Osotsi Godfrey Otieno

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• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: They are using all manner of tactics, not just on local journalists, but even national journalists. I had a case where a story appeared in one of the dailies and a Governor called one of the media houses and threatened to deny them business for publishing a story that was critical on the issue of pending bills. view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: This is a matter that we need to look at, including many other tactics. This week one of us, the Senator for Busia, has gone to court because of refusal by the Governor to provide documents for oversight. view
• 28 Feb 2024 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 Services,Senate. view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Sen. Olekina too. So, there are various tactics that our governors are using to deny us our constitutional right to conduct oversight. I think that the Committee should go beyond just the issue of journalists. They should also look at the issue of access to information because journalists need to access information as well as Senators. This must stop. view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: If we do not stop this, it will now get to different and serious levels. I have seen one of the counties where the Governor organised demonstrations against the Senator because of oversight. view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: You conduct oversight and then some goons are organised to go and demonstrate and accuse you of interfering with the running of the county, when you are doing your duty of oversight as a Senator. So, I think this is just the tip of the iceberg. There are serious tactics that our governors are using to kill oversight in the counties. So, I support the two Statements, Mr. Speaker Sir. view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I beg to move the following Motion- THAT, the Senate adopts the Report of the Select Committee on County Public Investments and Special Funds on non-remittance of pension deductions to the Pension Schemes by County Government entities laid on the Table of the Senate on Wednesday, 14th February, 2024. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the CPIC in its usual engagement with counties particularly water companies, noticed that most, if not all, water companies and even county governments had a problem with the non-remittance of pension deductions. The problem was twofold. We had non-remittance of pension ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 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 Services,Senate. view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, in its appearance before the Committee, the Ministry of the National Treasury and Economic Planning submitted that the matter of outstanding pension liability was weighty and therefore requested the Committee to take the matter seriously and ensure that the pensioners who are languishing in poverty are assisted by the House. They requested the Committee to plan for a public participation forum bringing all the relevant stakeholders for deliberation. I thank the National Treasury and Economic Planning for supporting this initiative. There was a forum held in August, 2023 in Mombasa County to deliberate on this matter. ... view
• 28 Feb 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the second observation was that there has been a significant increase in debts owed to pension schemes post-devolution. This disease did not end at the commencement of devolution. It has continued to date. Therefore, the outstanding debts owed to LAPFUND is totaling to Kshs57.5 billion out of which Kshs6.9 billion was inherited from the defunct local authorities- pre-devolution. It was observed that Kshs50.6 billion was owed by the county governments, post- devolution. The same was observed in the data provided by the other pension schemes. The outstanding debt owed to Local Authorities Pensions Trust (LAPTRUST) by ... view