Osotsi Godfrey Otieno

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Aug 2024 in Senate: I encourage you to work hard in school and become serious Senators like Sen. Asige who sits in this House as one of our Senators. Thank you for coming and welcome again. view
• 7 Aug 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to comment on the Statements. I want to comment on the Statement by Sen. Wafula of Bungoma County on the matter of pending bills, and also the Statement by Sen. Beth Syengo on the issue of capitation of vocational training centres. The greatest risk to devolution in this country is pending bills. I have sat in this House and almost on a weekly basis, I have heard my colleagues raising matters to do with pending bills in their counties. I have also done the same for my county, Vihiga County. However, even ... view
• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to comment on the statement by Sen. Methu on the issue of management of motor vehicles insurance. This statement is timely. I encourage the committee concerned - the Standing Committee on Roads and Transportation - to take an interest on that matter because it is an issue affecting many other counties. If they can, they should extend it to include the management of motor vehicles in various garages. We have many of the county vehicles with minor issues stalled in various garages for so long while nothing is being done. So, I would ... view
• 31 Jul 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also want to comment on the statement by Sen. Onyonka on exploration of minerals. Last week, we were here discussing the issue of minerals and we said that we would like to see more transparency and accountability in the process of managing mining in this country. Exploration is a serious matter. We have companies exploring minerals without following procedures. They come and claim that they are exploring when in the real sense, they are actually mining. One of the companies is Shanta Gold Limited, which is exploring gold on the boundary between Vihiga and Siaya. However, ... view
• 25 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to make my contribution to the Local Content Bill (Senate Bills No.50 of 2023). This Bill is very critical and long overdue because we need to have a clear framework to facilitate the process of local ownership, control, and financing of activities related to exploitation of minerals. This is a very important Bill. As the Member who has been on the Floor has said, we will be seeking to improve it further so that we ensure it serves the local communities and all the stakeholders. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I am speaking ... view
• 25 Jul 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, allow me to talk about this project because this Bill is referring to that project. Having looked at the specific agreement signed between the national Government and the investor; a lot needs to be done. While I fully support the project, the Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs should ensure all the gaps in that project, including the issue of land ownership and sharing of proceeds from this investment must be within the law. How shall the local community, the county government, the national Government and the investor benefit? That clarity is very important. Moving ... view
• 25 Jul 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I hope the Ministry of Mining and Blue Economy which is going to be under Hassan Joho is going to do a better job than what we have been seeing. What we have been seeing in this Ministry was laxity and corruption through cartels of miners who came to our counties to invest. view
• 25 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for protecting me. I made that statement in good faith because we all know that Hon. Joho is capable of doing a better job. I was just saying that he is the right person to clean the mess in the mining sector. I hope he starts with Vihiga--- view
• 25 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for protecting me. Hon. Chimera is my good friend but I have not mentioned the name of my good friend, Salim Mvurya, in any way. I only talked about the Ministry. The Ministry is not an individual. I was talking about the role of county governments. This Bill makes it clear that what county governments are going to do on managing the local content through various committees and the specific functions which the county governments are going to do. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of ... view
• 25 Jul 2024 in Senate: This is very progressive and it will help us in addressing some of the challenges I have talked about, like the issue of mineral royalties and coming up with local content plans so that communities’ interests are ring-fenced in every project that is undertaken in our counties. This Bill also talks about the performance of the local content because some investors do not observe the local content regulations and midway, they may decide not to honour the statutory requirements of sharing the benefits of the proceeds from resources. This is also going to strengthen the process of managing the local ... view