Godfrey Osotsi

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 4A of the Bill be amended in sub clause (3) by inserting the words “not being a member of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission” immediately after the word “Commission” in paragraph (a); view
• 6 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: The justification is that the Bill talks about a representative of the IEBC. That is not clear because we know that the Constitution talks about a member of the IEBC, which implies a commissioner. The same Constitution says that a member of the IEBC shall not hold another public office. So, we need to give clarity that this representative is not a member of the IEBC. That means he is not a commissioner of the IEBC. view
• 6 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, let me re- emphasise this point. The Bill talks about ad hoc committees whose chair will be a representative 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 2018 in National Assembly: of the IEBC. The word ‘representative’ is vague. It can be anyone from the IEBC. It can be a commissioner or a member of staff of the IEBC. These ad hoc committees are for cities, municipalities and market centres. So, we need to give clarity that the representative shall not be a member of the Commission as stipulated in the Constitution. If it is a member of the Commission, then this will be an illegality because the Constitution says that a member of the IEBC shall not hold another public office. So, we need to be very clear on who ... view
• 6 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, before I withdraw the amendment, I now have the Bill before me and I need your guidance on this. My amendments are informed by Clause 4A of the Bill which says as follows: “4A (1) Delineation of the boundaries of urban areas or cities may be initiated by the Cabinet Secretary or by the relevant county government making a written request to the Cabinet Secretary to appoint an ad hoc committee in a manner provided under subsection (2).” The third part of it says: “(3) The ad hoc committee appointed by the Cabinet Secretary under subsection ... view
• 6 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 5 of the Bill be amended by— (a) inserting the following new paragraph immediately before paragraph (a)— (a) by deleting paragraph (a) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph (a) — “(a) either has— (i) a population of at least two hundred and fifty thousand residents according to the final gazette results of the last population census carried out by an institution authorized under any written law, preceding the application for grant of city status; or (ii) has the capacity to effectively and efficiently provide specialised or unique essential services ... view
• 6 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: We have cities for specialised things like medical and tourism. view
• 6 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: My proposal is that we should consider unique and specialised essential services which can also be a basis for determination of a city. view
• 6 Nov 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, the First Schedule to the Bill be amended under the heading marked “City” by inserting the following new services after the service “Organised Public Transport” “Information, Communication and Technology services” “Telecommunication services” The First Schedule on the list of services for the cities left out critical services of Information, Communication and Technology Service and telecommunication services. The gist of this amendment is that we have a serious problem in managing infrastructure in cities. We have challenges with wayleave and other things. It is important for us to clearly define that one ... view
• 23 Oct 2018 in National Assembly: I beg to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development the following: (a) When is the ongoing construction of the Kisumu-Kakamega-Webuye Road expected to be completed? (b) Is the Cabinet Secretary aware that the said road has numerous design gaps, including huge open drainages, lack of foot bridges and pedestrian walkways, which lead to numerous accidents and loss of lives? (c) Would the Ministry could consider compensating victims of road accidents that result from poor road designs? view