Joshua Ojode

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply- view
• 21 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: (a) Hon. Wamalwa and Mr. Maina Njenga did not notify police of any intention to hold a meeting at Kamukunji Grounds on 12th December, 2010. However, on 15th November, 2010, one Archbishop J.M. Kigia of Grace Presbyterian Church General Synod Office notified the OCS, Shauri Moyo, of their intention to hold a prayer meeting at the Kamukunji Grounds on 12th December, 2010 starting at 12.00 noon to 6.00 p.m. I wish to lay on the Table the letter from Archbishop J.M. Kigia. view
• 21 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: (b) Since 12th of every year, as stipulated by Article 2 Section 9 (3) of the Constitution, is recognized as a national day to be observed by all Kenyans, on 7th December 2010, the Provincial Police Officer, Nairobi, wrote to the church informing them of the same. It was agreed that the meeting be rescheduled to 13th December, 2010. However, when it became apparent that some politicians intended to hijack the prayer meeting and use it to further their political agenda, after receiving credible intelligence reports of possible security threats, the PPO wrote to the Archbishop Kigia again informing him ... view
• 21 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, hon. Wamalwa and Maina Njenga or any of their supporters or agents did not at any time notify the OCS, Shauri Moyo or the PPO, Nairobi of any intention to hold a meeting on 13th December, 2010. It is important to note here that the Government was not obliged to provide security as the prayer meeting earlier scheduled to be held there had been cancelled on security grounds. view
• 21 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at the Public Order Act, Cap.56, it says clearly that you have to notify the police. In the absence of the notification and after Archbishop wrote back to the police saying that he also concurred with the police, we had nothing to do. We cancelled the meeting because the Archbishop himself also did cancel his meeting. I will refer you to Public Gatherings on the Public Order Act No.5 (2) which says that any person intending to convene a public meeting or a public procession shall notify the regulating officer of such intent ... view
• 21 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me also refer you to the Public Order Act which says that where the regulating officer notifies the organizer of a public meeting - and in this case, the organizer was the Archbishop - or public processions in accordance with subsection (3) that it is not possible to hold the proposed meeting or procession, such public meeting or procession shall not be held on that particular date at the time and the venue proposed. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, what are we saying here? We are saying that the Archbishop gave a notification to the police ... view
• 21 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, upon realizing that the Archbishop had already requested for that particular ground, we had to cancel both meetings because we did not have adequate security. Mr. Eugene is a good friend of mine and I would want to say it here that, that meeting was cancelled simply because we did not have enough security on that particular day. I would urge Mr. Wamalwa to notify the police again and hold the meeting. view
• 21 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you know very well that Mr. Eugene Wamalwa is a presidential candidate. I do not want to go overboard because next time, I might not get any position in his Government. view
• 21 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to say that--- view
• 21 Dec 2010 in National Assembly: Why do you not just hold your horses? view