Godfrey Osotsi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 May 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for this opportunity to also support this Motion. This amendment to the Standing Order to introduce virtual sittings is long overdue. As you know, the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU) which we are Members of has been engaging on how to encourage Parliaments across the world to adopt e-parliament. So, this will help us fasten this process towards the achievement of e-parliament in future. Most importantly, these guidelines will not interfere with the norms and traditions of Parliament. They are also in line with our Constitution in terms of voting, quorum and many aspects of Parliament. Many ... view
• 6 May 2020 in National Assembly: very bad content such as pornography. So, you can imagine if Parliament is in session then in the middle of it a pornographic content pops up. That will note be something good. So, the choice of technology must take into account cybercrime concerns so that we can manage security aspects. As some Member has said, though we are in a COVID-19 crisis, it is also an opportunity for accelerated technological development. The Judiciary has adopted virtual court sessions. Parliament is now adopting virtual sessions. I am happy we are starting the budget-making process and we need to think about how ... view
• 6 May 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to second this amendments by the Member for Lugari, Hon. Savula, who is my good friend. They are progressive amendments. The public debt is now 62 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). With the economic effects of Coronavirus, we are likely to get to a situation where this country will be unable to pay some of these debts. This is progressive. I want to encourage Members to support these amendments. Hon. Savula has proposed two approaches in his amendments: bilateral engagement and multilateral engagement. I think the government should focus ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Chairman, I stand to oppose this amendment. The whole idea around this amendment is to enhance tax collection, but I doubt if that is going to be achieved because what this amendment is trying to do is to promote the operation of cartels at KRA. What the staff at KRA will simply do is that they will stop doing their job, look for agents and give them leads on which areas to look for tax then get their commission. So, I oppose this amendment. view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me the opportunity to support the Supplementary Budget. view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: A few weeks back, this House was termed by one of the dailies as a House of traitors. But what we have done today is commendable. We have done quite a lot in terms of the tax measures. We have resisted attempts to tax bread and milk. We have also removed taxation on masks and PPE. We have also taken many other measures that are going to help in the fight against COVID-19. view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: Going back to the Supplementary Budget, I have noticed, as a new Member of the House that we have been deteriorating in terms of adherence to the law, standards and best practices in the process of formulating the Supplementary Budget and the Budget generally, as a country. I say this because, Hon. Speaker, you have heard Members complaining about what is happening with regard to non-adherence to Article 223 of the Constitution. In this Supplementary Budget, I looked at the list of projects under Article 223 and we are talking about Kshs25.6 billion. That is not acceptable. I know the ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: On the issue of deterioration of the budget-making process, I have also realised that much of the budget reallocation in this Supplementary Budget exceeded the 10 per cent threshold that is allowed in the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act. This is also not acceptable. We have also new programmes and new projects that have been introduced in this Supplementary Budget contrary to the Public Finance Management Regulations. In many of Votes in the Supplementary Budget, no effort has been made to give an analysis of the fiscal impact of the additions or reduction in the expenditure of the various programmes. ... view
• 22 Apr 2020 in National Assembly: This Budget largely deals with pending bills which is a good thing because pending bills have been an issue here. The Supplementary Budget has very little to do with COVID-19. However, the measures taken to deal with COVID-19 are commendable because we have allocated Kshs1 billion towards recruitment of additional health workers, Kshs2.6 billion for external funding for COVID-19 Emergency Fund, and Kshs10 billion to the elderly. However, allocation of money to the elderly should be done in an accountable manner. We encounter many deserving people who have not been considered. The idea of using Provincial Administration and chiefs to ... view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to also contribute to this very important Motion. view