Richard Onyonka

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: The hon. Member for Budalang’i wanted to know under what circumstances three Kenyan fishermen namely Mr. Lucas Odinga, Mr. Geoffrey Egesa and Ms. Maria Girigori all of them from Gauze Village in Budalang’i were killed in a place in Uganda known as Maning Village on Sigulu Island in Uganda on 18th April, 2011 at 3.00 a.m. It is alleged that the three, two fishermen and one lady, as named above, were from Budalang’i and were on a fishing expedition on the waters of Lake Victoria and it is alleged that they were suspected to be part and parcel of a ... view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, within the East African Community protocols, the agreements which the Kenyan Government and the Uganda Government have signed detail that any time a cross-border crime takes place, the host country where the crime took place has to be given substantial time for it to conduct investigations, in order to come up with the way forward. This will help us to find out whether there are going to be prosecutions or if there was an injustice done, so that it can be corrected. The Government is working very hard because it understands the sensitivity of this matter and ... view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, I would like to tell my colleague, Mrs. Odhiambo-Mabona, that setting up a militia would be an illegal venture under our current dispensation. Two, yes, the Government is aware that there has been a lot of cross-border crime whereby, especially Kenyans have been harassed by our neighbours. It is not even just Uganda. I would like to mention here that Members of this House should not look at the events which have been taking place between our people and Ugandans to be the only cases. We have had cases where there have been skirmishes ... view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, what I want to say is that, let us not prejudge what has happened until we get the true position of what actually transpired in Uganda. view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to emphasize very clearly, again, that even when the Kenyan Government is aware that we have a dispute with the Uganda, over Migingo and Ugingo, the Commander-in-Chief of this country is not going to take this country to war until all diplomatic means have failed. So far, quiet diplomacy has been working; Uganda is our neighbour and we are not going to war over just that. view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let us not forget that we are members of the East African Community! view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I need your protection! Let us not forget that we have a country--- view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would urge my colleagues in the House to realize that we are struggling to become a borderless East African Community, where all our people will be moving from one area to the other. Let us also not forget that we still have Kenyans who have not been harmed in Uganda; they live and eke out a living there. When one or two incidents take place, even when they should not take place, we should allow the law and diplomacy to work before we can get into military engagement. view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I earlier mentioned, I would like to state here categorically that the Ministry of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security and the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kenya, through the guidance of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, are putting in place mechanisms to make sure that our borders are protected, and that hon. Mbuvi does not end up having 5,000 guys with AK-47 guns to go and attack a neighbouring country. view