Owen Yaa Baya

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• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, what I would like to say is that the amendments suggested in 7 (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) are all the same. Why do we not just handle all of them at ago? They are the same. view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I appreciate the amendments that are being moved. The spirit here is to ensure that the marginalised communities have a say. You may end up having a board where all the Principal Secretaries — and they come with all their powers — sit. You then reduce the number of people that are appointed to represent the marginalised communities who are fewer. You realise that the interests of these people… Look at (a) to (f). Probably the people to be appointed by the Principal Secretaries may not necessarily come from marginalised communities. You will have a board ... view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: We should have more people who represent the marginalised communities sitting in the board. If you say that the Principal Secretary in charge of ASAL areas does not come from the ASAL areas because it is the prerogative of the President to appoint them, you would be reducing the number of four and saying that the three plus one equals to four, but the weight of the argument is not the same. My suggestion is that the four remains and if the Chairperson wants to add another person, he or she might want to do so, but the four that ... view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Before you propose the Question, the principle needs to be upheld. The principle is that we would not like to have more Government officials than other people. If the Chairman introduces a fifth Cabinet Secretary, it means that we shall have five Cabinet Secretaries and four others who are appointed. That means there are more Government representations in the same way as it is in… view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: I would like you to get my argument. One, we are looking at a situation which departs from the norm right now. This matter is dealt with a lot at the Treasury. This Fund has never moved because of the Treasury. If we want to make it top heavy in terms of PSs, it will still come back to the same thing unless we are saying that we will increase the number such that we have five PSs and five members from the marginalised communities. This is so that at the end of the day, we do not end up ... view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, the Chair requires to change 8(c) for record purposes. Clause 8(c) says: “Has knowledge and experience of not less than ten years in”. We need to make the necessary adjustments so that it is either or one of those. The law here does not provide for that. I hope you see that. view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Accounting or… view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Where can you find someone who has knowledge and experience in economic development and planning, finance, law and accounting then or? view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: I do not know whether it is possible to find a person with all those qualifications. view
• 11 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: I have a problem understanding this. It says a person may present a petition to the Board for the dissolution of a Local Committee. That is the dissolution of a board, not one person. It is the dissolution of the whole committee. Now, if bankruptcy is one of those elements, how do you determine bankruptcy for a whole board? I think it is important we make it clear. So, I support the amendment of the Chair. You cannot determine bankruptcy of a whole board and say that it is bankrupt. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I would like to ask the ... view