Owen Yaa Baya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Alright. Much obliged, Hon. Speaker. view
• 28 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Alright. Much obliged, Hon. Speaker. view
• 2 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Yes, they took me to the wrong place. view
• 2 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: When I come back, I hope I will be on the Majority side. view
• 2 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Orders No.44(2)(c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Health regarding the reliability of testing kits by the various service providers who conduct testing for Covid-19 in the country. 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
• 2 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, on 8th June 2020, samples were taken from one Miss Khalid Nafula Mwanaidi of Kilifi North by M/s. Lancet Laboratory in Mombasa Lab Ref: No.73600097 and results released on 15th June 2020, which confirmed that she was positive for COVID-19. On 13th June 2020, samples were also collected from the same person by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) under Lab Ref: No.KWTP17735 in Kilifi and results were released on 15th June 2020, confirmed that she was negative for COVID-19. On the same day, samples were also collected from her children namely Khalid Muganda and Khalid Mwangolo Mugandi ... view
• 2 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: The Departmental Committee on Health. view
• 30 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you very much Hon. Deputy Speaker. I support the Supplementary Budget but also to say that the Supplementary Appropriation III Budget is unprecedented. It is historical. When you see a Government move from Supplementary Budget I to III, then there is one thing...I think the new Leader of the Majority Party will agree with me that we have a problem of efficiency within the system. When you have inefficiency, it means, therefore, you have a Supplementary Budget III because money was not spent and, therefore, it must be spent within a short time. We would have comfortably taken this ... view
• 30 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: open schools. Why? Because we do not have desks, masks, and things like those. I would like to advise my friend, Hon. Amos Kimunya, to advise the Government, Cabinet Secretaries and the people who are entrusted with the responsibility of making decisions to move ahead and make decisions without being hazy like we are seeing from the Cabinet Secretary for Education. My daughter calls me and says: "Dad, when are schools opening?" I cannot tell her yet I am in this Parliament. The Cabinet Secretary keeps oscillating. It is this oscillation that will lead us to Supplementary Budget IV in ... view
• 18 Jun 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. This is a huge Budget and we have a big financing gap. As we discuss this Budget, we must focus on the existing financing gap. We collect about Kshs1.7 billion from taxes and our Budget is worth Kshs2.7 trillion. I foresee a scenario where we come back here to do amendments to raise money. Chances we can borrow from the domestic market are high, and you understand what happens to the economy once we do that. As we move to this Kshs2.7 trillion Budget, we must know where to get Kshs800 billion so that ... view