Osotsi Godfrey Otieno

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• 23 Jul 2024 in Senate: related accidents. Something needed to be done on this. 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
• 23 Jul 2024 in Senate: I congratulate my colleague, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale for coming up with this Bill because it will address the problem that we have in this sector. We need to make the bodaboda industry a meaningful employment industry, not an industry that will take advantage of our youth or cause deaths, injuries and enable crime. Therefore, this Bill addresses all those challenges. Just like the Senator for Busia said, there are a few areas that we should consider amending. One of the areas is on Clause 5, which talks about the board. You do not see the representation of boda boda owners ... view
• 23 Jul 2024 in Senate: This is an innovation and it is a proposal that we will be looking forward to in order to see on how it is will work. This is so that our people who may be sick or the elderly in the villages will have access to the medical ambulances through these motorcycles. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have seen that the Bill also talks about the three-legged motorcycles, the tuk tuks. I remind Sen. Cherarkey that, indeed, the Bill has captured tuktuks. The Bill has also talked about delivery boda bodas. Those that deliver food, goods, every other thing and ... view
• 23 Jul 2024 in Senate: owners and riders must have a recourse where there is unjustifiable harassment by the police. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, all in all, this Bill covers almost all the challenges that we face in this boda boda industry. Issues of drug movement here and there, have been addressed in Clause 20. The issues of offences have also been addressed. With further amendments, particularly on the issue of Clause 26 that talks about a fee of Kshs100,000 for an offence committed by boda boda riders. The Kshs100,000 is too high for our youth in the village who are in this industry. That ... view
• 10 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Allow me to thank the Prime Cabinet Secretary, who is also from my county, and a friend, for appearing before the Senate. I represent a county that has a major problem with what we are discussing now. Every year we have more than 12 cases, which are reported to me. On various occasions, I have brought questions and even engaged the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs on the same. So what I would request the Prime Cabinet Secretary is if it is possible to give a breakdown of these figures per county, so that ... view
• 10 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Health, regarding the status of pending bills owed to the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA) by counties, from the Financial Year 2021/2022 to date. In the Statement, the committee should- 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
• 10 Jul 2024 in Senate: (1) Provide a detailed breakdown of each county government's outstanding payments due to KEMSA, indicating the total amount owed, and an ageing analysis of those debts. (2) State the particulars of supplies delivered to each county, the corresponding requests made by the counties for the Financial Year 2022/2023, and state reasons for any shortfall. (3) Explain the impact of delayed payments by the county governments on KEMSA's stock levels and operational efficiency. (4)Respond to allegations that KEMSA has been unable to supply vital drugs such as painkillers, antibiotics, antidepressants, anti-cancer medication, and anti-diabetic medication, resulting in unnecessary deaths in the ... view
• 10 Jul 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity to also comment on this Motion proposing that Senate Mashinani for this year be taken to Busia County. The most important innovation of Senate is coming up with this concept of Senate Mashinani, which basically means taking the Senate to the people. This is a very commendable initiative and the Senate has demonstrated its maturity by having this programme where we can interact with the people on the ground and resolve the problem. This particular Senate Mashinani is happening from 23rd to 27th, September, 2024. I would like us to learn from ... view
• 10 Jul 2024 in Senate: came up. One of the very important lessons was that Senate Mashinani should be real. It should not be that we are still in Nairobi. All we would have done is just move the venue from Nairobi to a particular county. It needs to be real in all ways. This Senate was accused when we moved to Turkana. We moved with our vehicles, beddings, water and everything and we did not have any economic impact on the communities in Turkana. The same should be looked at when we are going to Busia, so that if it is hiring vehicles, let ... view
• 10 Jul 2024 in Senate: in the first place. Therefore, this programme has been well planned. I expect that the Secretariat is working very hard to ensure that we get maximum value and impact from this programme. I heard some of my colleagues questioning why Busia. I want to say that Busia is the best choice that the Senate Business Committee (SBC) came up with because Busia is a unique county. Busia, apart from being a border county, is a county of diversity; it has various communities. We have the Luhya, the Teso and Luos, and we have other communities, though in small numbers, but ... view