Joshua Ojode

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if it is for a just course, I do not think there will be discrimination. view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member knows that we have porous borders. There are those who come in and allege that they have refugee status. Those are some of the panya routes we want to seal. In the course of crossing into the country, they find their way to Nairobi and other towns. That is why we are keeping those restrictions in order to eliminate the intentions of these people. view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the same Constitution he is referring to which says that he has the right to live as any other Kenyan also says that I have to protect his property. I am within the law to protect him from any aggressors, his property and let him live in peace. view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I really enjoy the sentiments from my colleagues. However, we should also realize that we are talking about the security of this country. I have not denied anybody free movement--- view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have just insisted that we have to know the person who is travelling by asking for his or her identity. Identity can be done through a passport, ID and other ways. I would also want to--- view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if he were to wait for two minutes, I would answer that. view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, even my colleague knows that we do not discriminate while asking for IDs. In fact, the police on the street can stop anybody and ask them to produce their IDs. This happens even in Kisumu, Ndhiwa or Mombasa. They do that everywhere. Therefore, we are not discriminating. view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me say this: One, the restrictions will still be there. For the purposes of his safety, we have to give restrictions; we have to vet those who are coming and those who are boarding the planes. We are not going to discriminate. view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you go through the Question itself, it borders on security matters. Indeed, I am happy to say here that the Questioner and I did travel to Mexico some time back. Not only did they ask us to give them our passports, but he was forced to even remove his belt because we were going to board a flight to Mexico; which is another country. Those are the restrictions they have put and we also have ours in order to have safety and live in peace. So, there is no discrimination there! We do not ... view
• 19 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you have just ruled that you will not allow me to deliver the Ministerial Statement. So, I seek the indulgence of the Chair to allow me to deliver this important Ministerial Statement on Wednesday morning along with the others. view