Richard Onyonka

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 801 to 810 of 818.

• 23 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think the hon. Members are forgetting one point: It is not Mr. Muthaura who increases the salaries. view
• 23 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to make a statement that it is not the responsibility of the Minister for Foreign Affairs to withdraw Mr. Muthaura's letter. As far as we are concerned, we have basically accepted the position that it is the Directorate of Personnel Management (DPM) and the Ministry of Finance which negotiate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for salaries to be implemented. view
• 23 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I would like to inform the hon. Member that it is not my business to know how much money the Permanent Secretary earns. July 23, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2055 view
• 23 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: The whole truth, Mr. Speaker, Sir, and nothing but the truth. If you look at the HANSARD Report when Mr. Affey was discussing this issue, he said--- I have the authority that allowed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to do the same. I just want to read this letter which is addressed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It was written on the 16th February, 2007 by the Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Public Service. In this letter, the ambassador is insinuating that since January 2001 the ambassadors who worked for the Republic of Kenya were ... view
• 23 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I guess my language was a little bit sensitive. Let me clarify. That Question should be forwarded to the Ministry of State for Public Service. view
• 2 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I stand here with a very heavy heart, because I happen to have shared my education with Mr. Kimunya. I happen to be in the Government of National Unity whereby as an Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs, my job is to actually figure out on how to improve Kenya's image abroad, make sure that the country and the Government have got credibility, so that Kenya can actually be seen as a country with credibility, and which uses and follows the principles of good governance. The Motion we are discussing today about my friend, the ... view
• 2 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when I was being given a job as an Assistant Minister, the President himself, hon. Mwai Kibaki, said that any person who happens to be implicated, or in any way seem to have been not clean in Government, should step aside. Let all the investigations to be done, so that the Government can establish the true position on what is happening under the allegations. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as far as I am concerned, there have been very many inconsistencies pertaining to what the Minister for Finance has said. As a result of that, it has ... view
• 2 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: When my constituents from Kitutu Chache asked me: What is going on in the Government that I serve, I have been telling them that we are going to find out. I would like them to know that hon. Kimunya is innocent and he has proven his case. But, for the time being, I would like to make a request to this House to allow hon. Kimunya to prove himself innocent. Otherwise, we need to figure out what he is going to do with his integrity and credibility. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to make a plea to all ... view
• 1 Jul 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, judging by the mood of the House, this is a Ministerial Statement regarding the presence of United States of America (USA) Marines in Lagdera, Dujis and Fafi constituencies, which was requested by the Member for Lagdera, Mr. Farah Maalim, who is also the Deputy Speaker. 1496 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 1, 2008 On 17th June, 2008--- view
• 10 Jun 2008 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Could the Member of Parliament for Budalang'i substantiate to this House as to who exactly has complained? view