Richard Onyonka

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: The other issue that I think the House needs to look at is this: Was the President and the Prime Minister aware? If that was the case, why was this matter not discussed at high levels so that, we then could have come up with a Government position which is agreeable amongst all the Government departments? The other day, there was an inter-Ministerial delegation which went to Ethiopia to discuss this matter. What did they discuss? Did they come and write a report which was brought to this House so that we could be debating it right now? Nobody knows ... view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a very critical issue and I think we just need to stop being casual. There is a problem of our beautiful country, that leadership loves to be casual. We need to stop being casual about so many of the issues which affect our country. I believe that we need to look at northern Kenya differently. We need to see northern Kenya as an area that we can develop and protect and we must make sure that our neighbours understand what our position is in the region. We have lost our credibility in ... view
• 10 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The African Union (AU) Summits are held twice a year, between the months of January and February, and June and July. In the last five years, the AU has held 11 sessions of the Assembly of the AU, during which 270 decisions were made. This is in addition to over 420 decisions taken by the AU Executive Council. The AU decision- making process entails declarations and resolutions. The decisions of the AU Assembly are usually derived from the broad aspirations of the AU, which are based on thematic areas such as peace ... view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: (b) It is true that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not been appraising the National Assembly on the decisions of the AU, the reason being that we did not have a view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: whereas now, because of the new Constitution, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and, indeed, all Government Ministries and departments, will have to make sure that they appraise Parliament of any decisions and Parliament will have to accept them before they are ratified in order for them to be constitutional. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, for obvious reasons, once the implementation of the Constitution has come to its conclusion and we have passed all the Bills and Acts of Parliament, I am not sure whether there might be need for us to change our Standing Orders to the requirements as to what all the Ministries will need to do, especially the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to make sure that any of the discussions on matters of policy initiatives which are brought or taken to the African Union Council (AUC) will be brought to this House, debated and passed so that they can ... view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I can assure Mr. Kombo that we are just waiting to have a policy framework initiative whereby we are going to adopt and make sure that there is an inter-Ministerial Committee that will be shortlisting and discussing these matters with the Office of the Attorney-General and the Ministry of hon. Mutula Kilonzo to make sure that all these matters which are discussed at the AU are implemented into law effectively. view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, when you look at the AU’s discussions and debates as to the issues which have been affecting the African Continent including the issue of peace and security, the AU Assembly has mechanisms whereby, for example, we have the Peace and Security Committee which has been discussing and deliberating on issues where they have put and implemented mechanisms into place. Where there is conflict on the African Continent, there is early detection when there is hunger and starvation, where we need to be deliberating issues which are weighty on the continent especially engaging the regional economic blocs like ... view
• 9 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, again, the reason that has happened is because we have been on the transitional mode. As my colleague knows, the implementation of the Constitution has not been fully effected. As a result of that, as he is aware, some of the laws and Bills have not been passed. Immediately, we finish this exercise within the next one month, I believe this will then automatically take effect. view