Godfrey Osotsi

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• 17 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: allow the affected families to continue occupying the land as promised by the Cabinet Secretary and the timelines for the same? Hon. Speaker, this is a very serious matter because the affected families are in the cold. It is raining and we would like this matter to be prioritised. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 15 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. I want to start by thanking the Committee chaired by Hon. Kioni for the good work done. This Bill is long overdue because the Constitution provides that we need to have a legislation to address Articles 54, 81 and100 of the Constitution. I am glad this Bill has tried to address these Articles. view
• 15 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: As has been said by one of the Members, this Bill will empower SIGs to access leadership positions, unlike what we have at the moment. This will be through civic education, 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
• 15 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: capacity building and facilitating these people to become candidates and campaign during elections. It will also address issues of publicity, funding and other measures deemed fit and approved by the Registrar of political parties. So, this is very progressive. view
• 15 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: This law also allows the harnessing of the potential of people with disabilities and other SIGs to be represented in county assemblies, Senate and the National Assembly. This is progress. I think Parliament will evade the challenge we have always had of the issue of two- thirds gender rule. But I have some reservation which I want to share from my experience and I think the Committee should look into. This is especially on the issue of minorities. I think the Bill should clearly define the word minorities and who they are. Some of the people Hon. Sossion was referring ... view
• 15 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: It is a challenge for political parties to define who minority persons are. It is easy to define persons with disabilities, youth and women, but it is a big challenge to legally define who the minorities are. So, this is an opportunity for the Committee to come up with amendments that will clarify this issue. This is especially when it comes to nomination vie party list. Another important issue which I would like the Committee to think through is that we have always had a problem of having the right formula for sharing of Political Parties Fund. Looking at what ... view
• 15 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: The Bill proposes that 53 per cent of the fund will be apportioned between the largest and second largest political party. But, it does not tell us how this apportionment will be done. Is it by the number of votes garnered by these parties or elective positions which these parties have? This is not very clear because the current Political Parties Act talks about at least 3 per cent of the votes garnered in the presiding election. So, I think this has to come out very clearly so that we do not get into disputes. I want to discourage the ... view
• 15 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Another aspect is the proposal that 20 per cent will be apportioned among all other parties. This is ambiguous because two parties have been allocated 53 per cent and then all the others remaining with 20 percent. Then it goes further and gives conditions for qualification for you to qualify for the political parties funding. You need five Members of Parliament (MPs), 12 Members of County Assembly (MCAs) and one governor. This will be an advantage to parties that will get more MPs and MCAs, but fail to get a governor. Like the party I belong to has 17 Members ... view
• 15 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Office of the Registrar of Political Parties. We cannot have proper democratic parties in this country, if we do not have a proper process for administration and management of this Office. One of the challenges we have at that office is lack of capacity and funding. I propose that we increase from 5 per cent to 10 per cent so that we can have formidable parties in this country and promote democracy. The Committee should rethink the funding of political parties to make it fair and objective and remove all the ambiguities. For example, it has not adequately catered for ... view
• 3 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view