Osotsi Godfrey Otieno

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Nov 2024 in Senate: abject poverty and we are doing nothing about it. However, this time, Senate has done something about this. Even as we pass this Bill--- view
• 12 Nov 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think my good friend and my neighbour did not listen to me carefully. I never used the word ‘money’. I said ‘greetings’. I talked about greetings. Greetings does not necessarily mean money. Greetings can be shaking your hand. That does not mean that I have given you money. view
• 12 Nov 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not mean to suggest that there is an exchange of money at that office. view
• 12 Nov 2024 in Senate: Yes, I just meant that --- but I understand Dr. Khalwale knows what I mean. So, Mr. Speaker --- view
• 12 Nov 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The Senate Majority Leader has been here for three terms. Therefore, he understands these things. Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale also knows this but I do not want to dwell much on that. I was saying that this Bill will help our leaders at the grassroots called MCAs to be effective in terms of offering primary oversight in our counties. We keep on blaming our MCAs but we must also look at their conditions of working. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained ... view
• 12 Nov 2024 in Senate: If they have challenges in meeting their financial needs, they cannot perform primary oversight effectively. We have even seen in some counties MCAs becoming people who just move around with governors and defending them because they have no choice. They depend on handouts from the governors. We want to have a situation where our MCAs are independent of the county executives. That way, they will be able to perform their roles effectively and independently. This Bill by the Deputy Speaker guarantees that. We pass many Bills in this House but when they go to the National Assembly, they stay there ... view
• 31 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Allow me to comment on the statement by Sen. Oketch Gicheru on the issue of data privacy and protection. For the last few days, we have had a lot of conversation in this House on data privacy and protection. We have also seen a lot of communication in media on the matter of data privacy. However, the problem we are having in this country on the matter of data protection is the law. The current law on data protection, which is the Data Protection Act, is very inhibiting. We need to repeal it so ... view
• 31 Oct 2024 in Senate: and give it to other professions who understand the job. Data protection, to a large extent, is largely Information Technology (IT) driven. However, our data protection law says the head of that institution should be a lawyer. What does a lawyer understand about technology more than a computer scientist like Godfrey Osotsi? That is where the problem is. This is a person who will need to understand the challenges we have with our telecoms and how our telecoms are being used to interfere with data privacy. One of the things--- view
• 31 Oct 2024 in Senate: One of the things to do is review that law. Two, it is important, according to the international standards in data protection, that the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner must be independent. Right now, that office is a department within the Ministry of Information, Communication and the Digital Economy. It cannot guarantee data privacy and protection in this country. Our data protection law must be aligned with the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), a global standard with eight principles that must be adhered to. Some of it is security, accountability, integrity and confidentiality. This is what we are missing ... view
• 30 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, let me make my comment on the Statement on internship under the Public Service Commission (PSC). This Statement is timely because this programme of internship is one of the most creative agenda that we have seen from The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and Audio Services,Senate. view