Joshua Ojode

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on 30th April, 2009, the Member for Nyakatch, hon. Mr. Ochieng' requested my Ministry to issue a Ministerial Statement on the state of cattle rustling in his Nyakach Constituency. I wish to clarify some of the issues as follows. He wanted to know the number of cattle stolen so far, from January, 2008, including deaths and injuries, the number of cattle recovered and finally, the Government’s initiative to mitigate the practice. I wish to state as follows. So far, a total of 357 cattle have been stolen from Nyakatch Constituency since January, 2008 to date. During the ... view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as much as the hon. Member would want the Ministry to be serious, I would also want him to be serious. In Kisumu Town East, we have never had cases of cattle rustling. I come from Kisumu. If he was to talk about “fish rustling”, I would hear that. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if, indeed, there was this cattle rustling menace within Kisumu Town East, the hon. Member should have filed a Question in order for me to reply. Even the by-laws of the City Council of Kisumu, do not allow cattle to be within the City. The issue of unihats being supplied to the hon. Member, who indeed has a problem, yes, I will try and get him ten unihats in order for us to have security personnel within his constituency. Furthermore, I am going to have the ASTU line stationed at Kapsowar in order for this menace to ... view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, he is not in the House. But he did indicate to me that he will be able to issue the Statement by next week on Wednesday. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the Minister of State in charge of Public Service called me when I was coming to the Chamber. He indicated to me that if hon. Mungatana asked for a Ministerial Statement, I should give the date as Wednesday next week. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will investigate the allegations and come up with an elaborate Ministerial Statement on Wednesday morning, next week. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, actually I have four Ministerial Statements but I will issue two because of time factor. I will start with the Ministerial Statement sought by Mr. Konchella with regard to the killings along the Migori/Transmara Border following brief skirmishes between the two communities living around there. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on 16th April, 2009, a dead body of one Mr. Siokino ole Ntome, an adult male aged about 58 years was dumped along the road at Ogwedhi Market on the border of Migori and Transmara districts. The body had deep cuts on the neck and the private ... view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, now we have a combined force investigating this matter. The OCPD, Migori and the OCPD, Trans Mara, are investigating the matter, and they will come up with some proposals on coming up with new police posts in order to bring down the insecurity level. On the issue of provision of a new vehicle, if there is need, the security team will- -- view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is not a must that we provide a new vehicle. We can provide a serviceable vehicle. That is what I was coming to. view
• 20 May 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, due to the gravity of the matter, I will issue an elaborate Ministerial Statement on Tuesday, next week. view