Osotsi Godfrey Otieno

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Aug 2023 in Senate: It does because you were making reference to the same. view
• 8 Aug 2023 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, you directed that I substantiate it this afternoon. I have come with a set of documents ready to substantiate. view
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to also rise and support this Motion on Cash Disbursement for the Financial Year 2023/2024. I have had an opportunity to look at the report prepared by the Standing Committee on Finance and Budget. I thank them for it. In their report, it is very clear the amounts of money going to be disbursed to the counties and the effective dates. This Cash Disbursement Schedule is guided by Section 17 of the PFM Act that clearly says two things. One, that at the beginning of every quarter and in any event ... 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: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, it is useless. It is making us look bad as a Senate to approve a schedule and become toothless in enforcing it. I urge the Senate and particularly the Committee on Finance and Budget effective from the approval of this schedule, to be serious and ensure it is adhered to. view
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: This schedule is not arbitrary. There is a process that goes into it; including budget and revenue projections. The Department of Planning is also involved for them to come up with this schedule. It is then taken to the IBEC, which has representation from the national Government and county governments for discussion. Therefore, it cannot come to the level where the National Treasury decides when to send and not send the money to the counties. view
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: We thank the Kenya Kwanza Government for ensuring that monies for the last financial year were 100 per cent disbursed by June, 2023. However, we must also appreciate that from December, 2022 to around March, there was delayed disbursement to the counties that affected service delivery. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I urge that the relevant Committee, in this case, Committee on Finance and Budget must ensure that this schedule that we pass here is not an exercise in futility. It is adhered to and monies are sent to the counties within the timeframe indicated on this schedule. view
• 3 Aug 2023 in Senate: Allow me to also talk about the role of the Senate. Sometimes, I get concerned about where we are heading as a Senate. Article 96 (1) of the Constitution provides for the role of the Senate which is to represent counties and protect their interests and county governments. view
• 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