Osotsi Godfrey Otieno

All parliamentary appearances

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• 20 Sep 2023 in Senate: I support. view
• 19 Sep 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity to also express my views on this very important Bill, which is long overdue. I want to start by congratulation Sen. (Prof) Kamar for this very important Bill that is before us. As it has been said, this Bill was actually passed in the last Senate, but it lapsed in the National Assembly. Therefore, we have to reprocess it. May be it is an opportunity for us to address this problem. The issue of Senate passing Bills which go to the National Assembly, stay there, then eventually, lapse and likewise. Bills that ... view
• 19 Sep 2023 in Senate: around this. We also look at sign language as a form of communication between people who have speech or hearing impairments. Madam Temporary Speaker, sign language can also be used by people who do not have this challenge. For example, if you are from different languages maybe this can be an opportunity for you to communicate among yourself without having to learn another foreign language. So, if you look at it, it applies in both cases. Most importantly, this Bill has tried to address all aspects of the application of sign language. It has talked about having it applied in ... view
• 19 Sep 2023 in Senate: they understand different categories of their students, including those who are naturally fit and those who have these hearing disabilities. This is a very progressive Bill. Kenya now joins the rest of the 41 countries in the world that have integrated sign language into their laws. I know that we have it in our Constitution, but now we are going to have an Act of Parliament to operationalize what Article 7 of the Constitution requires us to do. This Bill is very progressive for this country. It will now officially make Kenya have three national languages - English, Kiswahili and ... view
• 31 Aug 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to also weigh in on this very important Bill. At the onset, I want to say that I support this Bill because it is long overdue. Matters of carbon trading are very weighty and Africa and Kenya have not been in a better position to take advantage of carbon trading because of lack of an appropriate policy and legal framework. So, the amendments proposed in this Bill will actually open the channel for Kenya to maximize its carbon credit potential by ensuring that we create the appropriate path for carbon trading and ... view
• 10 Aug 2023 in Senate: Thank you Madam Temporary Speaker for the opportunity to comment on the two Statements. One is the Statement on County Boundaries and two is the Statement on sugar. view
• 10 Aug 2023 in Senate: The issue of county boundaries is very emotive and requires urgent attention by this Senate. Via a Statement, it may not really give us a solution to the problem we want to address. I agree with my colleague, Sen. Mwaruma, that the Bill which is before us in Second Reading, that is the County Boundaries Bill sponsored by Sen. M. Kajwang’, must be fast tracked. view
• 10 Aug 2023 in Senate: I am very disappointed that this Bill keeps on appearing on the Order Paper, but on today’s Order Paper, it has disappeared. I implore the Senate Business Committee to prioritise this Bill so that we actualise Article 188 of the Constitution and have this matter of boundaries resolved. For example, there is a boundary issue between my county and view
• 10 Aug 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
• 10 Aug 2023 in Senate: Kisumu County. These people have lived harmoniously for many years. We would like a frame work which we can address this problem. view