MAJ GEN (rtd) Joseph Nkaissery

All parliamentary appearances

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• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Chairman, Sir. What is your point of order, Maj-Gen. Nkaisserry? view
• 31 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Chairman, Sir, I joined the military the same day with Mr. Konchella but he retired early to join politics and that is why he was never made General! view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I stand to support the amendment. We are an institution. view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: Yes, I am 100 per cent sure. First of all, as a General and I know what I am talking about. We cannot misunderstand the institution giving this country security. What is important is command and control. The Defence Council has been given the responsibility by the Constitution to ensure the defence forces of the Republic of Kenya are given specific resources to manage the security aspect as regards the external threat. In our Ministry, we have something called Strategic Defence Review (SDR). This SDR is based on national security interest. Each service is given that specific line. Therefore, it ... view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was saying that we cannot micromanage the Ministry of State for Defence. The Ministry has the capacity to allocate resources to the services according to defence needs. I find this Motion very flawed. view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, could you protect me? view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I find this Motion to be very flawed. You cannot mix what is in Chapter 14 of the Constitution with Chapter 12 of the Constitution. We need to separate the issues of defence and the issues of the budget. When you look at this Motion, you will see that it is flawed. When you look at it, it is an addition. We are talking about a Budget Policy Statement, and then we put in “pursuant to this, the Ministry of State for Defence needs to separate---- view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: So, as I was saying, our strategic defence review is based on national security threats. We match resources with the threats. The only body which makes these decisions is not the service units, but the Defence Council. Therefore, despite the fact that these hon. Members are eager to micro-manage Ministries, we cannot accept this to go on. view
• 3 May 2011 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support the amendment. view
• 26 Apr 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I stand to support the Bill. In doing so, I would like to congratulate the Minister for bringing this very important Bill. Instead of us lamenting what happened in 2007, we need to look for solutions to future problems. In establishing this new Commission, we need three critical things. The issue of integrity is very important. Any citizen occupying any position in the proposed Commission should be a man and woman of integrity. We do not want to go back to where we came from in 2007. I ... view