Joseph Konzolo Munyao

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 281 to 290 of 895.

• 20 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have already explained the reasons why the structure cannot be upgraded to a police station. When it was constructed, the hon. Member never consulted the District Security Intelligence Committee which is required to be consulted to give a go-ahead. He only consulted the PPO, who went and inspected the structures and he saw that the buildings have no ceilings as per the standards that are required by the police. There is no piped water. In fact, there is no source of water. The nearest source of water is one kilometre away! The ten rooms lack other ... view
• 20 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have already explained the reason why we cannot turn these structures into a police station. It is advisable that when you want to put up a police station you consult the relevant authorities, so that you can construct it according to the standards that are required. If Mr. Midiwo fulfils these conditions; resolve the land dispute on the piece of land and provide adequate facilities, then we will consider his request. In any case, I have said that there is a police patrol base four kilometres away from this site. view
• 20 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is possible to make it a patrol base of the Yala Police Station because officers from this station have been patrolling the area. It is easier than trying to turn it into a police post. view
• 20 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, what the hon. Member has said is very true. That is why the Government is very reluctant to gazette more police stations before providing adequate facilities in the existing ones. Last time, I read a list of all the houses that we are building for police officers. Even in Nairobi alone, it is a big challenge. If we allow structures to be put up everywhere, where there are no facilities and the budget that has been provided is not enough, we will not cope. view
• 20 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have already agreed that I will recommend to the Police Commissioner to make it a patrol base since it does not have adequate facilities to make it a police post. view
• 19 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Oparanya for bringing this important Motion. It shows that we care and he also cares about lives that are sometimes lost and property that is destroyed when disasters strike. But it is important to, first of all, understand what framework we operate in as a Government, when dealing with disasters and the capacity that is already there. After the El Nino rains that destroyed most of our infrastructure and caused a lot of suffering in this country, the Government responded by creating the National Disaster Operation Centre ... view
• 19 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on 11th September, 2007, the Member of Parliament for Kisumu Rural, Prof. Anyang'-Nyong'o, rose on a point of order and requested a Ministerial Statement on the break-in into the offices of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), on Chania Avenue, in Kilimani, and I would like to state as follows. On 10th September, 2007, at about 2.40 a.m., two private security guards, who were guarding the ODM offices, situated along Chania Avenue within Kilimani area, reported that a four-man gang, who were armed with iron bars, had stormed into the compound and tied them with ropes while threatening ... view
• 19 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, Mr. Sungu has talked about Watergate, but our preliminary investigations on this matter clearly indicate that those were just ordinary gangsters, who were trying to steal some property to go and sell. Clearly, when the police arrived at the scene, the gangsters took off. Since they could not carry all the property they had stolen, they dropped some of it, so that they could flee. So, the indication that they only stole a CPU is not true. They had stolen some computers, cables and many documents, but they dropped them when the police arrived at the scene. ... view
• 19 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, ordinary thuggery is supposed to "watergate" crime thuggery. Ordinary thuggery is committed by ordinary Kenyans who would want to steal some money or property to have something eat. That is ordinary thuggery. If thuggery is political, then it is not ordinary. I am assuring hon. Members that there is nothing political here. There is nothing that the Government would be interested in at the Orange House. There is nothing. The Watergate issues have no links with this country. It is an American issue that took place and there is nothing. In any case, we have said that ... view
• 6 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker Sir, I would like to seek the indulgence of the House to answer this Question next week because I did not get the necessary information to answer it today. view