Godfrey Osotsi

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• 1 Oct 2020 in National Assembly: It is against this background that I seek a Statement from the Chairperson Departmental Committee on Finance and Planning on the following: (i) What efforts have been made with regard to the numerous allegations and concerns regarding the system which has occasioned massive loss of public funds? (ii) Explain why the system has not been customised or upgraded in line with two levels of government as was recommended by the Report of the Auditor-General under reference? (iii) What is the organisation structure of the system management and administration indicating the staffing and corresponding qualification and work experience of staff? (iv) ... view
• 29 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I am among the Members who were not ranked, together with Nominee No.1. Listening to the Members raise their concerns, this is a wake-up call on Parliament, through the Parliamentary Service Commission, to consider having an internal ranking system. We have also talked about having live broadcasts of committee sittings because most of the pollsters only consider what a Member says in the Chamber, but do not consider what we do in committees, where a lot of work is done. As much as I disagree with the Infotrak Research and Consulting Limited in terms of how Members have ... view
• 29 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 29 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am sorry I did not carry my card today. I beg to second the adoption of the Report on submissions from stakeholders regarding the implementation status of legislation, petitions and resolutions passed by the House as moved by my able Chairperson, Hon. Ole Kenta. I start by congratulating the Committee for the good work it has done. view
• 29 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Yes, I have to. This is among the many reports that this Committee has tabled. I am happy the House Business Committee allowed us to debate this Motion. It is an omnibus of six Motions, six Committee Reports and 19 Petitions. As alluded to by my Chairman, we also have a series of other reports which we have tabled and have not been debated. However, I want to encourage the House that the Committee on Implementation is a very important committee to this House. It reports back on the status of the issues that have been adopted by the House. ... view
• 29 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: challenge is court cases that arise in the middle of our examination of some reports and in some instances, immediately some reports are adopted by the House. This has slowed down some of the work we do as a Committee. Some of the court cases are unnecessary. Sometimes they are a way of interfering with Parliamentary independence. Just like Parliament does not deal with matters which are of sub judice in nature, it is not proper for courts to appear like they issue injunctions to stop Parliament from carrying out its responsibilities. A case in point is that of the ... view
• 29 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: There is the issue of no responses especially when we write to some ministries asking for information on implementation of Acts of Parliament. We do not get answers from ministries. One of the roles of this Committee is to follow up on the implementation status of Acts of Parliament. We have a series of Acts of Parliament which have not been implemented. However, we would need to work extra hard to get answers from ministries on why agencies or even ministries are not able to implement Acts of Parliament. Otherwise, this is a good Report. We would strive to work ... view
• 29 Sep 2020 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
• 17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. As much as I want to support the amendment, I am concerned because the Council seems very bloated with a membership of 16. That is way off the Mwongozo Guideline. Secondly, the criteria for identifying the 10 youth who are going to sit on the Council is a prerogative of the Cabinet Secretary. This is where we have a problem because we will end up having a body which is supposed to represent the interest of youth, but will not do so. This is because six members are brought in by the PS. The ... view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to support this Bill. view