Richard Onyonka

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not think I said that we would unilaterally just pick an individual because of the crime that has been committed. It is the courts that will have to determine, whether actually this crime was committed. The prima facie we have is that two adults, who happen to be married, and they are of Nigerian descent, who are both diplomats are involved in a tussle. If court rules that the husband violated the wife, then the Kenyan Government has no choice, but to declare the husband persona non grata and the gentleman would have to be ... view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Hon. Mbadi asked why we should not give this problem to the Nigerians since after all, it is theirs. His prayers have actually been answered because Mr. Wigwe is already in Nigeria. There is the likelihood of him not coming back to Kenya, and the case may be handled in Nigeria, under the international statutes. view
• 2 Jun 2011 in National Assembly: Lastly, given the fact that the police report has already stated that Madam Wigwe has been injured, at the end of all this, the court will have to rule in favour of Mrs. Wigwe in order for us to declare her husband persona non grata, and give him the 24-hour notice, as earlier stated. view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I just want to inform the House that the matter was not publicly discussed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. However, the issue has been sorted out and the Ambassador has actually been recalled. view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, we are aware that 35 Ugandan policemen are currently stationed on Migingo Island. However, the Ugandan national flag has been removed as one of the conditions that we had given to the Ugandan Government. Ugingo Island, itself, is not yet occupied by the Ugandan police officers, though we have got 16 structures which exist on that island and they are owned by both Kenyan and Ugandan fishermen. (b) Kenya has actually not failed to reclaim Migingo Island. We have been trying our level best to make sure that all the diplomatic ... view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, yes, indeed, there was initially a discussion and it was agreed that both parties will withdraw their forces. Uganda has not done it, but the Kenya Government is not sending its troops to go and occupy Migingo because we believe that the matter can be discussed and sorted out amicably. I would urge my colleague to be a little bit patient because sometimes in diplomacy, it takes a while before we can conclusively sort out the issues. The matter on Migingo and Ugingo islands is the issue for--- view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will repeat myself that sometimes, diplomacy takes quite a little longer to achieve results. We believe this matter will amicably be sorted out. There is no reason for us to escalate the tension between Kenya and Uganda. We believe that soon, we will have an answer to this problem. view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is basically an international dispute on boundaries which has to be negotiated between two parties. The Ugandans are making a claim to our boundary. The position of the Kenyan Government is that we will use all the necessary mechanisms which will help us sort out this matter amicably. We will go through the AU and if need be, we will go to the International Court of Justice to sort out this matter so that we can achieve an amicable settlement. The Kenyan Government is not ready to go to war with Uganda over the Migingo Island ... view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we do not have such evidence to confirm or deny what the Member has said. As far as I am concerned, that is not possible. view