Osotsi Godfrey Otieno

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Dec 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I second. view
• 4 Dec 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to support this Motion on the consolidation of bursary funds for equitable access to education in Kenya by Sen. Karungo Thang’wa. This is a very progressive Motion. I know there is another Motion by Sen. (Prof.) Kamar on the same, calling for the abolition of bursary funds in our counties. The bursary was meant for needy students and pupils. The orphans or those students from extremely poor backgrounds. Now we are seeing a scenario where bursary seems to be a fund to benefit everyone. That is why you find in our ... view
• 4 Dec 2024 in Senate: This fund should have stringent rules on who the beneficiaries should be. The needy students who are at home can benefit from this scheme and they can undertake their studies without any problem. How I wish the bursary funds in this country could borrow from a private fund that I know of; the Rattansi Education Fund, which targets mainly needy students at the university level. That fund has done so well. I was one of the beneficiaries of it. They are still supporting so many needy cases in our public universities. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, even as we talk about ... view
• 4 Dec 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker Sir, I would love to be informed by Sen. Wakoli. view
• 4 Dec 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, that is even better. If we have to fully support this Motion, we need to amend it. I will be seeking an amendment to say the Senate resolves and directs the Ministry of Education to do the three things. This is a very important issue. We cannot spend our time discussing a Motion that some people will put it on the shelf and nothing will be done. The other correction I want to suggest is the issue of involvement of county government bursary funds. In our Sessional Committee on County Public Investment and Special Funds (CPISF), ... view
• 4 Dec 2024 in Senate: millions of money to bursary funds, and yet two critical functions in our counties; ECDE and vocational training centres, are hugely underfunded. ECDE centres are hugely underfunded, the ECDE teachers are poorly paid, there is no uniform scheme of service and the infrastructure is wanting. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, counties are now putting money into bursary schemes in order to create an avenue for misuse. In fact, in our report that we will be tabling, we have recommended that the Senate abolishes the bursary funds in all the counties so that counties can put their focus around vocational training centres. ... view
• 4 Dec 2024 in Senate: in our counties. Sometimes, I wonder why the Controller of Budget (CoB) has allowed these funds to run and yet they are unconstitutional. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we have some counties that have invested in school infrastructure like West Pokot County in the last term. That matter is before the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). The county allocated millions of money towards school infrastructure, which was never been put up because the funds were misappropriated. This cannot happen without intergovernmental relationship between the national Government and the county government. So, a lot needs to be done in the education sector ... view
• 3 Dec 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to also support this Motion; the appointment of the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK). From the onset, I support this appointment. I have gone through the Report and one striking thing is, for the first time, we are having a scenario where someone who has grown through the ranks within CBK is being recognized and rewarded. This is a culture that we need to promote in this country so that when an opportunity arises in our public institutions, priority is given to the persons who work in ... view
• 3 Dec 2024 in Senate: I want to encourage the President to do the same for the other public institutions where he is the appointing authority. This gentleman, Mr. Gerald Nyaoma Arita, has 36 years of experience in this sector. This is a very long period. He has worked in this sector for the entirety of his life. I am confident that he is going to add value to the CBK, having served as a director in a number of very critical departments within the Central Bank. That positions him to do better as a Deputy Governor of the Central Bank. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, ... view
• 3 Dec 2024 in Senate: I hope Mr. Nyaoma, who has wide experience in almost all the departments of the CBK, will take that opportunity to push for full adoption of technology in the CBK operations. As you know, technology plays a big role in reducing inefficiencies and promoting effectiveness in performance of the mandate of an institution. view