Richard Onyonka

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• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I believe that this is a critical and a weighty issue. I would make a suggestion that if we are given time until Wednesday next week, we will come with a substantive answer. view
• 3 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said on Wednesday. However, I would like to emphasize what my colleague, Mr. Namwamba has said. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you, yourself, have been deeply involved in the issue of Somalia and so have many Kenyans and legislators, including the President and the Prime Minister. I believe we will offer a very comprehensive answer to that question. view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply under the circumstances; Felix Odera was a fourth year student at the University of British Columbia. At the time of his death, he was participating together with 16 other university students in an intervarsity Christian fellowship programme which is known as the Vancouver Urban Project, which encompassed a three-week leadership training component. view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, according to the police in Canada, the police officer who took the statement from the 15 students say that we had two girls who jumped into the lake, while Felix and three other students watched from a shore. After a while, the girls invited the boys to join them upon whereby Felix took off his shoes and socks, and jumped into the water. Two of his friends who had been with him during that retreat, took his wallet and swung him three times and then let him go. Where upon he landed on the water, he had ... view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, what happened after that is that Felix did no resurface. A search rescue commenced immediately whereby rescue service officers arrived shortly thereafter as did the police. Their search efforts were hindered because of poor weather conditions which were existing at that time. There was thunder and lightning throughout the period when they were trying to do research and rescue. Unfortunately, it looks like Felix had died shortly after he had been thrown into the lake. view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On Monday morning, which was the following day, police divers came and they started doing a further rescue. They finally found the body which was about 40 feet under the water about ten metres away from where everybody was standing. The Corena on examining the body which had been retrieved from the site concluded that this was an accident because of drowning. An autopsy was performed on Tuesday, 31ST May, after which it was concluded that the Corena had found water in Felix’s lungs which was consistent with the drowning theory. There were no other injuries to his bodies whatsoever. view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the second question was: “Has the Kenya High Commission in Canada taken every step to ensure that full investigations have been carried out, so that we can conclusively know what happened to Felix?” Due diligence was observed during the initial stages of the accident. The High Commission, in consultation with the honorary consular, Mr. Imbenzi, immediately contacted the Royal Canada Mounte Police, who started conducting the investigations. view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, two questions were critical; one, they had to find out whether this young man knew how to swim and if he was known to have any medical condition. The two questions were important to guide the investigations further because he knew how to swim after the mother informed the police officers on telephone from Nairobi. The mother also said that he did not suffer from any medical condition which they did not know. The report came back. The conclusion which was given was that he actually died from that swimming accident. view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the third question was: “What the Kenyan High Commission did to assist the family to transport the body and all the remains of Felix Riaga back to Kenya?” We are extremely of our honorary consul in Ottawa, Mr. Imbenzi and our Ambassador, because they did a tremendous job to help the family. The honorary consul worked with both the universities where Felix was going to school. They developed a plan on what was to be done to bring the body home. view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the honorary consul office worked with the British Columbia Coroners office to prepare the body and issue a repatriation document for the body to be brought back to Kenya. The honorary consul office worked with a company known as Kleeny Funeral Services to prepare and transfer the remains of Felix Odera to Nairobi, Kenya on June, 16th, 2011. In consultation with the Kenyan High Commission in Ottawa, the honorary consul office worked with Montezuma and Monalisa funeral homes in Nairobi to make sure that they picked the body from the airport and made sure that the body ... view