Godfrey Osotsi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Jun 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move that the Committee doth report to the House its consideration of the Information Communication Technology Practitioners Bill (National Assembly Bill No.38 of 2020) and its approval thereof with amendments. view
• 14 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Vice-Chairperson is Hon. Nyamita, who is not present. I will bring up the matter with the Committee. The issue raised by the Member for Ugenya is very important. Everyone is experiencing dropped calls and other related issues. I will pass the communication to the Committee. view
• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to also say something on this Bill. I have quite a lot to say about this, but I want to summarise it in two minutes. This Bill is long overdue. If implemented, it is going to ensure inter-operability of the foundational and functional systems in Government. Foundational systems are basically general registration systems for identity cards, birth certificates, death certificates and even refugee registration. The functional systems are for specific services like immigration, passports and all that. So, it is going to ensure linkage of these systems and make it easy ... view
• 13 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Bill into law, so that we can prepare the ground for a proper digital economy and have it easy for the systems to be passed. For those few remarks, I support. view
• 12 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I support this proposal. It is good to give individuals who lose in the primaries an option to become independent candidates. This scenario calls for an opportunity for us to create the relevant law that will reengineer the political party system in this country. If we allow things to go the way they are going, we may end up having a House full of independents and political parties will die. So, a lot of focus needs to be put in the management of political parties to make them democratic and well run instead of having mushrooming ... view
• 6 Apr 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for this opportunity. The Petition seeks to safeguard the life and interests of homecoming Kenyans from the diaspora. I think when the Committee retreats to digest this matter, they need to get experiences from other countries which have done similar projects. For example, I know that Ghana had a programme where Ghanaians who were abroad were allowed to come back. The programme was incentive- driven, and it even attracted African Americans who traced their roots to Ghana. This attracted expert entry to the economy of Ghana, and had a lot of economic benefits. So, we expect ... view
• 30 Mar 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I start by thanking all Members who have contributed to this Bill. I also thank the ICT Committee for their valuable input in terms of engaging stakeholders and coming up with amendments that will enhance the Bill. This Bill is very historic. When I joined this Parliament, I said that this is one of the things that I wanted to achieve. Having participated in this sector for 20 years, I have seen the challenges in it. My vision was to ensure that we have this law in place. I am happy that we are ... view
• 30 Mar 2022 in National Assembly: This House also passed a number of digital legislations which, as I speak to you now, remain largely unimplemented. For example, we have the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act. I know that some of its aspects have been challenged in court. However, there are other aspects which are not challenged in court, but they are not implemented because the profession is not regulated. We passed a law recently, the Data Protection Act, which manages the data that we have. It remains largely unimplemented because the practice itself is not regulated. This Bill will, therefore, provide the legal framework under which ... view
• 30 Mar 2022 in National Assembly: A number of concerns were raised, which the Committee has addressed. The first concern was that this Bill will lock out so many people in the sector. I want to report that with the assistance of the Committee, we have amendments that will address that issue. For example, we have youth who have no formal education or, maybe, they have gone up to Form IV, but they have come up with an innovation. This Bill recognises that they will be registered as practitioners, even without any degree, diploma or any qualification. We are working towards having a digital economy. We ... view
• 30 Mar 2022 in National Assembly: This Bill will help us reduce the cost of ICT services in this country, which is too high largely because of lack of control on how ICT services are priced. This will help us reduce the cost of services further and enjoy the benefits of digitisation. Some people have questioned why we want to introduce a law when we can do self-regulation. Self-regulation in this country has failed because everyone wants to do his bit and there is no control. This Bill will bring harmony, structure, remove disorder and make this country a centre of innovation not only in Africa, ... view