Richard Onyonka

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the honorary consul office facilitated the commissioning of all the necessary required arrangements to make sure that Felix was transported and he arrived at his home and given respectable send off. The total cost of all the activities, which took place, that included preparation of the body, travel of the family to Canada and back, accommodation expenses of the family and the funeral service were provided by the Kenya Mission in Ottawa with the honorary consul working in tandem with the Kenyans in Diasporas. The total amount which was raised was US$31,560. view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, finally, the Kenya High Commission in Ottawa then further on continued to solicit help from other Kenyans in Canada and they ended up raising another US$1,200, which was equivalent to Kshs1.4 million, which was handed over to Felix’s family. view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, to be honest with my colleague, what the police in Canada have told us is that this was an accident which the two friends are very regrettable to have participated in. But it was a premeditated action whereby Felix was actually taken and forcelly--- view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my colleague interjected before I concluded my statement. view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, what I wanted to say is that that decision will have to be made by the Canadian police. We do not have the capacity to conclude on that matter. All the records are available. What the police from Canada have said is that they will make sure that standards of probity will be at the highest level and when it reaches that conclusion where they will decide, whether the two other Kenyans who were with him participated either in murder or involuntary manslaughter, they will inform us accordingly. view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the normal procedure is that once there is a matter of litigation where a Kenyan citizen is involved, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs makes sure that all the requisite arrangements are made so that we can provide all the necessary legal help the family needs to make sure that the matter is taken to its logical conclusion. As of now, we are waiting for the Canadian Government to give us the necessary signals and we will act accordingly. view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is a wonderful question because it is a matter that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been grappling with because of lack of resources. However, I can assure you that under the department known as Diaspora Services in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and with the support of this Parliament--- I hope that Parliament will allocate the Ministry of Foreign Affairs funds so that any time a Kenyan student dies or an unfortunate event happens, we are able to help our Kenyans come back. As of now, we seek the goodwill of Kenyans in Diaspora and ... view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, unfortunately, I cannot make such a commitment because we do not have a legal office in every mission to handle such a matter. Every case that happens is given its own interpretation and evaluation. If the matter necessitates that the Government provides the necessary funding or legal help, then the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will try and engage itself. However, for now, we do not have the kind of resources that will be required to handle such matters, but I believe that the jurisdiction under which this event happened - the Canadian Government and Canadian Police - ... view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Member for Gichugu wanted to know how many Kenyans are working--- view
• 2 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) According to our records, the number of Kenyans who are listed by the year 2009 were 31,725. Currently, it is estimated that these Kenyans are actually between 40,000 and 45,000. (b) The Minister also wanted to know why the Kenyans who live in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are denied work permits since the year 2010. I want to mention that the applicants or every individual who makes an application to seek job opportunities in UAE or any other country for that matter, are judged on their own merit so that if ... view