Joshua Ojode

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you heard Mr. Letimalo allege that the Government forcefully took over 4,000 head of cattle from the Samburu. I categorically deny that. I would like to say that it is the Government which is helping the complainants to recover their stolen cattle. What I will do next time is to invite Mr. Letimalo to the identification parade so that he can see the way people identify their animals. I will extend an invitation to him so that he becomes one of the members identifying those animals. view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is common knowledge that we do not go by allegations. As a Government we are only pursuing the 66 animals which we are yet to recover. view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Welcome. If there is any genuine complaint from any individual about the stolen head of cattle, it should be raised with us so that we know it. view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I apologized for not being in the House when the Question was being asked. However, I will seek the indulgence of the Chair to allow the Minister to answer this Question on Wednesday morning. I say so because we received this Question yesterday and we have to sent our officers on the ground for details so that I can answer this Question satisfactorily. view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in order to avoid speculation, I would want to check who is in hospital and what type of bills they have incurred. If, indeed, it is true that there are people in hospital, after checking, as Government, we will come in and assist. view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Yes. That is okay. view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on Wednesday, 9th June, 2010, the Member of Parliament for Githunguri, Mr. Njoroge Baiya, stood on a point of order and sought a Ministerial Statement on disruption of Githunguri Dairy Farmers Co-operative meeting by the police. The Member of Parliament wanted explanation on why the local administration and the police interfered with the Special General Meeting of Githunguri Dairy Farmers Co-operative Society that was held on 29th May, 2010. view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: In particular, he wanted the Minister to clarify why the police used force and threw teargas canisters on peaceful members who had already been screened with a view of dispersing and excluding a majority from participating in the meeting. The hon. Member also wanted to know why the police are preparing to arrest and prosecute some members on tramped up charges, hence intimidating dissenting members, and whether in the light of the foregoing, the local administration and the police were acting within the law, which requires them to be impartial and non-partisan. Mr. Baiya also sought to know the action ... view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as the meeting was going on, hon. Baiya walked in. The farmers who were then listening to the Provincial Co-operative Officer’s Report were agitated by his arrival. The DC, therefore, decided to allow neither the Member of Parliament nor the current chairman to speak, since doing so would raise more tension. The two obliged and the meeting went on peacefully, to the delight of the majority of farmers. Therefore, police did not use excessive force on the otherwise calm and peaceful members of the society. No bullets were fired. The DC and his security team were present ... view
• 17 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will start with Mr. Ngugi’s intervention. I did mention here that we were told that there will be mayhem and that is why we had to beef up security. That is why the security team decided that the Annual General Meeting (AGM) must be post-poned. view