Joshua Ojode

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3061 to 3070 of 4692.

• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on several occasions, I have said in this House that on the issue of compensation, the family members know what action to take. If the court orders us to compensate them, who are we to refuse? I assure this House and the whole country that reforms are underway and we will eliminate the officers who misuse firearms. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the toy pistol was not loaded. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is not a question of when; investigations are in high gear and wherever the investigations report comes out we are going to arrest and arraign the fellows in a court of law. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) No, the Ministry is not aware that police officers manning weighbridges are demanding bribes from drivers and owners of overloaded trucks. However, the Minister is aware that police officers are deployed in various weighbridges to provide the following services:- (i) security; (ii) direct motor vehicles from the main road into the weighbridges; (iii) detain motor vehicles and guard them as directed by the weighbridge officers; and (iv) prosecute overloading offenders. All weighbridges, except Mariakani and Athi River, are manned by the Ministry of Roads staff. Mariakani and Athi River are manned by ... view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I said clearly that my police officers do not take bribes because they are not directly involved in these cases of overloading. But I would also suggest to the hon. Member, if he knows of any police officer who takes bribes, he should give me the number of that officer in order for me to deal with that security officer--- view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: I thought he got the information that some of my police officers take bribes and I am saying there is no police officer who has been implicated in such vice. They should also note that the giver of the bribe and the taker are both criminals, and they will be taken to court. If you know of any police officer who has taken any bribe, come to Ojode; I will deal with him straightaway. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to confirm to this House that my police officers are not directly involved in these corrupt practices. But if there is a case which implicates the police officers directly, I am willing to take up the matter and in fact we will arrest that particular police officer and take him to court. He might even lose his job if there is something like that. I want to assure members of the public that police officers are not view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I undertake to inform the Minister for Energy to come and answer this Question by Tuesday, next week. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is not possible to answer the Question in the afternoon because the Order Paper is already out. view
• 10 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, sir, it is true that the substantive Minister should have been here to answer questions, but in the absence of the substantive Minister, the Assistant Minister should have been here. I am not aware of where the Minister is but I undertake to give information, so that on Tuesday, he must come and answer this question. view