Osotsi Godfrey Otieno

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if there is any evidence that the National Assembly is the biggest threat to devolution in this country, this is one of them and something has to be done by us, Senators. We need to sit down, caucus and find out ways of stopping the National Assembly from being the real enemies of devolution in this country. If you reduce money that is supposed to go to counties in the Division of Revenue Bill from Kshs400 billion to Kshs380 billion yet you stay in that county, what will you be doing? Some of these Members of Parliament ... view
• 22 Oct 2024 in Senate: from the ground breaking done by hon. Moses Kuria because there is no money. The money that is supposed to be given by the County Assembly has not been approved. The national Government has not sent any money. We were to get Kshs250 million, now it will be reduced further to Kshs105 million. This project is a wonderful idea, but I am worried that it will be a white elephant. We have Members of Parliament (MPs) who sit there, look at these projects, they do not see any sense, they reduce the money and then the projects fail to succeed. ... view
• 17 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will be so quick. When the Deputy President was here, I remembered the saying of a famous philosopher, 19th Century, Lord Acton, who said, power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. A few of us here served with the Deputy President in the National Assembly. He was a very humble, simple and social man. It was rare for him to talk. Mr. Speaker, Sir, listening to the charges and having seen what has been happening around, this is not the same man. This is a different man. Indeed, I agree with this ... view
• 17 Oct 2024 in Senate: brought here by his Counsel. That evidence of the coalition agreement of Kenya Kwanza was not sufficient and convincing. In fact, the Deputy President conveniently-- view
• 16 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have two clarifications. The first clarification to the counsel for the Deputy President is on the matter of the first charge on the issue of shareholding. Can the Counsel, based on Rule 10 of the Standing Orders, explain the specific relevance of the Kenya-Kwanza Coalition Agreement as a piece of evidence? My second question is to the Counsel for the National Assembly on the Ground Number 8, where it is alleged that the Deputy President, violated Section 132 of the Penal Code. So maybe we can be told a lot more about whether there ... view
• 15 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is very unfortunate sitting here and listening to the level of impunity by a governor who has refused to attend several Committee invitation. This governor appeared before the County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee and the kind of conduct he exhibited when he appeared was the most unbecoming conduct from a governor. He almost exchanged with some of the Members who are asking valid questions on matters of governance in Isiolo County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you remember that in this House, I sponsored a Bill; an amendment to the Powers and Privileges Act, ... view
• 15 Oct 2024 in Senate: where millions of money was embezzled. The former governor did not even respond to our request--- view
• 14 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Indeed, listening to my colleagues, we are confronted with a very important decision to make on how we are going to dispense with a preliminary objection. The matters raised in the preliminary objections are very weighty, from both sides. I want to agree with the Senators who have said that Rule 30 does not apply in this case. It is the Senators to make a determination. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to dissuade you from applying Rule 30, and instead, let Senators exercise their constitutional right to determine whether the preliminary objection stands or not. ... view
• 14 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to dissuade you from applying Rule 30, but allow the Members to make a determination through a vote. view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, and Prime Cabinet Secretary, who is also my senior constituent from Vihiga County. I can see from the response there is a disparity in numbers between New York and Los Angeles. Ordinarily, we would expect that there would be more focus on New York, being the leading economic hub of the USA. We can see that we have one staff in New York, and seven in Los Angeles. What informs this disparity? Secondly, I am shocked with the low staffing levels in the Kenyan embassies in America. This probably means that in other countries it ... view