Osotsi Godfrey Otieno

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: With all due respect, we respect and like our political parties, coalitions and our party leaders. However, the primary role of a Senator, when they get through that door is to protect and represent their counties. Sometimes when you sit here, you get the impression that we are not representing our counties, but the Executive or our political parties. That is why when we were given an opportunity to increase the money that goes into our counties to Kshs407 billion, it was very disappointing that this Senate rejected it and went for a lower figure. That is a fact. view
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: In the next few days, we will all be going to Eldoret for the Devolution Conference. What message is the Senate going to say in that Devolution Conference when we denied our counties more money? view
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: We may argue and say that we gave them an extra Kshs15 billion. Yes, but we had an opportunity to make it higher than that to up to Kshs407 billion. It is very disappointing. We must sit down and ask ourselves whether we are doing justice to our counties. view
• 3 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
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, I respect you as an elder. I came to this House because I used to watch you make contributions in the Senate. I, therefore, urge you and your colleagues--- view
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I thank Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale for unnecessarily interrupting me. However, if he listened to me carefully, I said that as a Senate, if we are given an opportunity to get more money for our counties, let us go for that option. He is talking about Kshs385 billion which was an increase of Kshs15 billion. However, Kshs407 would be an increase of Kshs37 billion. So, if he listened to me, it was an opportunity for us to get more money for our counties. It was a report brought by the Committee where my good friend, Sen. (Dr.) ... view
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: Sen. Oketch Gicheru is a very pragmatic young man. I am ready to be informed by him. view
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Sen. Oketch Gicheru. CRA is the constitutional commission that came up with the Kshs407 billion. Before I was interrupted, I was emphasizing the significance of Article 96. That this Senate, when called upon, on many matters on this Floor, our priority should be our counties. It should never be whether you are either in the Executive or not. It should be our counties. view
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: We have seen some drawbacks to devolution. For example, we have seen some conversations where primary health care function like community health volunteers now want to be taken over by the national Government. What is the Committee on Health doing about it? Regardless of whether you are in Government or not, something has to be done about this matter and many other cases. What are we doing about issues of housing, which fall under my good friend Sen. Thang’wa, the Chairperson of the Committee on Roads, Transportation and Housing? This fixation on which side of the coalition we are in ... view
• 3 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