Joshua Ojode

All parliamentary appearances

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• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: (a) I am aware of a few mentally ill persons in Luanda Market. As concerns the killing of Glory Ongoche Okemo, a Standard Five pupil aged ten years on 5th August, 2011, one mentally ill person, Joseph Atenda, attacked her with a piece of wood as she walked to Luanda Market to visit her mother who is a businesswoman in the market. The police received information about the attack and rushed to the scene and found that the victim had been rushed to Equator Hospital for treatment. However, her condition was found to be critical and was referred to Aga ... view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: On 13th August, 2011, the police with the assistance of the local Member of Parliament, hon. Wilbur Otichilo, mounted an operation to raid the market of the mentally ill persons. Five of them were arrested and their relatives traced. They were all handed over to them and they promised to take them for treatment. There has never been any other violent attack by a mentally ill person before. view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: (b) Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am also aware of an invasion of the market by dangerous gamblers posing as vigilante groups in Luanda. However, on 5th August, four suspected gamblers namely Jackson Asikoye, Agnes Asiko, Rita Maria and Harrison Aganga, who were found gambling in the market, were arrested and taken to court where they were sentenced to serve under Community Service Order for one day. Since then, there has never been any other case of gambling within Luanda Town. view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: (c) The few suspected mentally ill persons were arrested and handed over to their relatives, while the few gamblers, who had invaded the market, were arrested and view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is illegal to sell chang’aa and bhang within the market or elsewhere. If there are assistant chiefs who are not manning their areas properly, we have no alternative but to dismiss them from their jobs. I want to give instructions that the assistant chiefs and the Administration Police (APs) should go and check what is happening within the markets. We have gathered intelligence that this market has gamblers, vigilante groups and people who sell chang’aa . However, it is the duty of the chiefs and Assistant Chiefs to make sure that their areas of operation are ... view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the police and APs will be patrolling together with the chiefs and assistant chiefs within the markets and those who are mentally ill will be rounded up and taken to hospitals for treatment. The vigilante groups or those who are gambling within the markets and cause chaos will be arrested by the police and taken to court. view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have said that we will round up the mentally ill persons. You know very well that I am not in the Ministry of Medical Services, but we will round them up and take them to hospital for treatment. It is also illegal for any Kenyan to peddle bhang or sell chang’aa, and the law is very clear on that. My officers will arrest those who sell chang’aa and those who peddle bhang; the so called cannabissativa. view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you are aware that I have no control over the courts. However, I want to assure this House that I will arrest those gamblers again if they go back to the market and take them to court. That is within my jurisdiction. However, I cannot force the court to give punitive sentences because that is not within my docket. view
• 25 Aug 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I believe that I am talking to a lawyer. The Chair is also a lawyer. We have to give trumped up charges. Trumped charges means something that goes to--- view