Richard Onyonka

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, from the details I got from the HANSARD, he said that he will issue the Statement today. So, I think he will be able to do so. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I wish to inform this House that the mission that was undertaken by His Excellency the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs of “shuttle diplomacy” across the African Continent was not with an objective of lobbying the African countries to support the deferral of the International Criminal Court (ICC) intended prosecutions for one year. The “shuttle diplomacy” was with a view of bringing the process of justice for the election crimes back home, so that the suspects can be tried locally since we believe that even the ICC Tribunal appreciates the fact ... view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: The ICC Prosecutor, Mr. Luis Moreno Ocampo, on 17th December, 2010, named six suspects whom he was requesting the ICC to issue summons to secure their attendance at the court. However, the Kenyan Government is not a failed State. With the passage of our new Constitution, the Government felt that there was a necessary need for us to negotiate and have a moral position whereby the African Union, the Inter- Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the East African Community would have to support our country to solve the problem of the post-election violence peacefully by providing justice and at ... view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Further, prosecution of post-election crimes at home would facilitate the trial of all post-election violence suspects, and not just those who are bearing the highest responsibility. Conducting those trials locally would send a very strong message both internally and externally, so that Kenya would no longer accept impunity. So, even when the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs was doing the “shuttle diplomacy” within African, his agenda was not to demand that Kenya pulls out of the ICC. The agenda was to ask that the ICC allows us to look for a local mechanism, which would then make it possible ... view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, unfortunately, the answer is “yes”, because we were unable to get the Accounting Officer in the Office of the Vice-President and Ministry of Home Affairs to give us the full amount. So, the figure I have given is what the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has spent. If need be, I will bring the figure relating to the amount which was spent by the Office of the Vice-President and Ministry of Home Affairs. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the answer for that question would be “yes” for the simple reason that as you are aware, the team that has been working with the Vice- President and Minister for Home Affairs has been away. Some of them have been coming in from Addis Ababa. If we are allowed, I believe, up to Thursday, I should come with a comprehensive answer. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am asking for up to Tuesday, next week. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have to seek some information. We would be able to do it this afternoon. view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to inform the House that the recent unrest in Egypt was sparked by developments in Tunisia where street protests have forced President Ben Ali to cede power and leave the country after ruling for 24 years. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a result of that, there have been other protests in other countries within northern Africa, and indeed, the Arab world. But demonstrations have particularly been large in Egypt in the cities of Cairo, Alexandria, Suez and others. It is expected that Egyptians will turn up in large numbers after the Friday prayers for a ... view
• 2 Feb 2011 in National Assembly: We are aware that the situation in Egypt is deteriorating with dwindling food supplies, commercial banks are closed, there are long queues for bread and there is no food in general. As a result of that, this is what we have done in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Ambassador in Egypt has immediately been instructed from Nairobi to look out for all Kenyan nationals wherever they may be in Egypt and make the necessary arrangements for their safe evacuation, including facilitating their movement outside Egypt. As a result, the Kenyan Embassy in Cairo has been in touch with all ... view