Richard Onyonka

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 781 to 790 of 818.

• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Finally, the point I want to make to the hon. Member is that we believe that Mr. Ngolo is still alive and the Government will make sure that we get him as soon as possible. view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to tell the hon. Member that Kenyans are very highly educated and the police service has got bi-lingual officers who will do the job. view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, he did not ask me about the mobile number. Since the matter is being investigated and we would not want the captors to know that we already have their contacts and we are trying to follow up the matter, I would rather we rest it there. view
• 16 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I need your guidance. Since Mr. K. Kilonzo has been named as one of the interested parties, is it in order for him to second the amendment? view
• 2 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. A serious issue has been raised in the House here, about providing scientific or proven evidence about any studies that have been done to disapprove GMOs. The hon. Member who is speaking has not given empirical evidence. He is simply telling us that things have been done in other countries! We are asking for your indulgence, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, that the hon. Member is bound by what he says. Let him provide empirical evidence! view
• 26 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I am actually happy and delighted to have heard such wonderful comments from my colleagues. The truth is that there is a problem out there. Many Kenyans are beginning to be very insecure and uncertain because of the food insecurity issue that exists in the country. Through the Chair, I would like to ask my fellow hon. Members, that if need be, as Dr. Eseli has mentioned, a Committee be given the responsibility to go deep into the issue and find out what exactly has been going on. That may most probably be ... view
• 12 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is the custodian of all information relating to the number of refugees worldwide. The UNHCR estimates that the refugee population in most countries is based on statistics which are usually received from host governments, data relating to refugee arrivals and recognition of asylum seekers. view
• 12 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, to be honest with the hon. Member, we are a signatory to the UNHCR Convention, which means that we cannot, at any one time, force anybody, who may have declared himself a refugee, from any country to come back to this country. We believe that Kenya is a peaceful country, and that anybody who may wish to come back home is welcome. We always welcome them back. The only small addition I want to make is that Uganda still holds a number of Kenyans who fled the country as a result of the post-election violence. As ... view
• 12 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I said earlier and without sounding repetitive, what my Ministry has done in conjunction with the Ministry of State for Special Programmes is that we have been persuading and encouraging many of the Kenyans who have been residing in Uganda by giving them the token fee which was agreed of between Kshs10,000 and Kshs20,000 and making sure that there is peace in their farms which they were living in before they fled to Uganda. As a result, I can confirm to you that as we are talking, only 1,800 IDPs still remain in Uganda. They ... view
• 12 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I believe that is a wonderful idea and I shall consult and react to it immediately. view