Godfrey Osotsi

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• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: This is one of the few Bills from the Senate which are very progressive. I commend Hon. Sen. (Dr.) Sani for this very progressive Bill. This Bill seeks to ensure that on-source revenue collection is transparent, accountable, simple and easy to report on. view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: As my colleagues have alluded to, there are challenges of revenue collection in the counties. In fact, in some counties, there is no system. The whole thing is haphazard. People collect money and just take it away. That explains why some local authorities were performing better than the county governments that we have. We all know what used to happen in Mavoko, Narok, and many other county councils and municipal councils which were performing better. But we now have a scenario where we have county governments that live on hand-to-mouth basis. They wait for money from the national Government to ... view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: to shut down. That is very unfortunate because that is not what the Constitution envisaged when we came up with devolution. The counties are supposed to be economic units but they are not. Actually, they are spenders of money from the national Government, which is very unfortunate. So, this system is very important. The role of the National Treasury as per the Constitution is to design and prescribe a standardised revenue collection system for use by the county governments. The National Treasury will be playing a big role by ensuring that we have standardisation. view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: When we talk about systems, we are talking about procedures, processes and IT based systems. The IT based systems in the counties do not have the capability to provide the right platform for achieving what this Bill is trying to achieve. So, I hope we will have a process to ensure we have IT systems that are easy to integrate, monitor and control. That would be very important. Even as we talk about such systems in the counties, we should also talk about the systems at the national level. As an IT expert, I can tell you that we have ... view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you listened to me very carefully, I made reference to an audit report from the Office of the Auditor- General following an audit that was conducted in 2016. In that Report, the Auditor-General made a number of observations and made recommendations on the IFMIS. Some of the issues that I have referred to were contained in that report. So, my good friend, Hon. Wangwe, by virtue of his office, can access that Report – which documents all the key leakages and inadequacies in that system. view
• 15 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support. view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to contribute to this Report. First, I will start by thanking the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources for this very strong Report and one that many Kenyans have been waiting for. I will go to some of the issues raised. The first issue is the one that has been in our media for some time, one that has created a lot of anxiety in this country and that is the issue of Itare Dam Project. You are aware that there has been concern around the contractor for this project, ... view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to contribute to this Report. First, I will start by thanking the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources for this very strong Report and one that many Kenyans have been waiting for. I will go to some of the issues raised. The first issue is the one that has been in our media for some time, one that has created a lot of anxiety in this country and that is the issue of Itare Dam Project. You are aware that there has been concern around the contractor for this project, ... view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: engineering. This will guide such processes and ensure we have a proper technical diligence on all projects of this nature, so that we can get value for money. view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: engineering. This will guide such processes and ensure we have a proper technical diligence on all projects of this nature, so that we can get value for money. view