Osotsi Godfrey Otieno

All parliamentary appearances

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• 17 Oct 2024 in Senate: brought here by his Counsel. That evidence of the coalition agreement of Kenya Kwanza was not sufficient and convincing. In fact, the Deputy President conveniently-- view
• 16 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have two clarifications. The first clarification to the counsel for the Deputy President is on the matter of the first charge on the issue of shareholding. Can the Counsel, based on Rule 10 of the Standing Orders, explain the specific relevance of the Kenya-Kwanza Coalition Agreement as a piece of evidence? My second question is to the Counsel for the National Assembly on the Ground Number 8, where it is alleged that the Deputy President, violated Section 132 of the Penal Code. So maybe we can be told a lot more about whether there ... view
• 15 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. It is very unfortunate sitting here and listening to the level of impunity by a governor who has refused to attend several Committee invitation. This governor appeared before the County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee and the kind of conduct he exhibited when he appeared was the most unbecoming conduct from a governor. He almost exchanged with some of the Members who are asking valid questions on matters of governance in Isiolo County. Mr. Speaker, Sir, you remember that in this House, I sponsored a Bill; an amendment to the Powers and Privileges Act, ... view
• 15 Oct 2024 in Senate: where millions of money was embezzled. The former governor did not even respond to our request--- view
• 14 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. Indeed, listening to my colleagues, we are confronted with a very important decision to make on how we are going to dispense with a preliminary objection. The matters raised in the preliminary objections are very weighty, from both sides. I want to agree with the Senators who have said that Rule 30 does not apply in this case. It is the Senators to make a determination. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to dissuade you from applying Rule 30, and instead, let Senators exercise their constitutional right to determine whether the preliminary objection stands or not. ... view
• 14 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to dissuade you from applying Rule 30, but allow the Members to make a determination through a vote. view
• 9 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, and Prime Cabinet Secretary, who is also my senior constituent from Vihiga County. I can see from the response there is a disparity in numbers between New York and Los Angeles. Ordinarily, we would expect that there would be more focus on New York, being the leading economic hub of the USA. We can see that we have one staff in New York, and seven in Los Angeles. What informs this disparity? Secondly, I am shocked with the low staffing levels in the Kenyan embassies in America. This probably means that in other countries it ... view
• 8 Oct 2024 in Senate: Madam Temporary Chairperson, you are supposed to allow the Mover of the amendment to explain the import of the amendments. The amendments that have been proposed are proposing taxation. In this era where our people are very sensitive on matters of tax, it will be important for the Mover to explain what the import of the amendments are so that we can move along together. view
• 8 Oct 2024 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I second. view
• 8 Oct 2024 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am not sure where I stopped, but I was making a comment on the functions of the Independent Political Parties Regulatory Commission on the issue of funding of political parties. I said that funding of political parties must be re-looked at, in the sense that only parties which comply to the Political Parties Act should be funded. The current arrangement is that some small political parties, which are not fully compliant still receive funding from the national Government. This is trying to fund non-compliance. The issue of regulating political party nominations in accordance ... view