Richard Onyonka

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 771 to 780 of 818.

• 4 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Even though I have my misgivings I beg to support, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: (a) According to family sources, Mr. Ngolo left Kenya for Conakry Guinea on 30th September, 2008. The purpose of his visit was to assist his son who is based in the United States of America (USA) to verify the authenticity of an alleged mining company that had contracted him through the internet offering to sell him gold dust. Representatives of the alleged company met him at the airport in Conakry on 1st October, 2008. They, however, turned out to be kidnappers who had used the promise of a good business deal as bait. view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. After being kidnapped, Mr. Ngolo was taken to an unknown place in Conakry, Guinea. He was availed with a mobile phone to contact his family and inform them of the kidnappers' demand for US$500,000 as ransom. His abductors threatened to kill him if the money was not paid within the first three days of his kidnap. These threats have been sustained for over three months now. His family has been sending money through Western Union Money Transfer to enable the kidnappers feed him but the ransom remains unpaid. Ja nuary 20, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Kenyan High Commissioner to Nigeria has been given specific instructions to go to Guinea. The delay occurred because there was a military coup in Guinea as you are aware. The instructions the Kenyan High Commissioner has been given include: One, he must facilitate the Kenyan police officers to travel to Guinea to start investigations. view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Secondly, Mr. Speaker, Sir, once we have received all the necessary Government clearance, we should receive a report which then will necessitate and facilitate our seeking further help from other international agencies, including the United Nations (UN). However, the Kenyan Government is, right now involved directly. We expect that sooner than later, we should have results which would be positive. view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to inform the hon. Member that, without information, we cannot make reasonable judgement and decisions. That is why we have decided that we are going to ask somebody, that is the Kenya Police, to do investigations so that we have the relevant and concrete information which then--- view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: 4222 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES January 20, 2009 view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was saying that the reason why the matter delayed was because the Government had not got enough information which then would have necessitated us to move quickly because this was a very private deal. view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: As you are all aware, there has been a problem in Guinea and it looked like there was nobody answerable for this matter. The Government decided that, in order for us to involve the relevant parties to try and sort out this problem, we had to involve the Kenya Police to investigate the matter. view