Godfrey Osotsi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 May 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not want to interrupt my good friend, Hon. Kositany. However, you are aware that the Hon. Speaker made a ruling on the issue of constitutionalism. view
• 6 May 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not want to interrupt my good friend, Hon. Kositany, who is the former Deputy Secretary-General of the Jubilee Party. However, you are aware that the Speaker gave a comprehensive ruling on the issue of constitutionality. He said that an unconstitutional matter becomes constitutional when it goes to a referendum and the people accept it. Is it in order for Hon. Kositany to mislead this House on the issue of constitutionality and Hon. Speaker made a ruling on it? view
• 6 May 2021 in National Assembly: You need to be very clear. Members of Tangatanga political movement are engaging in irrelevancies. . view
• 6 May 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am a nominated Member of Parliament, recognising, appreciating and reaffirming that no one can stop reggae, I vote yes. view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this historic matter of amending the Constitution of Kenya. I want to start by thanking the joint Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs of both the National Assembly and the Senate for the good work. I have had the opportunity to go through this Report and it is one of the best reports that I have ever read in this House. The Committee has tried to capture every small detail in the Bill. It has dissected every issue that required to be dissected. Parliament managed to assemble ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: There has also been a concern raised by some people as to whether this Bill is a popular initiative. If you read through this Report, it gives a very good historical background of where we started from. We started with divisive elections of 2017, where we had two leaders who got cumulative votes of 15 million Kenyans supporting them. When these two leaders in their own wisdom decided to have a handshake, which had an agreement signed through a joint communique between the two, that is where we started. For those who are saying that this does not qualify to ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: be concluded. People accused of corruption should return money or put in jail. Corruption is the biggest cancer in this country. Therefore, this provision is very progressive in the fight against corruption in this country. Chapter 9 talks about the office of the prime minister, two deputy prime ministers and ministers being drawn from this House. It is a very progressive amendment. We have all been frustrated because ministers sit outside this House. We now have a chance where a prime minister will sit in this House and we will ask him or her Questions. We will also have ministers ... view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I am a member of the Departmental Committee on Communication, Information and Innovation. I had given my dissenting opinion to the Majority Report on the basis that we had procedural gaps in the way the Committee conducted this matter. view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: When you gave direction to this Committee to look into this matter, I remember you said that the process of removal of a person from public office is quasi-judicial . Therefore, all steps must be taken to make sure that judicious attention and moderation is considered. The Committee requested more time. I remember I seconded that Motion requesting more time to consider this matter. When the Committee sat, we took only two hours to dispense with this matter. Secondly, you know this matter first appeared before the Committee as a complaint. Then the Committee made a decision that they could ... view