Osotsi Godfrey Otieno

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Sep 2024 in Senate: The Committee on Health has done a good job to visit our hospitals. However, they have given us reports, which they are not following up. It is high time that Sen. Mandago’s committee followed up on the recommendations of their reports. It is good that he is a former governor. We must ensure that there is no repeat of cases of negligence, which are common in Vihiga County Referral Hospital. Madam Temporary Speaker, as I support, I wish that the committee does more than what they have done on a matter of this nature. view
• 25 Sep 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to also make my contribution on the Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.53 of 2023) that is being sponsored by Sen. Mariam Omar. I start by thanking her for bringing this very important piece of legislation for consideration by this House. Sen. Mariam Omar, you have really tried to bring issue-based legislation in this House. This has just been one of the many legislations you have brought in this House. As it has been said, co-operatives are key vehicles in promoting economic growth in any country. Many of us here ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in Senate: From the experience we have had in this country, accountability is key in running our co- operative societies. I also heard a proposal by the new Cabinet Secretary for Co-operatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Development that is it high time that the leadership of co-operatives observed some democratic principles regarding the term of office. We have leaders of co-operative societies who have been officials for ages. I even met one who is too old to be an official. He has been there for over 30 years. That is how corruption comes in. I hope the new Cabinet ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in Senate: “(1) If the Commissioner or director is not satisfied that an apex society, cooperative union or primary society, as the case may be, has not complied with this Act and is of the opinion that steps may be taken to comply with this Act, the Commissioner may provisionally register the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 25 Sep 2024 in Senate: society or union for a period not exceeding one year on such terms and conditions as the Commissioner may specify in writing.” view
• 25 Sep 2024 in Senate: When you read this particular provision, it implies that the Commissioner for Cooperatives, who is supposed to be doing the national function, can also determine the provisional registration of a primary society. That is confusing. I would encourage that that clause be amended. If you go further on Clause 11, Section7A, it says: view
• 25 Sep 2024 in Senate: “7A. (1) The Commissioner may suspend or cancel the registration of a cooperative society, if– (a) it ceases to comply with the requirements for registration under this Act; (b) the cooperative society has failed to file returns for a period of three consecutive years; (c) the cooperative society has failed to achieve its objectives or; (d) the cooperative society is in serious violation of this Act, any other written law, or its by-laws.” view
• 25 Sep 2024 in Senate: I think it is important to have clarity on this because a primary society is also listed as a cooperative society. So, which one is which? So, that confusion needs to be removed. We need further consultations with the Ministry of Cooperatives and the other stakeholders, so that we can have a uniform Bill that overhauls the entire cooperative society with an informed decision that have been widely consulted within the sector. That way, we will be moving in the right direction. I encourage Sen. Mariam Omar to consult further because I know in the Ministry of Cooperatives, I happen ... view
• 25 Sep 2024 in Senate: Sen. (Dr.) Murango is coming from the cooperative field. He is a very serious Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and has more information. Let him inform me. view
• 25 Sep 2024 in Senate: Thank you for that information. I have not had an opportunity to look at it, but these are the upcoming issues. We process some Bills here and the National Assembly processes similar Bills. Then what happens? I think the Senate should work very closely with the National Assembly, so that the Bills that we bring here, do not appear as if they are in conflict with the Bills or similar Bills to the ones in the National Assembly. My view is that we need a total overhaul of the parent Act, that is the Cooperative Society Act,1997. This Bill has ... view