Joseph Konzolo Munyao

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 591 to 600 of 895.

• 3 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are trying to establish whether he has any links with terrorists. The police are doing that investigation and he is helping the police with the investigations. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other people who were arrested--- view
• 3 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am explaining the issues that were raised! view
• 3 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was explaining the issue raised by hon. Bahari; that this is mere suspicion. I have explained that it has already been established beyond any doubt that this person is not a Kenyan. We are trying to establish whether he has any links with terrorists. If he has and we have evidence, the law will take its course. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this particular individual was not arrested because he belonged to any particular religion! He was arrested on the strength of information given to the police, and they have, indeed, proved to be correct because ... view
• 3 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was just making the last remark that, this person is in proper custody of police and the law--- The other villagers who were arrested were arrested because they were in his company and we wanted to identify or find out whether they were part of the terrorists that we had been told were there. When we found out that those were innocent Kenyans who had no problem, they were released. So, we are dealing with only this particular individual. The issue of religious profiling does not arise. This Government respects religion and Kenyans are free ... view
• 3 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have explained to Mr. Bahari that this is not mere suspicion. Muslims are treated with a lot of respect by this Government. They are never discriminated and there is no incident, whatsoever, where they have been discriminated. Even a non-Muslim, when he is involved in a crime, the Government arrests him, and that is why this particular individual was arrested! view
• 3 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this particular individual is under police custody and they are allowed to keep him for 14 days. The 14 days are not yet over but if we finish the investigation, he will be charged in court or the Government can use the investigations to do whatever it wants to do. But we are doing investigations to establish other aspects of crime. We have already established that he is not a Kenyan and that he is here illegally. We are trying to establish other aspects which could enable us make a decision on what crime to charge ... view
• 3 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have already said that we are investigating him for involvement with terrorism, which is a capital offence. But before you arrest and investigate, you cannot, in advance, determine whether an offence is capital or not! The offences that are being investigated right now are capital offences, and that is why he is in police custody. view
• 3 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, false accusations will not become true accusations even if they are repeated 20 or 30 times. There is no religious profiling here. The police acted on information which they thought would be true and, indeed, they found it to be true because this man turned out not to be a Kenyan, but an illegal alien. That has been established and we are now investigating other links to terrorist activities. There is no religious link in this matter. Therefore, let us leave religion out of this issue. view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would like to ask the indulgence of the House to answer this Question effectively tomorrow. I have not been able to talk to the Commissioner of Police to seek clarifications on the statement from him. view
• 2 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is okay. view