Joshua Ojode

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, initially, I did not want to speak. But now I have to speak with some authority. view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Minister has ably put in a Kshs5.1 billion for the police reforms. This has been disturbing us as a Ministry when he did not include the Kshs5.1 billion which was request for in his Budget Speech. I would want to request the Minister to move with speed in order for us to implement and enforce the police reforms. view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to second. view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I thought that the hon. Member was going to exempt that particular Ministry, because it deals with security. view
• 23 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, my point of order is that hon. Mungatana is misleading this House, because that is where we are going to draw our security money from. Without security, even hon. Mungatana will not be able to go home. view
• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. Mega Initiative Welfare Society was formed in the year 2004 by about 3,000 members under the Chairmanship of one Peter Kuguru. In 2005, the Society resolved to form Mega Bank Ltd. with a board of Directors chaired by Prof. Francis Gichaga. But by 2007, the Society had only raised Kshs42 million which was short of the Kshs250 million required to form a bank. As a result the members resolved to form a micro-finance institution instead in their meeting held on the 20th July, 2007, at Sagret Hotel, Nairobi under directorship of the ... view
• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on 15th January, 2010, Peter Kuguru who had earlier resigned as the Chairman of the Society, reported to CID Headquarters that the current Directors had embezzled funds of the Society. Consequently, the following suspects were arrested and charged before the court: Kamau Muchuha, Andrew Nkiiri Thirinja, Newton Kamau Ngathe, John Mutua Ngathi and Edward Nyaga Mashimba All the five suspects were charged with the offence of conspiracy to defraud contrary to Section 317 of the Penal Code vide police file No.CR.121/283/2010, court file No.542/2010 on 7th April, 2010. view
• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, investigations into the case are ongoing. The CID Director decided to seek advice from the Attorney-General and on 14th May, 2010, the file was forwarded to him for advice vide his forwarding letter No.CID/IB/SEC/4/6/Vol.111 (27). view
• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want the hon. Member to disregard that letter. view
• 22 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have taken the file to the Attorney-General for advice. We have charged these fellows with nine counts. We are yet to get the witnesses. That is why the investigations are still going on. We forwarded the file to the Attorney- General by 14th of last month. So, the issue of a letter coming from the Acting Director of CID or anybody else should not arise. I would want the hon. Member to ignore that letter. If he wants us to put it in writing we would do so. view