Richard Onyonka

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: in the country, so that then, a decision could be made. So, the point I have made is that a correct or the right decision was made. Whether it was made yesterday or this morning, these individuals were actually deported according to the law. view
• 24 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Finally, if the hon. Member has information that these individuals are being deported back, according to international law, the truth and the reality is that we will re- deport them back until maybe the African Union comes up with a solution. As far as we are concerned, these individuals shall not even land within the Kenyan borders for the simple reason that when they came, the information which was given to the Department of Immigration was that they were on transit to Somalia. But again, there is the issue of legitimacy because they are arguing that they should even have ... view
• 10 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Is it in order for the hon. Member to keep on referring to Mr. Minister instead of addressing the Speaker? view
• 9 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I support the Motion. I would like to thank my brother, Eng. Gumbo, for having taken time and come up with such an incredible thought on what we need to do for our people. view
• 9 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: The truth about Kenyans is that even when we are a great nation, a nation which needs to go to greater heights, sometimes we like exposing our mediocrity and going into issues and matters which are basically insignificant in making sure that our country moves ahead. History has been very kind to Kenya. Because of athletics, during the early days of our Independence in the 60s, 70s and early 80s, Kenya was known as a country that produces some of the great runners in the world. view
• 9 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Right now, we have a department in the Government known as Brand Kenya. I belong to the group of people who have been telling Brand Kenya that it does not have to brand anything. Kenya already branded itself. They only need to package this brand. We have the great athletes like Kipkeino and Rono. We have talked about races which were incredible when we were young and we were watching them, as hon. Gumbo has talked about. I believe we can take advantage of this branding. We can have students and children from Europe and other African countries coming to ... view
• 9 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: It is true that we need to honour our athletes by making sure that some of the streets, like hon. Gumbo has said, are named after these athletes. Naftali Temu, from the County of Gusii is a man who children will not remember, but these are the people who made the Kisii community begin to run in athletics in the early days. We need to reward the great men who nurtured young talent in areas like St. Patrick’s, Iten. In Cardinal Otunga High School, we had Brother Innocent de Kok. Those are men who took the energy and time to ... view
• 9 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I know that many of my colleagues would like to contribute to this very important Motion. So, I would like to, finally, say that this country needs to learn and understand that we must make sure that we reward excellence, and not mediocrity. We must make sure that we always support our people, because we have been doing very badly in that territory. view
• 9 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 8 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am not quite sure whether this is appropriate, but I would like to seek your indulgence. This is because the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs, Mr. Kalonzo, is willing to give a Ministerial Statement on the same issue. I do not know whether it is applicable that he comes here to discuss the figures on this matter. view