Owen Yaa Baya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. We are discussing an important Bill and the experience in the morning of 15 minutes for each Member was quite a lot of time. Many Members are looking for an opportunity to speak. So, I would like to request that we reduce the amount of time to 10 minutes, so that everybody gets an opportunity to contribute to this important Bill. We would not want to have only a few people contributing. I would like to ask my fellow Members to reduce the time to 10 minutes so that everybody has an opportunity to contribute to ... view
• 29 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would also like to join my colleagues to condole with the family of the late Paul Koinange. He was a Member of Parliament and the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security. He was working on some of the most pertinent issues in Kilifi. I had presented a Petition on the Pemba Community and within the period before his death, we were working with him on that. I would want to appreciate the passion with which he took his job and the heart in which he went into to say: “We would ... view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I support the Report. I also support the appointment of Prof. Fatuma Chege as Principal Secretary in the State Department for Implementation of Curriculum Reforms. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Prof. Fatuma Chege is one of the most knowledgeable educationists in this country. I know her because she was my professor at the university, both at undergraduate and masters’ levels. I know she is a good practitioner. She is not only an administrator and a curriculum developer, but she is also a practitioner in education, having taught from the lowest to the highest level. Her work speaks for itself. For the first time, I have seen that the President is recognising my alma mater, Kenyatta University, as the home of education in this country. We have Dr. Ruto, who is ... view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I like what the Leader of the Minority Party has said. However, he also contradicts himself because he supports the Building Bridges Initiative which creates more positions. He has said that he opposes the Motion because it will create a new position. view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Yes. view
• 25 Mar 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. About elders, we have engaged with the Ministry of Interior and National Coordination at the Implementation Committee level. Their take is that we need a law to make an amendment in the Chief’s Act to bring in the village elders there so that they can also be remunerated and properly elected. I did submit a law which I went ahead to make a presentation at the Budget and Appropriations Committee but the Budget and Appropriations Committee, one year down the line, has never brought any response whatsoever on the same yet the Ministry was in agreement ... view