would, first of all, want to congratulate my colleague and friend, hon. Duale, for bringing here such an important petition, which borders on national interest and the very survival of this country. view
• 15 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to state that even when we are making a request in this House for us to get down to the bottom of what exactly has been the issue in terms of exams, I would also actually want to make a recommendation that we need to go much further back, probably to ten years ago; this is because in some of the areas we represent, we believe that our children have been victimized before. In fact, I remember there was a time when a colleague in this House stated that maybe the communities where we ... view
• 15 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 15 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Chairman, Sir. I do not know how to put this. The problem is that in reality many of view
• 7 Mar 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, what is critical in this Report is that we need to ask ourselves what the responsibility of the CBK was. The second question we should ask ourselves is what the Governor of the CBK should have done. Under the circumstances, the Report says very clearly that the CBK opened the window, which is normal. Central banks all over the world lend money to commercial banks because a central bank is the lender of the last resort. The Committee went out and found that this money was actually given at rate that was lower than the inter-bank rates. ... view