Joshua Ojode

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, next week on Wednesday. view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, before I give the Government’s response, I would want to move an amendment to this Motion. We have agreed with the Mover of the Motion. I beg to move that the Motion be amended by deleting all the words appearing after the word “other” in the last line and inserting therein, the following words, “requirements which include basic education background, physical and mental fitness among others”. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, if the House agrees with me, the Motion as amended, will read as follows:- THAT, aware that in recruiting officers for the disciplined forces, ... view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the reason why I want an amendment to be done is because first, we must have a disciplined force. There are instances where you view
• 29 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Commandant of Administration Police is 5.8 feet. So, he falls under the current requirements. That was a point of correction. view
• 28 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The deceased, Job Bageto Ong’era of Gesima Location, Kitutu Masaba District, could have been shot by the police while attempting to deflate the tyres of a fleeing suspected vehicle, registration No.KBH 189J, Toyota Matatu, in which he was a passenger therein. Upon an intelligence report, the police officers had been informed that the vehicle registration No.KBH 189J, a Toyota Matatu, was being used to transit illegal bhang prohibited under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Control Act No.4 of 1994, Laws of Kenya. view
• 28 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: (b) Investigations into the incident to establish the cause of death commenced immediately and an Inquest File No.13/2009 was opened by the District Criminal Investigation Officer (DCIO), Nyamira. The ballistic evidence will indicate the exact gun that exited the fatal bullet. The specific officer will be arraigned in court immediately. view
• 28 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: (c) The inquest file was forwarded to the Attorney-General for advice vide DCIO, Nyamira, letter, reference No.CID/C/CRI/7/7 Vol.5/172 dated 26th June, 2009. The file was returned to the DCIO vide Attorney-General’s letter reference No.AG/KSI/CR/12/2009/510 dated 30th June, 2009, for further investigations and later resubmitted to the Attorney-General vide DCIO, Nyamira letter reference No.CID/C/CRI/7/7/Vol.5/183 dated 7th July, 2009, after the points raised by the Attorney General were covered. The file is awaited from the Attorney-General for action. The issue of compensation is upon the court’s discretion after having considered facts and evidence before it. (d) No innocent passengers have lost their ... view
• 28 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are also concerned with this incident. We asked the police to fast-track investigations in order for us to know the gun that fired the bullet that killed this person. We will relay the information to Mr. Nyambati within a week or three weeks after the ballistic expert identifies the gun that was used in this case. view
• 28 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is, indeed, true that it will not be possible for us to get something concrete from the same police officer who was involved in such an incident. That is why we established a task force to look into reforms in the police force. Who knows? We might include that proposal so that the same policeman should not be an investigating officer. view
• 28 Jul 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have accepted the anomaly. I have said that we have made some of those proposals to the task forces. view