Joshua Ojode

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, nominating those to be members of community policing is not for the Government. It is the members of the community themselves who sit down and agree that So-and-so is a good fellow, let him or her be a member of community policing". Therefore, the issue of good conduct does not arise here. It is members of the community themselves who come up with names. If the community comes up with the name of Mr. Ekwee Ethuro because he is a man who is respected within that area, we cannot come in as Government and say "no". view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in ordinary circumstances, we allow members of the community themselves to come up with the names. We do not say "no" to the names nominated by the community. I urge my colleagues to take part in the process of nominating the members of the community policing in their respective areas. Actually, they are members by virtue of their positions. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: (a) I am not aware. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: (b) The District Security Intelligence Committee (DSIC), Turkana Central, has so far recommended the opening of police patrol bases at Lorugum, Loima, Epuke and Turkwel. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Government is studying the recommendations for implementation. view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Kalokol Police Patrol Base is going to be upgraded to a police post while Kerio will be served by the Administration Police camps at Kerio. They are capable of containing any situation on the Ja nuary 28, 2009 PARLIAMENTAR Y DEBATES view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will definitely--- I know that there has been a problem of cattle rustling. Raids take place. However, raids do not happen on a daily basis. I have been to Mr. Ekwe Ethuro's constituency. I have been there together with him. We agreed on a number of proposals, one of which is that we need to beef up security in his area. The hon. Member knows very well that I added police officers in areas where previously there were only two or three officers. I have even added the GSU officers there to deal with the ... view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will require the assistance of the area Member of Parliament. He needs to tell us how many policemen he wants me to put in each and every police post. I also request him to accompany me to his constituency so that he can tell me: "This happened when you were here and this happened last week." As we speak now, we have beefed up security in the area. He knows that I allocated him a brand new vehicle for purposes of patrol in the area. What else does he require me to do? view
• 28 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I never said that I set up a GSU camp. I said that I have beefed up security there by posting GSU officers. I never talked about a camp! If he wants a camp, he knows what to do. view