Owen Yaa Baya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Jun 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. At this particular time, I want to thank you for giving me an opportunity as a first time Member to learn a lot of things. I remember the first time I spoke in this House it was on a Procedural Motion. I did not know how to manoeuvre; whether to speak on the content or procedure but you guided me very well. From that day, I knew I was at home in this Parliament. I profoundly thank you for that opportunity. view
• 9 Jun 2022 in National Assembly: I also want to thank my fellow Members. I have made so many friends in this Parliament. I have interacted with Members and learnt a lot from them. It has been a wonderful time being here. I thank my friends whom I joined in the formation of the ODM together. They gave me an opportunity to move to the other side and exercise my freedom, democracy and ability to articulate issues. view
• 9 Jun 2022 in National Assembly: Most of all, I thank the people of Kilifi North for giving me an opportunity to represent them in this House and work for them. I also thank them for giving me this platform to articulate issues of national importance. As I end my presentation, I want to read the final verse of the Invictus Poem by William Ernest Henley. It enabled Nelson Mandela to go through 27 years of imprisonment. This country requires such kind of resilience. If you allow me, the final verse of that poem states, “It matters not how strait the gate, how charged with punishments ... view
• 9 Jun 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, thank you very much for giving me this opportunity. My question is on the process. If Hon. Duale proposed an amendment and it has not been seconded, would it be right for this matter to move forward? He asked the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee to second and he declined, yet this matter is proceeding to debate. view
• 9 Jun 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to second Hon. Kamket on the Regulations. I support his position and the Committee’s that the Rules be annulled on the basis that the statutory timelines were not met. This Parliament gives the Executive and the members of the Executive ample time to present any Regulations, so that they can be looked at in this House before they take effect. When the Executive fails to do that, it is important that Parliament puts its foot down, and does the right thing by ensuring that the statutory timelines ... view
• 9 Jun 2022 in National Assembly: Lastly, we need to know the social and economic impact of the Regulations that they passed. The scrap metal business contributes significantly to the economic activities of this country. Even if we want to control it, we must do so when we have a good assessment of the social and economic impact of the same. That has not been provided. We would like to have a portfolio that works for the country, but also under certain regulations, and spur economic growth in this country. With those many remarks, I second the annulment of these Regulations in its entirety by this ... view
• 9 Jun 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you very much. I rise under Standing Order No.95 to request that the Mover be called upon to reply. We have discussed this matter enough. view
• 9 Jun 2022 in National Assembly: I quoted Standing Order No.95. Looking at the quorum of the House… view
• 8 Jun 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: Exit Report of the Departmental Committee on Lands for the 12th Parliament, 2017- 2022. view
• 8 Jun 2022 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I stand on a point of order to actually agree with Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah. One of the tenets of a great democracy and constitutionalism is freedom from discrimination. You have students who are now being sent to public universities and others to private universities. These are two different lanes, but then you give students undue advantage because you are taking them to private universities which have better infrastructure. That is why they are private, because their infrastructure is different from public universities. Now, we are saying that my son will go to a public ... view