Osotsi Godfrey Atieno

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...

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...

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...

Madam Temporary Chairperson, I think this tax exists. In fact, under the Finance Bill, it can be reviewed yearly. So, even if it is on the Gambling Bill as at the moment, it can still be reviewed within the Finance Bill yearly depending on the financial year. The Temporary Chairperson...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I second. (Question proposed)

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...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give Notice of the following Motion- THAT, the Senate adopts the Reports of the Select Committee on County Public Investments and Special Funds on its consideration of the Audit Reports for the Financial Years 2018/2019 (Volume VI) , 2019/2020 (Volume VII) and 2020/2021 (Volume...

THAT clause 4 of the Bill be amended by deleting the proposed new schedule and substituting therefor the following schedule- SCHEDULE (s.4) ALLOCATION OF REVENUE RAISED NATIONALLY BETWEEN THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS FOR THE 2024/25 FINANCIAL YEAR.

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.56 (1) (b) to make a statement on the activities of the County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee (CPISFC) for the period commencing April to September, 2024, which is the last five months. During the period under review,...

Sen. Osotsi, while I do not want to wade into the debate, I am sure Sen. Cherarkey was talking about the quantifiable contribution. However, I will let it rest. He appears happy with your point of information.

Madam Temporary Speaker, I want to inform Sen. Cherarkey that the contribution of the Rt. hon. Raila Amolo Odinga is immeasurable. His contribution cannot be quantified in financial terms or any other manner. It is beyond quantification. (Applause)

Madam Temporary Speaker, under Standing Order No.41, I note that there is no quorum. Perhaps, it is time that the House adjourn so that the debate on this issue can continue. Sen. Osotsi can have time to continue. He has very good ideas, especially his sharing that the Orange Democratic...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I want to inform my Committee Member, Sen. Tabitha Mutinda, that the Cabinet Secretary has already embarked on the process of implementing your recommendations, on the matter of unremitted pension from county governments and the defunct local authorities. The process started with previous Cabinet Secretary, but...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the Senate, today, 2nd October, 2024- Reports of the Select Committee on County Public Investments and Special Funds on its consideration of the Audit Reports for Water Service Companies for the Financial Years 2018/2019 (Volume VI)...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, let me start by thanking the Chairperson of the Committee on Finance and Budget for the focus on matters to do with the division of revenue and disbursement of funds to counties. This Senate is very crucial in devolution as stipulated in Article...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to also make my comments on this important Motion. The position of the Director-General of the CAK is a high profile because it looks at the competitive behaviour in our economy and takes necessary actions based on law. We have many instances...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale knows very well that I am a well-grounded person in Vihiga. I know a lot about what happens in Vihiga County, just the same way he knows a lot about what happens in Kakamega County. According to the report that was tabled on...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, that is why I have answered to say that I am well-grounded. I have interacted with this matter and I am the Senator of Vihiga County. There are chances that I have had meetings where this matter has come up.

Mr. Temporary Speaker, it is very unfair to ask me to table discussions that I have had in meetings somewhere. I will not be able to do so, but I will want to say that even as Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale wants me to withdraw that bit, I will withdraw, but...

Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, because I cannot table the discussions we had in meetings, I will withdraw that bit. However, I insist that my conscience is very clear on what happened. As an elected leader of Vihiga County, it is sad that I had to say this on the Floor...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) to seek a statement from the Standing Committee on Devolution and Intergovernmental Relations concerning the implementation of the County Aggregation and Industrial Parks (CAIPs) project across the counties.The National Government, through the Ministry of Investment Trade and...

The Committee on Health has done a good job to visit our hospitals. However, they have given us reports, which they are not following up. It is high time that Sen. Mandago’s committee followed up on the recommendations of their reports. It is good that he is a former governor....

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to also make my contribution on the Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bills No.53 of 2023) that is being sponsored by Sen. Mariam Omar. I start by thanking her for bringing this very important piece of legislation for consideration by this...

Sen. (Dr.) Murango is coming from the cooperative field. He is a very serious Chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries and has more information. Let him inform me.

Thank you for that information. I have not had an opportunity to look at it, but these are the upcoming issues. We process some Bills here and the National Assembly processes similar Bills. Then what happens? I think the Senate should work very closely with the National Assembly, so that...

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to make a comment on the statement by the Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Education on the matter of the current study that they are doing on ECDE to come up with a uniform scheme of service for the ECDEs. This would be...

Hon. Osotsi, do you want to be informed?

He can inform me because he is a Member of my committee and we have been dealing with the bursary funds.

Proceed, Sen. Cherarkey.

Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the scheme of service is one thing, but there are other challenges that face ECDE management in our counties, including provision of appropriate environment for learning, for example, classrooms and sanitary areas as they are not there in most of our ECDEs. It is a comprehensive...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to also make my contribution to this Bill. I fully agree with my colleagues who have spoken before me that passing this Bill in the form it is in is actually taking away our powers as Senate. Article 96 of the...