Osotsi Godfrey Otieno

All parliamentary appearances

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• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: On a point of order. view
• 18 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.105 on responsibility for statement of fact. Is Sen. Cherarkey in order to claim that the challenge we are having in counties is as a result of lack of disbursement of funds to counties which has been there since December up to now? Was it caused by demonstrations? Demonstrations just happened the other day. He cannot claim that the economic situation in December, which necessitated the national Government not to disburse funds, was caused by the demonstrations. Mr. Speaker, Sir, this is a House of honour and record. Whatever we say ... view
• 13 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for the opportunity to also contribute to this very important Bill on the Division of Revenue. As has been proposed in the Bill, Division of Revenue Bill (DORB) 2023 is proposing to give counties Kshs385 billion, which translates to about 23.03 per cent. The Commission of Revenue Allocation (CRA) is proposing Kshs407 billion. We know that our counties need money and we are here to protect the interest of our counties. So, we have been given two figures. One figure of Khssh385 billion and another of Kshs407 billion. From the onset, I declare that I ... view
• 13 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am well guided. Just to retrace--- view
• 13 Apr 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I hope you will add me more time because my time has been consumed by the points of order. My last point was on the issue of public debt, which this Bill proposes to allocate Kshs1.2 trillion. This is the highest figure compared to the previous years. I thought it will be good practice for the Bill to give a breakdown of the public debts in which this amount is earmarked to pay. One important thing that this Parliament needs to do is monitor public debt. The information on public debt is scanty. It is ... view
• 13 Apr 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 Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 13 Apr 2023 in Senate: significant impact on social wellbeing of the citizens, Vision 2030, significant resource investment and BPS. We need clarity on what ‘national interest’ is. This is because that would then ensure that we do equitable division of revenue between the two levels of Government. Mr. Speaker, Sir, on the issue of national obligations, again, how I wish there was some clarification on this. We are talking about Kshs674 million allocated to this national obligation. They have also allocated Kshs11 billion to the additional allocation for nationally raised revenue. We have seen in our counties how the additional allocation funds have been ... view
• 13 Apr 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 Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 13 Apr 2023 in Senate: have passed the disbursement schedule for the current year but no money has come to our counties. What are we doing about it? The Committee of Finance and Budget needs to take this issue of disbursement of funds by the schedule seriously so that when we sit here and pass, it is the law. It cannot be varied by anyone. In fact, the national Government is violating the Constitution because the law is very clear. If you raise one shilling, 15 per cent of that one shilling should go to the counties while 75 per cent should remain in the ... view
• 12 Apr 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to thank the chairpersons of various committees for the progress reports. I wish to say that this is a very effective way of measuring performance of the committees. How I wish, even the turnaround time for issues in the committee could be improved. The Chairperson has alluded to a matter which I presented to the Committee regarding ghost workers in Vihiga County. I am aware they have done a lot of work around it, but I expected that this matter be resolved within the shortest time possible because this is a cancer in my ... view