MAJ GEN (rtd) Joseph Nkaissery

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 781 to 790 of 1132.

• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I stand to oppose the Motion as amended. I have the following reasons:- We have to stop looking at issues using the legal precincts. The armed forces and the Police Force have their own regulations. It is just like this House with its own Standing Orders. It is not discriminatory that the Military, the Police or the Administration Police recruit officers based on height. They use certain criteria. For example, if you recruit a mbilikimo because he is physically and mentally fit and you give him a machine gun, which is longer than him, how ... view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary, Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a point of argument. We are talking about officers who are supposed to provide security. If a police officer who is below 4 feet is trying to control a crowd that is moving along a street, how can the crowd identity that police officer? There is something in the Military called Full Service Marching Order view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not saying that it is not in order for an hon. Member to bring a Motion. What I am saying is that we must be careful. We should bring Motions which are good for this nation. I am not saying that this Motion is bad, but it was framed in a bad way. This is because it is not based on the terms and conditions of service of the concerned security organ of this country. view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, what would stop an hon. Member of this House from bringing a Motion tomorrow based on ethnicity and saying that because we passed a Motion on height, we want people to be recruited based on their population? How do we expect such a Motion to continue? view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you may not be the Speaker at that time. But what I am saying is that there is no height limit downwards. There is a limit on height upwards. That is what the Motion is denying. So, you can even go to one foot according to this Motion. That is the argument. First of all, the police force is preventive. You must be seen to be able to enforce the law. If you are four feet tall, you cannot arrest somebody who is seven feet tall on your own. view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Yes, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. He is a colleague and I like his information. He could be of help to his colleagues. view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in fact, he wanted to make his own contribution, but it is okay. I know that there is technology, but we cannot bring examples of other countries. This is Kenya. We have not even finished recruiting the very tall. We have a reservoir. So, we are not saying that because now we have finished the reservoir, we have to go down. We should not interfere with the regulations of the Armed Forces, Police Force and Administration Police. Let us continue with the current recruitment qualifications until we are left with short fellows and then we ... view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are here to serve the country and this House is supposed to adjourn at 10.12 p.m. We want to contribute to this very important Motion. view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. This country is under an emergency--- view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: A drought emergency! Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we wanted to send a message to the Government that the Ministry of Education is a very important Ministry, and we wanted the children of pastoralists to be given consideration--- view