Osotsi Godfrey Otieno

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 751 to 760 of 1188.

• 10 Aug 2023 in Senate: Sugar been a problem to this country. It is a problem that every successive regime has taken advantage of to allow sugar barons to make money at the expense of farmers. view
• 10 Aug 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the sugar companies have been shut down for four months at their own request. The millers made a request and the Government agreed. However, the Government refused the request by the millers that within those four months when they will be shut down because of cane shortage, they should be allowed to import sugar. The Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development, in his own wisdom, decided to allow the sugar barons to instead bring in 100,000 metric tonnes of sugar. view
• 10 Aug 2023 in Senate: This is going to open the gates for the sugar barons to bring in sugar meanwhile the employees of these particular companies are going to be sent home for four months. I know some of them have even done a salary cut of up to 40 per cent. Where are we heading to? If we have a scenario like this, sugar millers should be given the priority to import the sugar and not the barons who are politically connected to make money. view
• 10 Aug 2023 in Senate: I support the Statements. view
• 9 Aug 2023 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to comment on the timely Statement by Sen. Mwaruma on the issue of double contributions to various retirement benefit schemes. This is a serious issue because employees contribute to the NSSF and at the same time they are contributing to other schemes like the Public Service Pension Scheme, the LAPFUND and the LAPTRUST This is a matter of concern because in my County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee, one of the most common audit query is the issue of non-remittance of statutory deductions, particularly the NSSF and pension. This is one of the ... view
• 9 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
• 9 Aug 2023 in Senate: These are serious issues that our Committee has been dealing with. I am happy to announce to the House that on Friday we managed to partner with the National Treasury. We will be having a very serious engagement with all the stakeholders in the Pensions Sector. That includes the Council of Governors (CoG), the Retirement Benefits Authority (RBA), Inter-Governmental Relations Technical Committee (IGRTC) and counties, to try and resolve this problem. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I believe we are nearing a resolution to this problem and will soon table a report to this House on this matter. I believe if ... view
• 8 Aug 2023 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise, pursuant to Standing Order No.53(1), to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget, regarding the status of pending bills in Vihiga County. In the Statement, the Committee should- (1) Give a breakdown of pending bills in Vihiga County Government for the financial years 2014/2015 up to 2021/2022, stating the nature of the pending bills, financial year when the pending bills were accrued, total amount of the pending bills, respective suppliers owed by the County Government and reasons for delay in paying suppliers; view
• 8 Aug 2023 in Senate: (2) Provide a list of all processed and paid pending bills for the financial years 2014/2015 up to 2022/2023, stating the nature of the pending bills, financial year the pending bills were paid and suppliers of goods and services paid; view
• 8 Aug 2023 in Senate: (3) Provide a list of all pending payments on the Internet Banking (IB) platform for the current financial year giving reasons for the inordinate delay in finalizing such payments; view