Joshua Ojode

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. You have made a ruling. First, you have deferred the Question as I had requested in order for me to furnish the hon. Member with the names of those who were involved in the racket. Secondly, you have also referred the same Question to the relevant Departmental Committee. So, which is which? I am seeking clarification because it has not been a tradition that the same Question is taken to the relevant Departmental Committee and at the same time you are deferring it. So, I am at a loss! view
• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have heard your ruling. I will definitely talk to the able Minister for Energy to come and answer this Question next week, latest. On behalf of my colleagues, let me apologize that some of the Ministers could not make it because of Government business and some other reasons. view
• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I believe that my colleagues are aware that the Minister for Finance is burying his son today. The Minister actually was invited and he has gone to the funeral. I beg the indulgence of the Chair to allow this important Question to be answered next week on Tuesday. Mr. Mututho is also rushing to the funeral. I know he wants more time to ask pertinent questions on this particular Question. I literally beg the Chair to allow for the Question to appear on the Order Paper next Tuesday. view
• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on behalf of my colleague I undertake to inform the Minister to come. view
• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you cannot plan for what is going to happen next week. This is a sad issue and that is why I am pleading with the Chair to defer the Question to Tuesday. Of course, the Minister will be here to answer it. He has been here for long and has been very effective in articulating the issues of his Ministry. I do not think that his missing here for the first time should be penalized. view
• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, the Attorney-General responded to Tana River CID Inquest file No.1/2008 on 4th November, 2010 vide his letter reference AG/MLD/1986. (b) The Attorney-General advised that the file be disposed by way of public inquest. The surviving victims were informed accordingly. They were subsequently bonded to testify, which they did. Witnesses finalized giving evidence on 24th August, 2011 and ruling was fixed for 15th September, 2011, during which the presiding magistrate did not find the police officers criminally responsible for the death of the three men and ordered the file closed. (c) ... view
• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, he is seeking for the Question to be deferred until next week. So, I will go by his--- view
• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will have to check with the Attorney- General when we can get this file and then I can ask him--- view
• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: Yes, I can do that on Tuesday, next week. view
• 23 May 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have been ready to give that Statement for the last two weeks and I thought that because Mr. Ethuro has been very busy within and without the country, I thought that he was not going to be in the Chamber. I have the Statement ready. Can I do it tomorrow? view