Osotsi Godfrey Otieno

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 621 to 630 of 1188.

• 18 Oct 2023 in Senate: (5) From the news gathered, the number of times such attacks have occurred, they have been persistent, questioning the effectiveness--- view
• 18 Oct 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for your guidance. However, I want to state that I have the videos of the animals that were burnt, I have the video clip of the news coverage by Citizen TV and a copy of the OB. All these documents are in this flash disk. They have been reviewed. view
• 18 Oct 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, all the evidence is here; the substantiation that I was to make is to--- view
• 18 Oct 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, please, protect me from Sen. Cherarkey. As I conclude, I want to urge the local administration to deal with this matter which is before them. The evidence is here and the incident happened and I have even spoken to Sen. Cherakey before. He confirmed that indeed, it happened. Moving forward--- view
• 18 Oct 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to say something on the Equalization Fund Appropriation Bill. This particular Bill is supposed to appropriate money to go to these deprived areas. We are talking about 34 counties which are going to benefit from this fund. Looking through it, my county is not included among the 34. Madam Temporary Speaker, I am very concerned. When this Bill first came to this House, I engaged the CRA. They told me that they were going to consider areas in counties which are at least quantile one or two and some of my areas ... view
• 18 Oct 2023 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
• 18 Oct 2023 in Senate: I want to respect the independence of the CRA. However, being independent does not mean you are not subject to oversight. We want to see how they determine marginalization in our areas. In any case, the Equalization Fund was meant for ASAL areas. Now that the counties to be considered have been expanded to 34, then we must question why the 34 and not the other remaining 13? For example, Kakamega County is not included. We know there are places in that county such as Lugari and Matungu Constituencies which are heavily marginalized but are not included. Madam Temporary Speaker, ... view
• 17 Oct 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, I will contribute to this Motion of adjournment by supporting it. The Senate is creating a bad precedent. I have observed that Members have brought Motions of adjournment to discuss serious issues. Nonetheless, when the Motion is moved for debate, we do not discuss the substance of the issues in it. We degenerate into our political parties and lose the entire idea of bringing up the Motion of Adjournment. This is a very serious matter. I disagree with Members who have spoken earlier, particularly the Senate Majority Whip who said that this is not a Government problem. ... view
• 17 Oct 2023 in Senate: Madam Temporary Speaker, that is exactly the point I was putting across. When we have a Motion of Adjournment, we need to act very seriously and responsible. This is so that we get the results of what we are discussing. On this particular Motion, this is a very serious matter where hundreds of families are sleeping in the cold. El nino is just about to come. They have nowhere to call home. When someone says this is not a Government problem, then we ask, where was the The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A ... view
• 17 Oct 2023 in Senate: Government when this land was being sold to these people? Where was the Government when schools were being licensed in this area? There is a lot to say about this. Madam Temporary Speaker, this matter ought to have been taken as an inquiry by this House. Unfortunately, the Chairperson of the Committee that is supposed to be doing an enquiry on this matter is the one who is taking this matter very lightly on this Floor. In November last year, Hon. Moses Kuria, the former Cabinet Secretary for Trade, Investments and Industry issued a threat that these people were going ... view