Joshua Ojode

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, what he is suggesting is what we are actually doing. That is the actual thing we are doing because we give money to the Ministry of Public Works, then the Ministry of Public Works advertises the works. There are those which are done directly from our offices. If they are being done directly from our offices then we advertise and then a contractor is paid. We give money as and when we get it from the Treasury. Sometimes you can get Authority to Incur Expenditure (AIE) but the actual money is not there and so the ... view
• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, no, that is not true! view
• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I cannot promise something which I have not seen. The Government does not work like that! The Government works on factualism. Let him give us proof that he has land. Let him show us the title deed, we will then instruct the experts to go to the site and then we will start working on the project. view
• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to reply. (a) I confirm that the Ministry has developed an early warning system to monitor security ahead of the forthcoming elections. The Ministry has been implementing the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Conflict Early Warning Mechanism (CEWAM) since the year 2003 after the adoption of the CEWAM Protocol by IGAD member states in 2002. (b) In July, 2010, the Ministry domesticated the IGAD CEWAM unit and established a conflict early warning system to enhance sharing of information between the stakeholders in peace building and conflict management, security agencies and members of the public. ... view
• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, that is why we have a code; an SMS from 108. So there is no way you can assume that if it does not come from 108, then it is genuine information. So only messages from 108 code will be considered to be genuine. view
• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we are very serious and let us also take this matter seriously. We have other agencies also which we are using SMS service in terms of gathering information. The NSIS can gather information and give that information to the early warning administrators. That does not necessarily mean that their information will not be used. It is used! We have various agencies, not just the NSIS or the early warning mechanism. We have others! It is important for this country to know that we will be monitoring those who want to cause chaos during the elections. It ... view
• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me assure this House that the information which will be passed to us will be genuine. If I send you an incitement message and then you pass it to somebody else, that is how chaos starts. So, that is the reason why we had to purchase an equipment to verify the information which we are getting. Therefore, if you think that the Government will just allow people to behave the way they behaved in 2007, wait and see. Wait and see! We will arrest those who are peddling rumours; those who are giving messages of ... view
• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me assure this House and the country at large that we will not ignore any information whether it is from my colleagues or from hon. Shebesh. We will take that information and check whether it is true or not. The country belongs to us. We want Kenya to be one. That kind of unity is what we want come 4th March, 2013, so that when people go for elections, they elect leaders of their choice. There are several people who have also indicated their interest that they want to be Presidents of this country. So, ... view
• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we are not going to ignore any kind of information which we will get. After the 2007 chaos, a number of other things have happened. We have even got equipment to know that so and so is speaking. So, we will definitely know who has sent the message and who has said what and where. view
• 17 May 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, we will not discriminate against anybody. The Constitution is very clear. The Members should make a mistake and they will see the consequences according to the law. view