Richard Nyagaka Tongi

Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) We will look into it, Hon. Speaker. We should be able to get a response in two weeks.

Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. We all support that move. However, I would like to say that the money allocated to the Ministry of Defence is not enough. We appreciate that there will never be enough money, but we urge that in the...

Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, we once again appreciate that there will always be constraints of resources and that there will never be enough money. However, as a country, we have to make a deliberate decision to increase our footprint in the world because that...

Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I second this because of the obvious facts that these men and women in uniform are the only people in this country who wake up to risk their lives for the good of the country. They don their beautiful...

Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Special Motion: THAT, pursuant to Article 132 (2) (e) of the Constitution, Section 20 (2) of the Foreign Service Act, No. 12 of 2021, and Sections 3 and 8 of the Public Appointments (Parliamentary Approval) Act,...

Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. There are some things we need to put on record because they involve a public figure. It is only fair that we put the record straight. Hon. Dennis Waweru was not on the list. It might hurt him so badly...

Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) I move, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) I beg to reply. There is still more guidance I get from you, sir.

Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) Thank you.

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―

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) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting clause 22. The proposed provision establishing the Defence Forces Retirement Home is counterintuitive. Military veterans ought to be integrated into their families and not to be isolated. It will...

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, 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, put and agreed to)(The...

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 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) 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...

Hon. Richard Tong'i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) Thank, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to second this progressive Bill. Having listened to the Leader of the Majority Party, I have a feeling that there is nothing useful to add. He is one gifted person. He has explained what the Bill...

Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) Thank you, Hon. 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 of the Military Veterans Bill (National Assembly Bill No.4 of 2022) .

Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I rise to issue a Statement to the House regarding the repatriation of Kenyans stranded in Ukraine as requested by Hon. Zuleikha Hassan, Member of Parliament for Kwale County, on Thursday, 24th...

Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I agree with 100 per cent with my colleagues who have spoken ahead of me. In my life of service, I have had an opportunity of working in the insurance industry; and pretty know the impact of the insurance industry...

Hon. Richard Tong'i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) Hon. Speaker, thank you for the opportunity to speak to this Petition. I support it. Issues of land are very emotive in all parts of the country. In Kisii, land is a very serious factor considering the population of the community against the size...

Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to also support the Petition. We are all a function and product of teachers. Teachers have done. They have made a lot of contribution to Kenyans up to where we are today. Without teachers,...

Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I am guided. I support the Motion because, as a former teacher, I believe that is the way to go. We should reward and encourage teachers for better performance and improvement of the country.

Hon. Richard Tong'i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) Hon. Speaker, aware of the unemployment situation in the country and the challenges the youth face, especially when seeking employment, in terms of looking for many clearance certificates which consume money, this Bill will cure that. I second. (Question proposed)

Hon. Richard Tong’i (Nyaribari Chache, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I stand to support the Petition. I was whispering to the former Leader of the Majority Party that the company which did the project is very close to my heart. It is a very professional company from Japan. I was...