Onyonka Richard Momoima

Sen. OnyonkaA certified version of this Report

Sen. Onyonka Mr. Speaker, Sir, when you go to school in St. Mary’s Yala, you sound the way I do. After that, when you go to the University of Nairobi (UoN) with impeccable grades because you went to Yala, the only people we disliked were Alliance High School because they...

Sen. Onyonka Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also would like to be in that category of Hon. Kabogo's friends who wish to say congratulations. Indeed, the way you are speaking encourages me because it sounds as if you have got the bits and pieces. We have a new and latest development...

Sen. Onyonka Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I do not know whether the Cabinet Secretary and the team that she is with are aware that if you go to roughly seven counties of western Kenya, namely, Trans Nzoia, Kakamega, Siaya, Kisii and Homa Bay and Bomet County could also...

Sen. Onyonka Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. There was inevitable delay in the Report. The report which was done by the Committee is much better, and I hope my colleagues will receive it. That Report demarcates the schedules, the money from donor funding, conditional grants and all other monies that...

Sen. Onyonka Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank you for accommodating me. I am not going to discuss what my colleagues have said. Instead, I am going to make recommendations. I sat in the Committee chaired by Sen. M. Kajwang’. The team was very good and we did an excellent...

Time is up, Senator. Okay, half a minute, you finished the sentence. Sen. Onyonka Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I just wanted to say that let us make sure there we have an open, transparent government, where we are accountable to each other, where we manage the resources of our...

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Sen. Onyonkathank you for noticing that we need to separate the Central Bank of Kenya and the National Treasury from the Executive. That is, in fact, one of the challenges that we are going to face as a Committee, and we are going to interrogate this.I also want to give...

Thank you, Senator. Sen. Okoiti Andrew Omtatah, Busia County.

Sen. Onyonka Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I am happy to have this opportunity to ask this question. On several occasions, in this House, we have raised issues about people who have never been compensated for their land, which was utilized by either Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) , Kenya...

Sen. Onyonka Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. How I wish that this project can be open, transparent even if not to all Kenyans or Senators because we have the Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing. My suggestion would be, let the Government disclose and tell the Committee of this House...

Sen. Onyonka Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would actually like to pick up from where my brother, Sen. Methu, has stopped; that is, thank you, Sen. Ojienda, for raising that issue. I hope that when this SGR is going to be laid out, Kisii County will not be forgotten....

Sen. Onyonka Sen. Veronica Maina, proceed.

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Sen. Onyonka Is there a relationship between pyrethrum and macadamia nuts?

Sen. Onyonka Interesting. I would like to hear this.

Sen. Onyonka Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I would like to first of all thank Hon. Murgor for raising that issue. My honest observation, Sen. Murgor, is that if the state security operators wanted to know everything that is happening about cattle rustling, all they need to get is drones....

Sen. Onyonka Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I just heard the Cabinet Secretary comment that when he sees Kenyans demonstrating whether it is in Saudi Arabia, he thinks they are talking about mapambano. I want to remind him that our Constitution allows Kenyans---

Sen. Onyonka Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was laying the preamble.

Sen. Onyonka Mr. Speaker, Sir, I cannot ask the question if I cannot set up the preamble. So, I rest.

Sen. Onyonka Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No. 53 (1) to seek a Statement from the Committee on Lands, Environment, and Natural Resources regarding the ongoing land dispute involving Mrs. Agnes Kemuma Bichanga, a resident of Chirichiro Sublocation, Ibeno Location, Keumbu Sub-county, Kisii...

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Sen. Onyonka My Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Health, what I said was this: Anytime when you have these groups that are fighting in the East African Region and one of them appears to be in Nairobi, what happens is that it creates a destabilization, which sometimes is imaginary...

Hold on, Sen. Onyonka. Let me give you some direction. There is that point of order which we have not cleared, that he needs evidence to show that M23 came to Kenya, met the President and launched themselves. Perhaps, if you do not have that evidence, when are you ready...

Sen. Onyonka No, I do not need any direction from the Members and that is why I am here. I am listening to the Members. Sen. Onyonka: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know why you do not want me to talk. Let me make it easy for you,...

Sen. Onyonka: We then take that same narrative as we are having issues--- Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know why you do not want me to talk. Let me make it easy for you, I withdraw and apologize for my majority. Can I proceed?

Sen. Onyonka Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am really sorry to Sen.Onyonka because it is not my intention to disrupt him. Nonetheless, he is inviting this upon himself by claiming matters that are not factual, which leaves us with no other option than to interrupt and ask him to check...

Sen. Onyonka No, Sen. Onyonka. When there is a Member executing a point of order, you go back to your seat; you sit and wait. February 19, 2025 SENATE DEBATES 33

Sen. Onyonka, there is another point of order from the Sen. Majority Leader.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am really sorry to Sen.Onyonka because it is not my intention to disrupt him. Nonetheless, he is inviting this upon himself by claiming matters that are not factual, which leaves us with no other option than to interrupt and ask him to check his records....

Sen. Onyonka I have got his point, which I can answer.

Sen. Onyonka Much obliged. I would most probably answer him and say, let us leave the Israeli question. Can we talk about the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that is in Nairobi? You can legitimize and argue about it. (Sen. Cheruiyot spoke off the record) So, you are comfortable the RDF...

You should not take advantage of the microphone to just exchange with a Member who has a point of order. Sen. Onyonka Much obliged. I would most probably answer him and say, let us leave the Israeli question. Can we talk about the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that is in...

Sen. Onyonka Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Today, my colleagues are here celebrating and talking about how Raila is the greatest man who was. How I wish we listened to what they were saying three years ago how Raila was a ‘mganga’ and somebody who was completely useless to...

Members, stop exchanging with the Member on the Floor. Sen. Onyonka Let me just finish my speech.

Sen. Onyonka, speak to the Speaker and not to the Members. Sen. Onyonka Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Today, my colleagues are here celebrating and talking about how Raila is the greatest man who was. How I wish we listened to what they were saying three years ago how...

Sen. Onyonka, if you can recall, one thing that I did when the Senate Majority Leader was on the Floor, I protected you when he mentioned your name. Can you kindly stop mentioning the Members' names? Sen. Onyonka My apologies, my leader. I apologize and withdraw. You were not there.

You know you are eating on your time, and you will not be having an ample time to give your points because you will be disrupted all the time with your points. Sen. Onyonka Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, much obliged. (Several Senators stood up on points of order)

I was not there!

Sen. Onyonka Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, he has accepted it. I wanted to say how beautiful I see both of you; that you have disagreed politically and yet you are talking. That is how it should be. Let us not escalate it to the next level. I see us escalating...

Sen. Onyonka. You know that you are a seasoned legislator. Sen. OnyonkaTherefore, I want to assure the nation and thank President William Ruto for his magnanimity.You remember in 2022, the presidential election was a close call, but out of the magnanimity of President William Ruto, when Raila Odinga declared that...

How can you describe Sen. Methu in that manner? Sen. Onyonka Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, he has accepted it. I wanted to say how beautiful I see both of you; that you have disagreed politically and yet you are talking. That is how it should be. Let us not escalate...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you very much. From the onset, I support this Motion by the Senate Majority Leader. I wish to make a few comments. First is to congratulate the Rt. Hon. former Prime Minister Raila Odinga for running this race. As many of my colleagues have said,...

Sen. Onyonka No Sir.

Sen. Onyonka On a point of information, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir.

Sen. Onyonka With a lot of humility; Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, you know we work with Standing Orders and rules. Could you quote the Standing Order that will enable you to table a Paper on behalf of Sen. Hamida?