Richard Onyonka

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: With regard to Madam Ng’ang’a, her travel documents had been confiscated. It should be noted that Saudi labour laws allow an employer to take custody of an employee’s passport on arrival, and those documents can only be released by the employer on the day the employee is actually leaving to come back to Kenya. Also, for one to leave the Kingdom, he or she must have an exit visa, which is normally issued by the employer, or the relevant Saudi authorities. view
• 30 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the matter of Madam Ng’ang’a coming back, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is right now, as earlier mentioned in this House, making arrangements to have bilateral agreements signed with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; the agreements which can be signed, or which must be signed, by a Kenyan with the hiring agencies should ensure that the rights of Kenyans are protected. view
• 30 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the issue of Madam Ng’ang’a in Saudi Arabia, I would like to ask hon. Kiuna to make sure he furnishes me with the information, which we do not have, about where she is right now in Saudi Arabia. The reason for this is that we have already started making arrangements with the Saudi Arabian police, to make sure that we start tracing her. One of the problems we have is that she is not easily available; if the hon. Member has any information which he can give to us, then it will make it easier for ... view
• 30 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, secondly, I would like to state very clearly that the honorary consul we have in Lebanon, Mr. Chaluhi, has tried to do the best he could; as I have said, with Madam Sasati’s issue, this is a matter which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is going to make a decision on not later than the end of this week in consultations with the Minister and the Permanent Secretary to make sure that funds can be raised to ensure that the ticket is available for her to be brought back home. view
• 30 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in the last two months, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has actually issued Press releases explaining to Kenyans that it is no longer a matter which can be taken lightly. If any Kenyan is travelling outside the country for an employment opportunity that has come up, they should immediately go and register with the embassy of the country where they are going. We have also been warning Kenyans that they have to be careful with the unscrupulous individuals who are recruiting and fleecing them of their resources as they try to look for opportunities outside the country. ... view
• 30 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this matter had been discussed at a high level of Government, especially at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Labour. The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) has already received a report; it was asked to try and follow up and clean the system. I believe this is a matter that now will be forwarded to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to make sure that proper investigations are conducted. The other point is that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Labour have come up with new modalities; we are going to ask the ... view
• 30 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I earlier mentioned, this data does not exist with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Indeed, when we consulted the Ministry of Labour, they said that they were trying to compile the list to know how many of these companies are legitimately in this business of recruiting Kenyans to work abroad or anywhere. We have discussed this before in this House and I had previously said that unfortunately, this is a matter that we have handled casually. This is a matter, as the Speaker has said, which needs much more detail and interrogation, so that we can ... view
• 30 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is a good question. The honourable Consular, Mr. Chaluhi, who represents our country in Lebanon called this morning and informed us that he has made progress and he will go to pick Madam Sasati from the hotel where she was working on Tuesday, 30th, August, 2011, and take her to stay at his residence as he tries to pursue an exit visa for her to come back to Nairobi. The reason for the delay is that in Lebanon, the next two days will be a public holiday because they are Muslims. He hopes to secure the ... view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. Given the mood of the House, I do not think there is any time for us. view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view