Godfrey Osotsi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for the opportunity to contribute to this important Motion. I beg to differ with my colleagues who have supported this Motion. From the outset, I reject and oppose this Motion. You are aware that this matter was brought forth by the current Governor of Vihiga, Hon. (Dr.) Ottichilo, in the 11th Parliament. He raised a number of issues about the importance of this centre to the country. Though this Report has tried to deal with the issues that he raised, they have not been satisfactorily addressed in terms of value for money to Kenyans. This Agreement ... view
• 15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Sorry, Hon. Speaker. It is 250,000 Euros which would be paid to the Kenyan Government every year. This is very little money compared to the benefits that arise from this resource. This is a space centre. A lot of activities happen around space centres. We are talking about issues of weather monitoring; telecommunication, telemedicine and others. If all those issues were quantified, you find that the Kenyan Government is losing a lot of money that is not declared to it. That is why Hon. (Dr.) Oundo was questioning why they could easily give us 250,000 Euros without much pressure. The ... view
• 15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: We also need clarity on the functions of this space centre and those of the Regional Centre for Mapping of Resources for Development (RCMRD) which is in Kasarani. Which is which? What are the functions of each? This Agreement seems to give a lot of weight to this Malindi Centre and not the centre we have… view
• 15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to continue. view
• 15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I have sufficiently read the Agreement. You remember in my contribution I said that there is more to this Agreement in terms of what services will be provided and what the revenue from those services will be. From my knowledge, a lot of revenue will arise from issues of weather management, sharing data on weather, issues of satellites and issues of telecommunication. view
• 15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I only explained what that word means. All along, our friends have made us believe that is their name. So, I do not see any offence. But all the same… view
• 15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Another very important thing is that this centre deals with issues of telecommunication. This country has an issue with the digital divide. There are some counties which are not covered digitally. What will this Centre do in terms of supporting this country in that area instead of just giving… view
• 15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I was saying, there are a few amendments which... view
• 15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for the guidance. There were also concerns that were raised by the expert who was consulted, Prof Paul Baki, who is from the Union Space Working Group. Some of the issues he raised here seem not to have been captured in the agreement. view
• 15 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, because of time, I oppose. view