Osotsi Godfrey Otieno

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Jun 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to also contribute to this important Motion. The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) which is also called the African Parliament has the ultimate aim to be a full Parliament with full legislative powers to oversight the African Union (AU) and also to facilitate the various policies, treaties and programmes across Africa. Worryingly, though this is the ultimate goal of the AU, it has largely been a talk show because we do not see anything major coming out of that Parliament. When you look around you can see the challenges we are having around Africa. ... view
• 20 Jun 2023 in Senate: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I start by supporting the Statement by the Senator for Bungoma County on the conduct of police officers when conducting a crackdown on illegal brews. view
• 20 Jun 2023 in Senate: This problem does not just affect Bungoma. In my own county, police officers focus too much on following people who are enjoying their brews and conducting their view
• 20 Jun 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
• 20 Jun 2023 in Senate: business in their normal way instead of providing security and ensuring crime levels go down. view
• 20 Jun 2023 in Senate: Last week, police officers went around Luanda Market and arrested women who were doing their businesses peacefully in the name of looking for brews. Police officers need to style up and focus on doing their job, which is to provide security to our people. The level of insecurity in my County has gone up because, instead of the police focusing on their primary duty, which is to provide security, they are busy following people who are producing and consuming busaa and other brews. view
• 20 Jun 2023 in Senate: Whereas I understand there is increase in the illicit brews in our counties, the police officers are also a problem. They are the ones allowing illicit brew business to flourish, especially in border point towns like Luanda Market. Importantly, they need to focus on addressing insecurity matters in the various parts of the county. They should reduce the focus on the producers and consumers of illicit brews. view
• 20 Jun 2023 in Senate: In our place, we have busaa, which is a traditional drink. It is not proper to look for people enjoying busaa which is not an illicit drink. It is a traditional drink that Sen. Wakoli and my big brother, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, understand. Our people consume busaa during celebrations and functions. The police who are focusing on looking for busaa consumers have lost it. They need to focus on protecting the people, their property and providing security. view
• 20 Jun 2023 in Senate: As we talk about the conduct of police, it is important for us to note that we have officers who have stayed in one location for many years. I know of officers who have been in Luanda Market for 10 years. These are the people who facilitate crime. All they do is look for those engaged in producing and consuming busaa and c hangaa and do nothing else. This Statement should not just apply to Bungoma but we want it to apply to other counties that have a similar problem like mine where police spend more time looking for people ... view
• 20 Jun 2023 in Senate: I support. view