Godfrey Osotsi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: The Government‟s appetite for borrowing is an issue Parliament must deal with. The Kibaki regime did very well in managing Government borrowing. But we are now seeing an upsurge of Government‟s appetite for borrowing. This is where the problem starts and it is the very reason we need to put in place interest rate capping. If we do not have interest rate capping and the Government continues with its appetite to borrow, then interest rates will even go higher and higher. That is the reason we need to maintain it. If Government borrows from the economy, The electronic version of ... view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: we will have higher interest rates, higher interest payments, tax rises and even crowding-out of the private sector in terms of access to loans. view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: This is a very timely Bill. One thing the banks in Kenya should do is to reform. We have many banks in the country. I think we have more than 47 banks in the country. It is high time the Central Bank Kenya introduced reforms so that small banks merge with big banks so that we have few banks. This has happened before. When Nigeria had so many banks, they came up with reforms to merge the small banks into big banks. Now, Nigeria being the largest economy in Africa has almost half the number of banks we have in ... view
• 10 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, thank you for that directive. I want to confirm, on behalf of my Chair who is not here, that the Committee on Implementation will take up this matter and it will examine all the facts around it and provide feedback to this House in the shortest time possible. Thank you. view
• 10 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for the opportunity to also contribute to this very important Motion on the ratification of this Protocol. This Protocol is very important because it will further enhance aviation security which is a very important issue especially for airlines, passengers, governments and business people all over the world. view
• 10 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: This Protocol talks about unruly passengers. Cases of unruly passengers are on the increase and according to statistics, majority are those that are intoxicated with alcohol. Hon. Speaker as you are aware, some airlines have no limit on the amount of alcohol that is sold to passengers on flight and even in the restaurants at the airport. I think one of the things that stakeholders in the industry need to engage in is whether they should have alcohol at all on airlines. view
• 10 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: As you are aware, smoking is not allowed on airlines but alcohol is allowed. There is no limit and in most cases you find that we have passengers who are highly intoxicated because of alcohol. There is also no proper screening of passengers who are drunk. You find someone getting into an aeroplane heavily drunk and causing a lot of trouble in the flight. I think one of the things that the stakeholders in the industry need to look at is the issue of how to manage The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. ... view
• 10 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: unruly passengers who are drunk. I know most airlines make a lot of their sales from the sale of alcohol. In fact, it is estimated that 50 per cent of the inflight sales are from the sale of alcohol products. There must be a clear balance because I think the safety of passengers is more important than the sale of alcohol to passengers. The most important thing is to look at other aspects of this treaty. This treaty gives airlines and any other person who is affected by unruly conduct of a passenger the right to seek compensation from these ... view
• 10 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Hon Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to comment on one issue which was recently reported in our newspapers about the luggage scandal at Kenya Airways involving staff where they clear luggage after receiving some compensation from some passengers. This can be a serious issue of security because that means that the weight limit is not controlled and, therefore, you end up having overloaded flight which can cause an accident any time. This is an issue that we ask the Government to investigate and deal with. This is because lives of many Kenyans and also passengers from other countries are at ... view
• 31 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity to contribute… view