Joshua Ojode

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 4141 to 4150 of 4692.

• 26 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 12 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I do agree with your ruling, but the problem we are having from the Government side is that we have a de facto Leader of Government Business and a de jure Leader of Government Business. So, if the de facto one comes, she will overrule the de jure one. That is the problem. What do we do? view
• 12 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. My amendment--- view
• 12 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, the Traffic Act (Cap.403) S.119(1) after paragraph (n) be deleted. The reasons why I am asking for the deletion of Section 119(1) are as follows:- One, the alcoblow, which the Attorney-General wants to introduce will be subjected to abuse. First of all, it is not health-friendly. It is a health hazard. If you have one particular kit where you want each and every person to blow, we are going to be infected with tuberculosis. You are aware that there is a new strain of tuberculosis! Secondly, I am asking for ... view
• 12 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. This is a very important Motion. You will remember that when I was moving it last week, I said that I wanted to appeal to the Government to take strategic steps, without victimising anybody, in order to address this very important issue. You will remember that the list I tabled here sometime last week from the Kenya Revenue Authority showed that there was some skewed manner in which employment was done in that department. A casual glance at the Government records shows disparities. Look at the Office of the President's staffing. People from ... view
• 12 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. What I was saying is that heavily funded Ministries are given to people from one particular region. That disparity is what we want to rationalise. Some of the Ministries I am talking about are the Ministry of State for Administration and National Security, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Education, et cetera . You will find that the Ministry of Education alone, which has over 30 core functions, is headed by people from one particular region. Last time, I tabled a list from the Ministry of Finance and ... view
• 12 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when you move to the Kenya High Commission in Canada, 90 per cent of the employees are from one particular place, and yet, there are over 10,000 Somalis there. Why can we not show the face of Kenya? What is wrong? Mr. Wetangula was here. He is a very brilliant young lawyer. Why can we not show the face of Kenya? There are 42 communities in Kenya. When Athi Water Services Board was inaugurated in 2004, out of 13 directors, 11 were from one particular place. view
• 12 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. Wetangula knows very well the region that I am talking about. I am talking about Mt. Kenya region. Let us be very specific. Those who have been hired have attained the mandatory retirement age of 55 years. view
• 12 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a point of argument and I will not reply to it. Athi is in Eastern Province and not Central Province. Let me continue! The Chairman of the Kenya Tea Board is Dunstan Ngumo, the Managing Director is Cecily 3834 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES September 12, 2007 Kariuki. In TARDA, the Chairman is Muriithi and the Managing Director is Samuel Marimba--- view
• 12 Sep 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a very good point of argument. That is what we are trying to correct. When this Motion is passed, we are going to have people share the positions. Can I continue? In Post Bank the Chairman, Board of Directors is Wilson Kinyua, the Managing Director is Mrs. Nyambura. view