Osotsi Godfrey Otieno

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• 1 Apr 2025 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 Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view
• 1 Apr 2025 in Senate: Talking about counties, because this Statutory Instrument Act also affects counties, we have realized that counties have come up with the regulation pursuant to a national legislation. They have developed a regulation pursuant to national legislation. These regulations are unconstitutional. One example is the Public Finance Management (PFM) Act. The PFM Act clearly stipulates that the regulations will be made by the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury and not the County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Finance and Economic Planning. However, the counties have developed regulations, especially to manage public funds in the county, pursuant to PFM regulations. Mr. Speaker, ... view
• 1 Apr 2025 in Senate: The law is very clear. Under the Public Audit Act, failure to provide information during the audit can result in two to three penalties. One is imprisonment for three years, two, a fine of Kshs5 million, or both. It is important that we start exercising and implementing these provisions in law to deter people who do not take the audit process very seriously or who deliberately deny documents to the OAG, and then sometimes resurface with fake documents, which they present before us to say it is evidence on a particular audit matter. view
• 1 Apr 2025 in Senate: I support this Bill and encourage other Members of this House to support the Bill as well. view
• 1 Apr 2025 in Senate: I support. view
• 27 Mar 2025 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity. First of all, let me commend the Committee of CPAC for the great Report they have tabled before us, which has very good information. I think the experiences of CPAC are similar to the CPIC which I had. Issues of late submission of document which is contrary to Section 62.2 of the Public Audit Act, is a common issue in all the counties. I think it is a matter that we need to have a way of dealing with, even if it involves invoking the penalties under Section 62 of the ... view
• 27 Mar 2025 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate, today, 27th March 2025- Report on the audited financial Statements municipality of Diani for the Financial Year 2023/2024. Report on the audited financial Statements municipality of Eldoret for the Financial Year 2023/2024. Report on the audited financial Statements municipality of Iten Tambach for the Financial Year 2023/2024. Report on the audited financial Statements municipality of Kakamega for the Financial Year 2023/2024. Report on the audited financial Statements municipality of Kapsabet for the Financial Year 2023/2024. Report on the audited financial Statements municipality of ... view
• 27 Mar 2025 in Senate: Report on the audited financial Statements municipality of Malindi for the Financial Year 2023/2024. Report on the audited financial Statements municipality of Mumias for the Financial Year 2023/2024. Report on the audited financial Statements Municipality of Mwatate for the Financial Year 2023/2024. Report on the audited financial Statements Municipality of Nyamira for the Financial Year 2023/2024. Report on the audited financial Statements Municipality of Voi for the Financial Year 2023/2024. Report on the audited financial Statements Municipality of Wote for the Financial Year 2023/2024. view
• 27 Mar 2025 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. I beg to give notice of the following Motion- THAT, the Senate adopts the Reports of the Select Committee on County Public Investments and Special Funds on the consideration of the Audit Reports for the Financial Year 2023/2024 for Diani, Eldoret, Iten, Kapsabet, Kakamega, Kilifi, Kisii, Kinango, Kwale, Lamu, Lunga Lunga, Malindi, Mumias, Mwatate, Nyamira, Voi and Wote municipalities, laid on the Table of the Senate on Thursday, 27th March, 2025 and approves the recommendations of the Committee on the Financial Statements of the respective Municipalities for the Financial Year 2023/2024. view
• 27 Mar 2025 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 Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate. view