Osotsi Godfrey Otieno

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Oct 2023 in Senate: these Ministries could be allocating huge resources to their regions. We need to have clear a criteria, so that we have an equitable share of these resources. Even if the reason is that these counties have not exploited the mining, how will they do so without financial support? For example, if you give us money, which we have been pushing for, we will be able to mine huge volumes of granite in Kakamega and Vihiga counties. This is an issue that the Committee needs to look at. When we see Coast region getting Kshs2.5 billion and we know that the ... view
• 4 Oct 2023 in Senate: Sen. Mandago is my friend. He is also a seasoned politician and former Governor. Let him inform me. view
• 4 Oct 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir. What the good Senator has said is what we all know. It is in the public domain. However, I was referring to this Bill where only 18 counties have been allocated the KShs250 million. Again, most of these 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
• 4 Oct 2023 in Senate: county assemblies have not budgeted for this money. So, my concern is why would a project be launched when many things are still not done? I fully support this programme. I am just saying that let it be done systematically and in the right manner. Let the project not be started and then we end up with pending bills. These are the things that create pending bills. One of the things that I wanted to see in this Bill is grants or allocation towards the Affordable Housing Programme. You know housing is a devolved function and not a national Government ... view
• 4 Oct 2023 in Senate: ( Sen. Osotsi’s microphone was switched off) view
• 4 Oct 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, my good friend the Senator for Kiambu County knows the problem that we have with his Governor appearing before our accountability Committee. He is a distinguished Member of my Committee, CPISFC and we have a similar problem with the Governor of Kiambu County appearing before us. We have had to postpone three times because documents were not in the prescribed format. We got to a point whereby we had to summon him to appear before us. I just wanted to inform him that there is something, particularly wrong with the Governor of Kiambu County. view
• 4 Oct 2023 in Senate: It is a bunch of operatives. view
• 4 Oct 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to also express my views on this very important Bill. From the onset, this is a good Bill. I agree with the Senate Majority Leader that one of the most fundamental things done by this Senate is to come up with this Bill. Before that, money used to be sent to the counties; the additional allocations, without a proper legislative framework. In most cases, the Senate did not know that money had been sent to our counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, with the introduction of this Bill, we have been able ... view
• 4 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
• 4 Oct 2023 in Senate: It is important - and I agree with the Sen of Kiambu County - that maybe in the next Bill that will come to us, we would like to see, for example, that if it supports agricultural sector, the specific projects that we are approving. When these monies go to the ground, it ends up in projects that are sometimes are not even there. They are hot air. It is important that we have a special accountability committee on additional allocation. This is so that we enhance our oversight and ensure that all the funds that are sent to our ... view