Osotsi Godfrey Otieno

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Oct 2022 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale is my neighbour and a good friend. I am concerned that he seems to be discussing a Senator whom he is not mentioning by name. There is no substantive Motion to discuss a Member. Is he in order? view
• 5 Oct 2022 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to also raise my voice on the President’s address which is guided by Article 132 of the Constitution which says that the President will address the newly elected Parliament. My colleagues have talked many things about this. I will seek not to repeat what they have said. Generally, the President’s speech sounded very progressive. However, there are rough edges which I will be addressing in my contribution. Mr. President alluded to the fact - from where I have come from - I mean the National Assembly; this was a real challenge. ... view
• 5 Oct 2022 in Senate: I disagree with the President’s route of doing it. He is proposing that we look at the Standing Orders and ways of having CSs responding to issues on the Floor of the Parliament. I beg to differ because that contracts Article 97 of the Constitution on National Assembly Composition and Article 98 of the Composition of the Senate. Article 98 provides, for example, in case of Senators, we have elected and Nominated Senators and the Speaker who is an ex-officio Member of the Senate. For that to happen, we would need a constitutional amendment. In my speech, I will allude ... view
• 5 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
• 5 Oct 2022 in Senate: galleries and address us from there which does not look neat. This is an issue that we need to interrogate. I am happy the other side which was against any form of constitutional amendment has seen the light. I remember even in their political rallies they said that not even a comma was going to be amended. They are now alive to the fact that we can have a constitutional moment where we can look at things which will make us progress; where we can look at issues such as the National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) and the Oversight ... view
• 5 Oct 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, I am happy with the President’s presentation that his Government is going to be open and transparent. For a government to be open and transparent, it must believe in the spirit of public participation. We have seen some decisions being made in this new Government which are not guided by the spirit of public participation. An example is the Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and many other issues. view
• 5 Oct 2022 in Senate: No, you will have your chance to defend. view
• 5 Oct 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker Sir, I do not want his point of information. view
• 5 Oct 2022 in Senate: Mr. Speaker Sir, just for guidance, you know you and I are coming from the other House where, every Member who rises on a point of order must point out the Standing Order on which he is rising. Otherwise, we are going to have frivolous points of orders in this House and we will not proceed. view
• 5 Oct 2022 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the President talked about an open and transparent Government. We want him to live to the word. An open and transparent Government means--- view