Joshua Ojode

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: I want to confirm to this House that we do not have a shortage of security personnel. You remember that during the referendum period, my police officers did a commendable job; we have to say the truth. Police officers did a commendable job. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we do not have any shortage of security personnel; not that I am aware of. What we will do is to--- view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Member for Mathioya insinuated that he does not have enough policemen in his place, and that means we, as the Government, have a shortage of security personnel. That does not necessarily mean we have shortage of personnel. We post police officers to a given area, considering the number of criminal activities reported in that particular place. So, in other words, I cannot post 60 police officers in Mathioya where there is calm and there is no insecurity and leave out Matuu, where the crime rate has gone up. It is not possible and I will ... view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said the UN ratio is 1:450. As I said, as at now, Mathioya does not require many policemen because we do not have insecurity within that area. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, ordinarily, the District Security Team sits down and suggests how many personnel they require in every area. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, recently in Kisauni we had some problems. If the District Security Committee (DSC) applies for more security officers, we will not hesitate. We will give more security officers together with a mobile vehicle for them to conduct patrols within that particular area. As at now, we have not heard of any security-- - view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is not a point of order! view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: As I said, if there are idle police officers in Mathioya, where there is no insecurity at all, I will have to withdraw those idle police officers and transfer them to more busy stations. That is exactly what I said. I want to congratulate the hon. Member of Parliament and his people for improving the security situation in that area. So, if there are idle police officers in Mathioya, I need them somewhere else. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will do exactly that. Once I get the requirements, I will do exactly that. view
• 18 Aug 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is quite unfortunate that those who are supposed to be released as either petty offenders or hardcore criminals do not fall under the Office of the President. That falls under the Office of the Vice-President and Minister for Home Affairs, where the Prisons Department is. I had said earlier that the management of the Prisons Department are the ones who come up with the names of those who are supposed to be pardoned by His Excellency the President. It is not the view