Amason Kingi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 201 to 210 of 554.

• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that the girlchild and women victims of child abuse and domestic violence in Butula Constituency do not report their complaints to the police. (b) Every police station in the country has a female police officer who is charged with the responsibility of matters relating to women affairs in addition to other duties. We would like to request hon. Members to encourage their constituents to report such matters to the police for action to be taken. It is difficult to have a female officer at every administration police lines ... view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have said that we have female police officers in every regular police station. view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: However, as far as the administration police officers are concerned, we do not have enough female administration police officers. In fact, the programme to recruit female 3552 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES November 9, 2006 administration police officers only started the other day. So, we do not have enough female officers to post to each of our stations in the country. But for the regular police officers, we have them there. view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have said that such matters should be reported to the police. If these matters are reported to the police station and nothing is done, of course, hon. Members are free to report this matter even to ourselves and we will ensure that something is done. We also have suggestion boxes which you can use to pass information to us and we will take the necessary action. I am sure there are several channels that are open; where such information can be brought to us and we will take the necessary action. view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have already said that in every police station that we have in the country, we have women police officers serving there. But if there is any particular example to show that we have a police station in this country that does not have women police officers, let me be informed and we will take the necessary action. view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, from my records, every police station in this country has a female police officer. In the case of administration police officers, we do not have enough female officers to post to all police posts in the country. This is because the programme for recruitment of female administration police officers started recently. But for the regular police officers, we have enough female police officers and we have posted them to every police station. view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said, we have posted a female police officer to every regular police station, to be in charge of receiving information about such cases. We have also talked to our provincial administration officers on the ground to hold sensitization meetings all the time, to sensitize Kenyans about the dangers of doing these things. The fact that we are receiving many cases from the public means that people are becoming aware. Of course, when criminals are reported, we take charge and jail them. view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I have already said, if those women are afraid to go to the police station to report, we need to encourage them. If they are not be able to do so, they can report these issues to our provincial administration officers. We have also started the suggestion boxes. We can receive information through them. We are also customer-care-based. We are open. Therefore, anybody who has information about these matters should not be afraid to let us know. It is also our responsibility to keep on encouraging these people, so that they can come forward. It is ... view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on one hand, we are saying our women are afraid of going to the police stations to report criminal cases. On the other hand, we are saying that we want more female police officers posted to police stations. I think the issue here is that we have mechanisms that allow victims to report to our police stations. If they do so, and action is not taken, there are other avenues, including this information being brought to our office directly. We will ensure that action is taken. view
• 9 Nov 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that vehicles committing traffic offences are impounded and towed at the owners' expense, as provided for in the Traffic Act, Sections 106(1) and 106(2). (b) The Police Act, Section 9, Chapter 84, Laws of Kenya, prohibits officers from engaging in business outside the scope of their duties. If any hon. Member or anyone, for that matter, can provide evidence on ownership of breakdowns, then action shall be taken accordingly if the same is found to be owned by the police officers who serve in our force. view