Richard Nyagaka Tongi

Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following paper on the table of the House: Report of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations on its consideration on the vetting of nominees for appointment to the position of ambassadors, high commissioners...

Hon. Richard Tong'i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I second. (Question proposed) The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. Christopher Omulele) : Hon. Members, I direct that the next necessary steps in regard to the Bill be undertaken when the matter will next be set down on the Order Paper....

Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, the long title to the Bill be amended by deleting the words “to establish the Defence Forces Retirement Home”. (Question of the amendment proposed) (Question, that the words to be left out be left out,...

Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, we are all in agreement because we also do not want to cause confusion. The definition is key in what we are doing. The provision in paragraph 6 basically deals with the definition of who a soldier is and who...

Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, after consulting the Leader of the Majority Party, we agreed that it should stay because that is the body of what we are dealing with. The Temporary Deputy Chairman (Hon. Christopher Omulele) : Then the proper thing to do is...

Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 21 of the Bill be amended in sub-clause (1) ― May 24, 2022 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 22 Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP)The justification is that the proposed Dependant’s Education Fund should be for...

Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 2 of the Bill be amended by deleting the definition of “child” and substituting therefor the following new definition― “child” means a child of a Kenya military veteran under the age of eighteen years....

Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, we support that, and the justification is that the proposed provision establishes the Defence Forces Retirement Home in counter--- The Temporary Deputy Chairman (Hon. Christopher Omulele) : Hon. Tong’i, just read the amendment first. Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP)...

Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 6 of the Bill be amended by― May 24, 2022 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 18 Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP)for the sake of Kenyans. They ensure that all of us are safe in our...

Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to support this noble Bill. It is meant to address the challenges that our people face. I come from a community where the disabled were considered a curse to the family and the unthinkable was...