Osotsi Godfrey Otieno

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Sep 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Chairperson, I had proposed an amendment as per the Order Paper, but I think my colleague Sen. Mungatana has comprehensively covered that Part (1) of Clause 9. Therefore, I will only retain Part (b), which is in subclause (4) by deleting the words “guidelines” appearing immediately after the words “the county legislation” and substituting therefore, the words “and regulations approved by respective county assembly”. The import of this is so that we do not allow the Chief Executive Committee Member (CECM) just to give guidelines but then, this guideline must be anchored in law. I am proposing that ... view
• 28 Sep 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Chairperson, my amendment on Clause 10 (3)(f) is meant to delete the provision on data protection. You will notice that that provision only applies to the CHPs. The intention is to delete that and have a global clause according to my proposed amendment. This will take care of all data protection issues in this Bill, which is not limited to the CHPs only, but any other person involved in managing data, including the county and the national Government. view
• 28 Sep 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Chairperson. I agree that I will drop my amendment because the import was to delete 13(f). I agree that it infringes on the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act and the Constitution as well. It reads: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 28 Sep 2023 in Senate: “Coordinate, with the National Treasury and other development partners, for the mobilization and allocation of adequate resources to support the realization of accessible, acceptable and equitable primary health care services.” That is not the role of either government, but Sen. Oketch Gicheru proposes to amend it thus: “The national Government shall appropriate and transfer to the County Revenue Fund (CRF) of respective county governments such monies as shall be required for effective performance of the function under this Act.” That effectively covers it. I, therefore, support it. view
• 28 Sep 2023 in Senate: I beg to move- view
• 28 Sep 2023 in Senate: THAT the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 14. view
• 28 Sep 2023 in Senate: The importance of this amendment is to do away with the National Advisory Council that has been proposed in Clause 14. From the contribution of many Members, I thought that this was going to violate the Constitution and be a quiet takeover of the functions of counties. This is because primary healthcare is devolved. As a substitute to this, Clause 16 talks about a similar council at the county level. We would rather maintain the advisory council at the county level but do away with the national one. view
• 28 Sep 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move- THAT, Clause 16 of the Bill be amended in sub-clause (3) by- (a) by deleting the words “promote oversight” appearing before the words “monitor and evaluate” in paragraph (a); and, (b) by deleting paragraph (m). One of the functions of the county primary health care advisory committee will be to promote oversight. Hon. Members, the use of the word “oversight” here is misplaced because we know that the role of oversight is by the county assembly in this case. I, therefore, proposed to remove that part ‘promote oversight’ and retain the other parts ... view
• 28 Sep 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard Services,Senate. view
• 28 Sep 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Chairperson, I beg to move: THAT Clause 20 of the Bill be amended- (a) in subclause (1) by deleting the words “special interest” appearing immediately after the words “a representative of” in paragraph (c) and substituting therefor the word “vulnerable”; and (b) in subclause (3) by inserting the words “renewable once” at the end of the subclause. Madam Temporary Chairperson, the essence of this amendment is to amend Clause 20(3) --- view