Godfrey Osotsi

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• 14 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: The second aspect is the inconsistency with the parent law on private security guards. As has been said by the Mover of the Motion, on the requirement that private security guards will have fire arms, what should have been done before these regulations came for publication is that the parent Act needed to be amended to provide for private security guards to hold guns. That view
• 14 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
• 14 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: has not been done. So, we cannot make that huge proposal in regulation when the parent Act says otherwise. view
• 14 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: I have read the regulations and one of the strange things in the regulation is that it allows the national security forces, the Police commandant, to command private security guards to participate in national security duties. This poses a major challenge to employers of private security guards; that I have employed someone who is earning a salary from me and that person can be called anytime by another authority to participate in national security duties. There are some inconsistencies there. Most importantly we know that private security guards are unionisable. The moment you get them involved in national security matters, ... view
• 14 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: The other reason is conflict with the Human Resource Act; that I have employed someone under my control but this person can be engaged in other duties elsewhere. This raises the question of who pays them when they are engaged in national security. What if there are issues that may arise in that process such as injury or gunshots. Who will be answerable? The regulations are silent on some of these questions. view
• 14 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Then there is the issue that these regulations must be implemented within six months. It is not practical because these regulations were gazetted in July. So, if we talk about six months, we are talking about January 2020 which is just two months from now but, some of the things that security companies are required to comply with… view
• 14 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It is important to emphasise these issues as well because I have also read the Report. So, the compliance requirements are not possible in the next two months. For example, the requirement saying that they need to have an armoury, they need to train people and other things are not possible. It is not possible to comply and that means many of our security companies, especially the small ones, will simply close shop and many security guards will lose jobs. So, for that reason I support the Motion. view
• 6 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I have been listening very keenly to the discussion around the meeting that was to take place here in the Chamber next week. I am not a Member of the SDGs group and I am a strong member of the Anglican Church. As you know, Anglicans in this country do not support gayism. Therefore, I would not support any discussion on gayism and especially in the holy Chambers of Parliament. As Hon. Oluoch said, there are so many other venues in this town where they can take the meeting. On that basis, and as a Member ... view
• 6 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I oppose that amendment because Section 25 that is being referred to is very limiting. When you look at the Bill, the principles of data protection, which is being referred to, is spread all over the Bill and not just Section 25. This clause that is being deleted is talking about lawful processing, minimisation, restriction on processing, data quality and security safeguards. 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
• 6 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: Those are among the six data protection principles which are global. We have six data protection principles which are accepted globally and they are part of the general data protection regulations as passed by the European Union. So, if we limit to only Section 25, we will be limiting the scope of data protection principles. In any case, the data protection principles are spread beyond Section 25. This one summarises the six international principles on data protection. So, I oppose the amendment. view