Osotsi Godfrey Atieno

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise Pursuant to Standing Order No.58 to make a personal statement regarding my nomination by the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Party to serve as the Deputy Party Leader. (Applause) Mr. Speaker, Sir, I stand here with profound gratitude to our party Leader, Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga,...

Yes, present and former ODM members. (Laughter) Order. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I encourage those who were not selected to unite with us in advancing and strengthening our party mission. Together, we continue to build on the legacy of ODM and lead the party to greater success for the betterment of...

As I said, the amendments are going to give us disclosure of ownership information. We should know who the owners of these entities are, how much they draw from the people of Kenya for their personal interests, and the cost at which they sell electricity to companies such as Kenya...

Mr. Mawira, I refer you to your affidavit, which is on page 39 where you have said that the anger and malice was directed towards the Financial Year 2024/2025 County Fiscal Strategy Paper (CFSP) . You say 56 MCAs openly went against the previously agreed Ward Equalization Development Fund and...

Bw. Spika wa Muda, katika kanda za video ambazo tumeonyeshwa hapa, tulimwona Gavana Kawira akisema kuwa kuna pesa ambazo zimechangwa. Hii ilinikanganya kidogo kwa sababu alipokuwa akinena kwa lugha ya Kimeru alisema kuwa pesa zilizokusanywa ni shilingi milioni 87. Lakini alipozungumza kwa lugha ya Kiswahili alisema pesa zilizokusanywa ni shilingi...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for recognizing my new role as the Deputy Party Leader (DPL) of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) . I will speak as the Senator for Vihiga and not the DPL of ODM. The Motion is for us to either agree to a plenary or a...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to welcome the students from Keveye Girls High School, which is one of the big girls’ schools in my county, Vihiga County. Just to stress for the interest of Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale and Sen. Sifuna, Keveye Girls High School is one kilometer...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to comment on the Statements. I want to comment on the Statement by Sen. Wafula of Bungoma County on the matter of pending bills, and also the Statement by Sen. Beth Syengo on the issue of capitation of vocational training centres. The...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to comment on the statement by Sen. Methu on the issue of management of motor vehicles insurance. This statement is timely. I encourage the committee concerned - the Standing Committee on Roads and Transportation - to take an interest on that matter because...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for the opportunity to make my contribution to the Local Content Bill (Senate Bills No.50 of 2023) . This Bill is very critical and long overdue because we need to have a clear framework to facilitate the process of local ownership, control, and financing of...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for protecting me. I made that statement in good faith because we all know that Hon. Joho is capable of doing a better job. I was just saying that he is the right person to clean the mess in the mining sector. I hope he...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for protecting me. Hon. Chimera is my good friend but I have not mentioned the name of my good friend, Salim Mvurya, in any way. I only talked about the Ministry. The Ministry is not an individual. I was talking about the role of county...

Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for this opportunity to also support this Bill, the Public Transport Motorcycle Regulations Bill, 2023 by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. From the onset, this Bill is very timely. The boda boda sector is now the leading employer of our youth. Almost everywhere in this country,...

Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. Allow me to thank the Prime Cabinet Secretary, who is also from my county, and a friend, for appearing before the Senate. I represent a county that has a major problem with what we are discussing now. Every year we have more than 12 cases,...

Sen. Osotsi, the Cabinet Secretary has not spent a lot of time on the written response; he has actually been very brief. Anyway, because of time, let us go to the next Question, which is actually raised by you. Could you proceed to ask Question No.59, so that we can...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, and thank you, Cabinet Secretary, for appearing to answer my Question. I rise to ask Question No.59, and it reads-

Number two, the answers to question two and three is the best case scenario. However, we know that the 22 per and the 10 per cent of the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) funds, which are under the management of Members of Parliament (MPs) are misappropriated. That is a fact...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I rise pursuant to Standing Order No.53 (1) to seek a Statement from the Standing Committee on Health, regarding the status of pending bills owed to the Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA) by counties, from the Financial Year 2021/2022 to date. In the Statement, the...

Thank you, Mr. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity to also comment on this Motion proposing that Senate Mashinani for this year be taken to Busia County. The most important innovation of Senate is coming up with this concept of Senate Mashinani, which basically means taking the Senate to the people....

On a point of order!

On a point of order, Mr. Temporary, Speaker, Sir. What is your point of order, Sen. Osotsi? Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, we are having a critical reflection in this House. We are talking about matters of discrimination and unethical conduct, but we are seeing the same being practiced. I was...

Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to support this Motion, hoping that we will bring amendments so that all the good things that Members are talking about here are also captured in that Motion. I want to start by sending my condolences to the families and friends of those who lost...