Godfrey Osotsi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: in the telecommunication industry, where we will be recommending the adoption of infrastructure sharing. If that is cascaded down to the community level, it will be key. For example, we have the undersea cables which include the East African Marine System (TEAMS) and the South Africa, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, India and Europe (SEACOM) and others. As you may be aware, Kenya is one of the countries that have participated in that project and we need to have a framework in which this infrastructure will be shared with the other landlocked countries in EAC. This Protocol sits well within that ... view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for the opportunity to move the Motion on the provision of free, secure, risk-free and high- quality Wi-Fi services in every constituency. view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: I have been working on this particular issue. view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you for the guidance, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion: THAT aware that the universal access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is a critical international obligation provided for under the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) among other international obligations; noting that technological innovations associated with the transition to the Next-Generation Networks are already transforming the way universal access is being extended to rural and remote areas in both developed and developing countries and to a large extent, this transformation is being fuelled by emerging networking technologies; cognisant that global ... view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: This is a very important Motion. I ask my colleagues to support and adopt it. Kenya is rated as the fourth fastest growing digital economy after countries like China, Malaysia and Bolivia. This is a very interesting development which the country should maximise on. This rating is largely propelled by the progress we have made as a country in mobile money transfer service popularly known as M-Pesa which has span multiple homegrown digital innovations. Kenya is now rated as one of the most tech savvy populations in the continent because of the progress we have made with M-Pesa This innovation ... view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Kenya is among the countries in the world which have adopted e-governance concept as a way of offering Government services to its citizens through the internet but it has had challenges. We are aware that there is a platform called the e-Citizen where Kenyans can get basic services like applying for a driving licence, identity card and basic services like a police abstract. But this system, as much as it is useful to people in urban areas, is not accessible to people in rural areas. When people in rural areas go to police stations looking for abstracts, they are referred ... view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: I think there are so many other technologies which can help in this. We also have long range Wi-Fi antennas that can be used to provide widespread internet services. We also need to encourage research and development in this area so that we can provide internet to the disadvantaged areas. I am aware that the Communication Authority of Kenya is also coming up with programmes on infrastructure sharing. This should be encouraged to reduce the cost of investment. There is no need of having many operators having independent infrastructure, they can have infrastructure shared. There are other initiatives that the ... view
• 5 Dec 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First, I want to thank Members for their overwhelming support of this Motion. The issue of misuse of this programme is well catered for in the Motion, where it emphasises the issue of risk- free and secure access to Wi-Fi. I am sure there will be policies, legislation and regulations around this. On the issue of access to electricity, I think this programme can run hand in hand with the provision of electricity. I am aware that the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company (KERACO) and Kenya Power have started a programme to lay broadband fiber ... view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. From the outset, I oppose the Bill. We cannot allow Parliament to be used to legislate on matters which are clearly canvassing business for personal interests. I am saying this because this Bill was rejected by the National Treasury. view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: The National Treasury is the institution responsible for matters relating to management and regulations of pension schemes in Kenya. It had objections to this Bill. The National Treasury is responsible for policy decision on retirement benefits and related financial services as enshrined in the Public Finance Management Act. view