Richard Onyonka

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 721 to 730 of 818.

• 12 Aug 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that attire is reasonably African and authentic. view
• 17 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. Is it in order for the hon. Member to say that our police officers go on the rampage? I think that is unparliamentary language. view
• 16 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I assure my colleague that the answer will be available to the House before Thursday next week by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. view
• 16 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I assure you. view
• 16 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if my colleague, Mr. Linturi, would look at the Constitution, he will see that a Minister is a Minister. view
• 16 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we had to consult. That is why the Ministry for Justice, National Cohesion and Constitutional Affairs has to make a reference back to us. I can assure you that we have got the information from the Ministry of Finance. We will give you the answer you require on Thursday. view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The issuance of visas by diplomatic missions is an immigration control measure which is usually a sovereign right of any country. The host country has, therefore, no way of accessing information relating to the number of visa applications and the number of visas issued or denied. In the case of Kenya, it would be easy to know how many Americans or Britons are issued with entry visas to Kenya since this information is in our custody, as the issuing country. It is, however, not possible for us to get the same ... view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I said earlier, it is usually the country to be visisted which makes the decision . When somebody wants to apply for a visa, that individual will make the decision, which is usually voluntary, and the individual decides whether they are going to pay the amount of money that that country is asking for. But in order to address the high visa fees charged by many of the embassies, including the USA, my Ministry is leading a process of negotiating with the USA and Britain for five-year visa extensions for students, diplomats, Government officials, hon. ... view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, under international protocols the Kenyan Government cannot force a sovereign state to divulge information as to how many Kenyans apply to travel out of the country. But even if we were to get this information, I am not sure whether there is a reason why we should know how many they are and how much--- We are aware of the amount of money they pay, but we are not sure of the number of the people who travel because--- view
• 3 Jun 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have made a request, the reason being that we cannot force them to give us the names of Kenyans who are travelling. view