Joshua Ojode

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, all those will be discussed in the departmental committee. view
• 11 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 11 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: (a) The Kamukunji and Central Police Station cells are adequately ventilated and cleaned daily with disinfectants. Therefore, their conditions do not pose any risk at all on the suspects contracting communicable diseases. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, further, suspects held in all police cells are provided with water for bathing on a daily basis to ensure maintenance of high hygienic standards at all times. (b) Kshs195, 517 and Kshs1.7 million for the year 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 financial years respectively was spent to expand and renovate the cells at the two police stations. In addition, funds are allocated annually for repair and ... view
• 11 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am on record having said that we are modernizing and expanding these cells. I am also happy to note that even the crime rate is going down. In the next financial year we will have funds for modernizing and branding these stations. So, I do not think we should worry about the issue of cleanliness because the cells are very clean. In fact, I will challenge the Questioner together with the Members of Parliament representing those areas to a tour of the cells so that they see for themselves that they are very clean and ... view
• 11 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, cleanliness and bribery are two different things. However, if any of my police officers take a bribe, they know the consequences; the giver will be arrested, the taker will be arrested. I am saying this because people tend to put blame on police officers who receive these bribes. We said that those who have stayed in a station for more than three years are to be transferred. However, those who take bribes will not be transferred! They will be dismissed and taken to court! Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, each and every police officer must have the ... view
• 11 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the law is very clear. If you are under 18 years old you cannot be mixed with adults in cells. The law is very clear and I saw Mr. Olago Aluoch, who is a lawyer by profession, here. He knows that you cannot take an under-age to an adults’ cell. view
• 11 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will agree with me that that is a different question but, if you want me to answer it, I will request my friend to file a substantive Question. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my friend knows that the Appropriations Bill is yet to be passed by this House. I would urge my friend to constitute a committee so that we can know they want us to avail funds for the construction of cells in order for us to separate male and female suspects. That is if they share the same cells as I speak. In any ... view
• 11 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) It is not true that there are numerous cases of cattle rustling in Kisumu Town East Constituency. According to police records, there have been only six cases of cattle theft in which a total of 22 head of cattle were stolen, out of which 17 have so far been recovered. Going by the reports given to the police, we recovered three head of cattle in 2009. We also have criminal case No.62A/164/09 which is also pending before court. We have one other case where one cow was stolen; criminal case No.62A/183/09. We ... view
• 11 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me try to assist the hon. Member. First of all, even if he looks at the Question itself, it does not relate to any date, when the cattle rustling, indeed, took place. I was thinking of going back to 1963, then I thought, in 1963, maybe the hon. Member had not been born. Then I said, let me try from 1983. I also thought that, by 1983, the hon. Member had not been a Member of Parliament. Then I was forced to rely on the figures of 2009, when the hon. Member had been elected to ... view
• 11 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not have any problem with that. If he requests us, as Ministry, to do exactly that, I am able and we will exactly do that. view