Godfrey Osotsi

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 621 to 630 of 854.

• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you for protecting me. I was saying that it is important for this House to note. view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: It is important to note that the National Treasury is an important institution on matters to do with finance and retirement schemes. That is anchored in the Public Finance Management Act. If the National Treasury has an objection to this Bill, who are we as Parliament to pass it? We must question it. Even the stakeholders appeared before the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning and raised objection to this Bill. Members of County Assemblies (MCAs) who have a major stake on matters relating to pension for county government workers had an objection. This Bill proposes to dissolve the ... view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: We cannot again come here and purport to discuss a Bill which is basically addressing the same issues that this House has discussed and is before the Senate. If anything, they should bring amendments on the Bill that is before the Senate. view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: This Bill under Clause 21… view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I am in possession of the Report by the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. That is where the National Treasury had reservations. If I can quote part of the Report, the National Treasury said that: “This Bill goes against the recommendations of the Inter-Agency Technical Committee that recommended the establishment of a new scheme, close the existing ones, begin afresh without liabilities and have a scheme that will be run independently.” That is the submission by the National Treasury. In Clause 21 the Bill proposes that this pension scheme will be administered by an internal administrator. This is ... view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important Bill. From the outset, I stand here to declare that I am supporting it. I am a precious product of a woman. Therefore, I have a responsibility to support the women of this country. This House has a constitutional responsibility under Article 94(4) that defines the role of Parliament. That it shall protect the Constitution and promote democratic governance of this country. view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, it is not true that I spoke on the same Bill yesterday. I spoke on a different matter. view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: I understand the Majority Party Whip likes interrupting me. view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the Constitution is very clear under Article 94(4), Parliament shall protect the Constitution of Kenya. We are aware and we all took an oath to protect it. The Constitution under Article 10 talks about national values and inclusivity. Also under Article 81 and various other Articles, it provides for inclusivity and the issue of gender. On that basis, I am encouraging Members to perform their constitutional role by passing this Bill today. I have heard numerous discussions around the issue of nomination. I want to say nomination is part and parcel of our laws in this country. We ... view
• 21 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: leader in this country. He was also nominated. We even have Members who have served for two and three terms, like Hon. Kamanda and Hon. Cecily Mbarire who are now nominated. I think, therefore, the issue of people demeaning nominated Members is unfair. We are all equal under the Constitution of this country. It is, therefore, necessary to have our women nominated to this House, so that we can achieve the two-thirds gender rule. With those few remarks, I support this Bill. I also encourage my fellow Members both men and women to support this Bill because we want to ... view