Joshua Ojode

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2481 to 2490 of 4692.

• 13 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as at now, the Government cannot give any assistance because they have not sought for it. If the family needs any kind of assistant, the best they can do is to request for it and we will see if, indeed, it is in line with what we normally do to officers who abscond. So, I would request that my friend, Eng. Gumbo, asks the family members if, indeed, there is any kind of assistance which they require. view
• 13 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, to desert or abscond means that you are supposed to be working but you have not reported. So, up to this particular time, we believe that the officer has deserted or absconded duty. So, those are the terms used for somebody who is not reporting for duty. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has a scanning machine at the Port of Mombasa. The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) also operates a fixed scanning machine and a mobile scanning unit at the same Port. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: These machines are operated by the KRA to verify all imported goods including firearms for the purpose of computing levies due as well as detecting types of cargo to ensure that they tally with import documents and also for security reasons. In addition, we have the Kenya Ports Police Unit that was established to beef up security in our Port and to assist the KPA and the KRA detect entry of contraband goods. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: (b) There is already in place the Firearms Act, Cap.114, which regulates, among other things, the importation, exportation, possession and use of firearms and other destructive devices. The Act imposes a penalty or imprisonment for a term of not less than seven years for any person who is found to be in possession of any firearms illegally. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: In addition, my Ministry has amended the Firearms Act which now gives stiffer penalties to persons found with illegal firearms in the country. I, therefore, wish to assure this august House that the Government has the ability to control entry of illicit firearms into our country. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I have mentioned, we have a mobile scanning unit which is used to scan any imported item within the port. Secondly, we are going to do disarmament within Nairobi once we are through with what we are doing in the upper eastern and northern Kenya. We have said that those who are holding illegal guns must surrender them before we disarm them forcefully. We are going to do disarmament in Nairobi, Mombasa and will also extend this exercise to Nakuru, Kericho and all those other parts including Eldoret. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: We are going to supply gun detectors to traffic police to detect those who are having guns within their vehicles. If you are found to be holding or owning a gun legally, that will be okay. But we are very serious on the use of illegal firearms. For those who are still holding those illegal firearms, their days are numbered. Let them surrender those guns willingly. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have amended the Firearms Act. Now, what we amended recently through the Organized Crimes Bill says that those who are found with automatic rifles, which include AK47, G3 and any other similar automatic rifles will be imprisoned for life. So, people who are leasing their own guns, whether in the police force, army or whatever else, and those they are leasing the guns to will be equally imprisoned for life. If the law is enforced, it will reduce the crime rate by 70 per cent. view
• 6 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you. view