Osotsi Godfrey Otieno

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Nov 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. From the onset, I will start by thanking Sen. Kibwana for bringing this timely and important Motion; as her maiden Motion. This Motion addresses two important aspects as far as mental health for mothers is concerned. First, we have the issue of limited availability. As we know, only 14 hospitals in this country offer mental healthcare. Ironically, we have 47 county referral hospitals. This means we are still way behind. Secondly, we have the issue of affordability. The cost of mental healthcare is high. Offering this service in the county facilities will increase access ... view
• 8 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
• 8 Nov 2022 in Senate: If you read the Motion, it states “The Senate urges”. I suggest that the staff who help us draft these Motions insist that “The Senate resolves” because we cannot act in vain. We cannot discuss issues here, they go to the Executive and are never implemented. I saw it from my experience in the National Assembly, and I am beginning to see it here. view
• 8 Nov 2022 in Senate: We are a Parliament that does budget making and we look at the Budget Policy Statements (BPS). Why can we not have a system where such good Motions are recorded so that when we are discussing the BPS, we can incorporate the resolutions and appropriate money to these wonderful ideas? Coming here to discuss such wonderful Motions and then having someone at the Ministry of Health (MOH) sit on it and then come back to tell us there is no funding is very annoying. view
• 8 Nov 2022 in Senate: I suggest that moving forward and members of the Senate Business Committee (SBC) should help us with this so that the Motions which come here are resolved. We should say that we are resolving to do one, two and three things instead of coming here to urge the Government to do some things. We have the powers to appropriate money and change the BPS so that the resolutions we make here are addressed by the Executive and the county governments. I support this Motion and I encourage Sen. Kibwana to bring many more Motions around the health sector – which ... view
• 27 Oct 2022 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, I join my colleagues in supporting this Statement. Article 230(5)(d) of the Constitution is clear on the benchmark of SRC in the performance of its function. It states: - ‘‘In performing its functions, the Commission shall take the following principles into account- (d) transparency and fairness.” SRC has been conducting this process and gazetting changes when Parliament is not in session. This Gazette Notice was released a week before the General Election and they did the same thing in 2017. This is unfair. There is no transparency because Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) and the county assemblies were ... view
• 27 Oct 2022 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare on a human resource audit process by the Vihiga County Public Service Board (CPSB). In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Give reasons for the inordinate delay in finalizing an audit process on salaries for all employees on both manual and Integrated Payroll and Personnel Database (IPPD) payrolls, particularly for the Month of September, 2021, which gave the expenditure as Kshs213,133,757, while an analysis of employees at the work station established the actual total expenditure to ... view
• 27 Oct 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
• 27 Oct 2022 in Senate: (4) Determine the number of Human Resource (HR) audits undertaken so far in Vihiga County Government, their outcomes and specific actions. (5) Cause the Vihiga County Public Service Board to appear before the committee to shed light on the matters raised herein. (6) Undertake an audit of the human resource function in the counties to ascertain optimization and prudence in the use of public funds, noting that a majority of the counties are spending beyond the capped 30 per cent of budget for remuneration. view
• 26 Oct 2022 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, on my own behalf and of the people of Vihiga whom I represent I congratulate Sen. Murkomen for his appointment as a CS. I had been observing Sen. Murkomen when I was in the National Assembly and I liked his contributions on the Floor. When he was being vetted, he was among the two CS nominees who impressed me, the other being hon. Moses Kuria. They seemed to have an adequate understanding of the respective roles they were going to perform. Most importantly, Sen. Murkomen has been part of the process of nurturing devolution in this ... view