Godfrey Osotsi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Chair, mine was just to seek clarification from the Chair on the board and the authority. If you look at the amendment in Clauses 7 and 8, it introduces authority in place of commission; and then 8 introduces the board in place of a commission. When they are used in the same manner, it is a bit confusing. Maybe the Chair can clarify that. view
• 28 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I just want the Chairman of the Committee to clarify to what extent this amendment conflicts with the Mining Act now that the parent Act of mining is the one that provides for the licensing of mining and the milling. So, to what extent does this provision conflict with the Mining Act? view
• 28 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Yes. view
• 28 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I do not have any specific information, but you remember when we passed the Mining Act here, it gave the mining body the authority to make regulations and issue licences on all minerals. That is why I am asking whether it has any conflict because we are talking about uranium, thorium or any radioactive elements. Those are minerals. So, I just wanted clarity or maybe for the House to note if there is any conflict with another Act, in this case the Mining Act. view
• 28 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, this amendment on Clause 79(b) seeks to amend what is in the parent Act that says the activity discharged is confirmed to be below the clearance level, but this amendment goes further to say that radioactivity clearance level will be prescribed by the Authority. I would like to get clarity from the Chairperson as to whether or not this contradicts with the NEMA Act given that NEMA is given the coordinating role on all matters to do with environmental activities. To what extent does this amendment contradict the NEMA Act? I am saying that because we ... view
• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. First, I want to commend the Departmental Committee on Sports, Culture and Tourism for this very good work. If all committees work like this, this will be a wonderful House. As Hon. Shamalla said, they have really done a good job. There is extensive public participation and even its content is quite wide. view
• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: However, I have several concerns to raise which can be rectified by the Committee before we go to the Committee of the whole House. There are some inconsistencies in this Bill, especially if you look at it from the context of other legislations that we passed in this House. For example, this Bill talks very little about other legislations that are affected by some of these provisions, for example, the Sports Act. It talks a lot about national lottery. I have looked at the Bill but it does not provide for consequential amendments to the Sports Act, especially on matters ... view
• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: I wish the Chair can listen to what I am saying because it is very important. We will require harmonising some of the provisions in this Bill with other legislations, particularly the Sports Act on formation of a national lottery. The Sports Act talks about formation of a national lottery. This Bill again talks about formation of a national lottery. It is important to look at the consequential amendments and include them. view
• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: The second aspect is on the formation of the Gaming Authority. I have looked at the composition of the Board members. One major omission is that the industry is not represented in this Authority. I suggest that we need to be very specific on the three persons who will be view
• 21 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view