Joshua Ojode

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on complaints against the police, hon. Chachu talked about the independent body and giving wananchi a chance to have a say. Actually, the whole Bill watches the police – wha it is that the police are doing wrong to view
• 11 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: at the grassroots level. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, you heard Mr. Mungatana saying that we must decentralize the services of this oversight body. Those are administrative issues. We will come back with administrative issues which will now make us decide on whether we go on counties or on the former provincial heads which are only eight; that is Nyanza, Western, Rift Valley, Coast, Central, Eastern, North Eastern and Nairobi. So, that should not be included in the Bill because you can change as time goes by. You can even decide to do offices within the 47 counties. You can ... view
• 11 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Hon. Affey was talking about the requirement of a degree to qualify as a member of the Board and the timeline. Through regulations, we will also create timelines where a report is made, when the case will be heard and what action is going to be taken and from what time. That is pertinent. We will, definitely, come up with timelines in the regulations. My colleagues have also talked about the issue of holding a degree. Hon. Wetangula said that the Secretary for this Board should be a lawyer. Sometimes it helps to fast-track the issues which are being dealt ... view
• 11 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Hon. Wetangula had suggested that the police should be provided with a chopper. Yes, I have asked this House to approve more money to enable us buy choppers. You are aware that it is hon. Kimunya who gave us some money to buy two fixed wings for caravans and a chopper during his tenure. I have asked on several occasions for not only a chopper, but also for money. We need money. The police force needs money to restructure and do reforms. We need that money. Eight litres of fuel is not enough for a police vehicle considering the cost ... view
• 11 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: There were traffic related cases. Lessonet talked about traffic cases and bribes. He wanted to know how many police officers have been arrested. I have asked hon. Lessonet to give me the names of those who are taking bribes. To date, Lessonet has never produced any name of the officer. view
• 11 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon. Lessonet has never produced any name. Let us avoid speculation and rumour mongering. Hon. Lessonet knows very well that these days, police officers have name tags on them. If he tries to bribe the police, unfortunately, the Member who tries to bribe the police will definitely be arrested together with the police officer. The taker and the giver will be arrested. That is the position. view
• 11 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Hon. Shakeel has talked about the youth. He was concerned that the 15 years of service requirement locks out the youth. It is true we have quite a number of youths. We will consider this particular area, but I am going to welcome all the other amendments which our people would be interested in coming up with and then we agree on what we should do. view
• 11 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: With regard to the composition of the Board, hon. Wetangula suggested that we delete Clause 9(c) where the Chairman of the Kenya National Human Rights Commission becomes the ex-officio . That will avoid the conflict which we are going to experience. That is a good suggestion and we will definitely do that. view
• 11 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: There is also a suggestion that we should not have included the Office of the Prime Minister. If you look at the Bill itself, the Office of the Prime Minister was included because this Bill can be assented to even next week or next month. The Office of the Prime Minister will be there up to 31st December, 2012. So, we must follow the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). We had to include the Office of the Prime Minister because it is going to be there until 31st December, 2012. view
• 11 Oct 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to say that the Bill itself is very good and we are going to get the report. We are going to give the timelines as it has been said in order for us to have the report worked on. Hon. Mungatana complained about Clause 37(3). We are going to look at when the reports should be filed. view