Osotsi Godfrey Otieno

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Nov 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity to also support the Statement by my neighbor and friend, Sen. (Prof.) Tom Ojienda, SC, the Senator for Kisumu, to say that this particular Statement is timely. As you may be aware, and I congratulate my neighbour and friend, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, Mumias Sugar Company is now doing some minimal production. I thank him for supporting that effort. As one of the leaders in the region, I also support and encourage other leaders to support that initiative, in order to bring back Mumias Sugar Company to full scale production ... view
• 17 Nov 2022 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, point of information. I want to inform my neighbour and Hon. Senator that when he talks about “laundry”, he should mention the people involved in that. We know even this administration is involved in laundry, clearing people who have court cases and trying to frame issues before the court. He should mention that instead of blaming people that he cannot even mention by name. view
• 17 Nov 2022 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, thank you for giving me the opportunity to make my comments on this Bill. From the onset, I support it. However, like other Members who have spoken before me, we will need to have some amendments on this Bill, particularly on the Equalisation Fund, which I find to be very misplaced. It should not be in this Bill at all. view
• 17 Nov 2022 in Senate: I have also looked at the proposed schedule under Equalisation Fund and noted that that proposal in itself is discriminatory in the sense that we have 34 counties which have been listed yet we have not been told which criteria was used to do that allocation. I can see my county is not included yet all the other neighbouring counties are included. Counties with lower levels of poverty like Kisumu, Bungoma, Nandi and Homa Bay counties are included. However, all other counties, including Vihiga County, within the Lake Victoria region are not on this list. view
• 17 Nov 2022 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
• 17 Nov 2022 in Senate: I will support any amendment to remove this particular schedule from this Bill. After all, it is misplaced and very discriminatory to other counties. To lump Vihiga County among the rich counties is very unfair. There are so many places in my county which qualifies as hardship areas. I believe the Government needs to change the criteria of determining which areas are hardship and which ones are not. Clearly, we see some areas are listed as being non- hardship when, in fact, they are areas which have a lot of challenges with poverty and infrastructure like those other counties that ... view
• 17 Nov 2022 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, other colleagues have also talked about medical leasing. This is a serious matter that we have allowed to go on and on, yet the counties are not getting maximum benefits from it. It is high time that this arrangement between the county and national Government is stopped so that our counties to continue getting money for the right purposes. Also, removing the possible misuse of public funds in form of medical leasing equipment arrangement between the county and national Government. view
• 17 Nov 2022 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
• 17 Nov 2022 in Senate: I do not have additional information to give on this. Nonetheless, I emphasize that we need to fast track the legislation on Equalisation Fund. We need to have a proper legal framework in place for determining the counties which are supposed to benefit from Equalisation Fund and also to comply with the Constitution requirement. I hope this will be prioritized by the relevant Committee in conjunction with the National Assembly, so that we have a proper legal framework on matters to do with Equalisation Fund. view
• 17 Nov 2022 in Senate: With those few remarks, I support. view