Joshua Ojode

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if there is life which was lost as a result of smuggling coffee beans, I would have known because it is me who has information on the ground. As I said--- view
• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to confirm to this House that I am not aware of any life being lost as a result of smuggling coffee beans. view
• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I believe that you heard me correctly. I said and I want to repeat what I said. I said that I am not aware of any life lost as a result of coffee smuggling from Kenya to Uganda. view
• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: Not at the factory itself. I am aware of lives lost within the hon. Member’s constituency. view
• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will check whether the information that I am getting on the Floor is correct. I will allow--- view
• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said that I will check whether the information which has been given on the Floor is the truth. You could even defer the Question so that I check what he has just informed me. I want to assure my colleagues that I take this House seriously. The only problem is that I do not want to rely on hearsay and speculation and that is why I am also asking the Chair to allow this Question to appear again next week so that I come with information, whether negative or positive. I cannot be forced to ... view
• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: ? I cannot allow myself to mislead this House. I will never! view
• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me just respond to that bit. I employ all police officers in this country as an Assistant Minister. My portfolio allows me to do that. view
• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, ordinarily, the Minister has powers to employ all police officers in the country and I have never seen a Member of Parliament whose constituent is employed and then he comes here and says that we should not have employed that particular person. It sounds strange! All my colleagues look for employment for their own kind. I have never seen this. This is the first time. I am at a loss! view
• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not have that kind of influence because the requirement is lower. I do not go outside there to say that “employ so-and-so and leave so-and-so.” I do not do that. However, I would want on a serious note to check the statements made and the information which I have gathered from my colleague and then report to the House whether it is indeed true that there are some police officers who were involved in the smuggling of coffee. I will come with a statement with regard to that. Otherwise, you have seen that I ... view