Richard Onyonka

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 711 to 720 of 818.

• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am willing to explain in case the hon. Member did not get what I said. We will seek for compensation anytime a Kenyan will be injured or harmed in a foreign country. I promise the hon. Member that it will be done once we have followed all the modalities and legal issues. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the truth is that the Government is patiently waiting to liaise with the neighboring countries so that some of these disputes can be sorted out amicably. As the hon. Member knows--- view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the easiest one is on Migingo Island. The Minister for Foreign Affairs will soon bring a report to this House to discuss what has transpired since Uganda and Kenya did the demarcation of the boundaries. I hope my colleague will be a little bit patient. view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. I also want to give my very positive response to what some of my colleagues have said. I would also like to say that I support the Motion. I think it is a great honour for some of us who are hon. Members in this House to be bequeathed with the responsibility of giving our country a new Constitution. As the President said in his Speech, Kenyans have been waiting for that document for the last 20 years. I grew up listening and hearing very many elderly people talking about it - including my ... view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Essentially, my feeling right now and from the mood out there, the feelings of Kenyans is that the Tenth Parliament is either going to commit political suicide by rejecting the document or enjoy political resuscitation by coming up with a document that Kenyans will be proud of. I agree with the President and my colleagues in this House view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: who believe that the new Constitution is critical and important for the future of this country as a State and the future of the younger generation of Kenyans who are being born and those who are yet to be born. view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, the President raised a very interesting scenario in his Speech where he talked about patriotism in this country. If I can quote briefly, he said:- “We should, therefore, always cherish and protect our nation as enumerated in our National Anthem. Firmly, we should stand to defend,” It is true that our country is beautiful. It is true that it has everything it takes to become a great nation. But the problem we have is that this country does not have nationalists. This country has a cabal of individuals who belong to pseudo-community based, ethnic based and ... view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: I agree with the President that the war on corruption must be fought within the law and in a manner which is impartial and just. I also agree with the President that we must not politicize or personalize the fight against corruption. But I do not know whether the President gave me an alternative, other than it being personalized or not being legal. Most of us have come to realize that once corruption is touched, and once you come up and start facing it, it fights back. The truth is that it is a very delicate thing. We must make ... view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: The truth is that there are coalition wars which exist in this country I pray and hope that the wars will stop so that we can deal with the urgent business of this House. The truth is that as the Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs, the most difficult endeavor that I have had to deal with is that every time I go out of the country and I am representing our beautiful country, the critical issue that I am asked about is why we keep feuding and fighting amongst ourselves. This country has enough resources and capacity to build itself ... view
• 3 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: I believe the way we behave politically influences our tourism, economics and the mood of the country. Kenya is a country that is respected and known officially to be the hub of East and Central Africa. At one time, we used to be known as the country that was peaceful without any problem. You know that we no longer have that advantage. We must bring confidence back with the international community. We must make sure that Kenyans live together happily and that the structures which have been put in place, trying to bring up reforms are effected efficiently and quickly. ... view