Osotsi Godfrey Otieno

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 May 2023 in Senate: Turkana is a strategic county in terms of regional integration. It borders Uganda and you have seen recently the President of Uganda having cross-border issues with people from Turkana. We also have regional issues with Ethiopia and Southern Sudan. It will be important for Committees involved in matters of regional integration and cohesion to get an opportunity to understand these issues when they engage the public. view
• 30 May 2023 in Senate: The Senate will also have to demonstrate to the people on its role in this country. In terms of oversight, resource allocation and its space in the Constitution. This is an exciting moment to rebrand the Senate and understand issues affecting our people in unique counties like Turkana, which are vast in terms of land size. These counties also have huge natural resources that are not being exploited and have huge historical values. As you know, they say a lot about ancient civilization. Some aspects of ancient civilisation started in Turkana. This is a good choice. I commend the SBC ... view
• 30 May 2023 in Senate: There is also the issue of equalisation fund. It will be an opportunity for us to engage the public on the place of equalisation fund in this country and how well it should be managed and utilized. Equalisation fund was meant for those regions that are economically behind to catch up with the rest of the country. The engagement with the County of Turkana will improve the capacities of the County Assembly of Turkana. It will be for them to understand how legislative processes are run, the best practices in Parliament and their role as people who play primary oversight ... view
• 30 May 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 Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 30 May 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we can propose that for every session, we have one week where we sit outside Nairobi. Also, we should know the counties in advance, so that early preparations can be made. We can have more meaningful engagements when we go to those regions. With those many remarks, I support the Motion. view
• 25 May 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity to contribute to this important Bill. I thank the sponsor of this Bill, Sen. Beth Syengo. She deserves commendation for this important initiative to try and improve the living standards of our people by providing a framework for production, marketing, farming, value addition and distribution of cotton in this country. From the onset, I support this Bill. It is high time this country focused on bringing back the country to the position it had in the 1970s when Kenya was one of the leading cotton producers in the world. Cotton, then, supported ... view
• 25 May 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 25 May 2023 in Senate: We looked at the kind of machinery that is there and it is not difficult for Kenya to have such. We can have the same machinery to do value addition in Kenya and maximize our production of tea in this country. So, the Government must seriously think about the issue of value addition not only in tea, cotton, and sugarcane but in everything, value addition is critical. I am happy the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries is very passionate about Macadamia nuts. He is working very hard to ensure that value addition for Macadamia nuts ... view
• 25 May 2023 in Senate: The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only.A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 25 May 2023 in Senate: Once again, I commend our Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) woman president for bringing up this Bill. The ODM is a party that is well structured. So, the women of this country who are listening to us today--- view