Owen Yaa Baya

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• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I contributed to this debate. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to support this Bill proposed by Hon. Andrew Mwadime and congratulate and thank him for bringing it to this House. It is important for us to get a report and statistics on how appointments are made. During the time when the President comes to this House or the governors go to the county assemblies to make their annual addresses, they should give statistics so that we can know if the county services and public service are balanced. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: First, there are certain things that we must look at. The current Report on the Ethics and Diversity Audit of the Public Service has been done by the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC). It shows very clearly that the public service in this country is skewed towards only two communities. This is a fact in a Government Report. It is important for us to not only be told it is skewed, but we should know more. That is why Hon. Mwadime has proposed an amendment that we would like to see the details of the human resource establishment in ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: We need to establish the people who run the public service in this country. It has been established in many reports that, in every three appointments that are made in this country, two of them are from one ethnic group compared to the over 46 tribes in this country. This means that if they were to make 100 appointments, then most likely two-thirds of the appointments made would belong to one ethnic community. That is not the Kenya that we want to build. Inclusivity is a constitutional requirement and is part of the principles and values of public service. Inclusivity ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Today, when you look at the Cabinet of this country, which is the highest level of decision-making, we know where it is skewed towards. There are more people from one ethnic group and region compared to other ethnic groups in the country. The Cabinet of this country is where the national cake is distributed. It is where everything else is put together and distributed. When we have half of the Cabinet belonging to one ethnic organisation, it means more resources The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: will be given to that region or ethnic organisation. Therefore, that is denying the rest of the country an opportunity to partake of the national cake. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: As a House, we would like to scrutinise appointments because we are an oversight authority. One of the line-one documents when it comes to oversight is the Constitution. What framework does the Constitution provide in terms of public service appointment? It says there must be inclusivity and this is the first criteria. When that Report comes and includes all the things Hon. Mwadime is suggesting, then we will argue with facts and say the public service is run in a way that denies other communities an opportunity. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: As we move forward with this Bill, I would like to suggest we make a further amendment and put sanctions for authorities or people in-charge who do not follow the constitutional principle of inclusivity. Today, in the parastatals, we have seen what has been happening when those appointments are being made. Just because the Chief Executive Officer is from a certain region, he appoints people from that region. Again, if you ask how many parastatal CEOs we have in this country and from which ethnic background they belong to, you will realise they come from a certain ethnic background. If ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Another important issue that we see is that, every time there are appointments to boards of parastatals - and this is where the murky waters are - those jobs are given to people from one region. I also want to speak about universities, starting with my region. The Coast region has three public universities. Each public university has over nine appointments to council positions. As a region, we have provided over 30 positions, but they are filled by people from other ethnic backgrounds. Yet, there is no consequential appointment of the people from the Coast to other regions. So, at ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: We have three vice-chancellors at the Coast and only one comes from the region. But you will not find any vice-chancellor from the Coast who is appointed in another region in this country. What I find interesting is that we have three universities and so, we have three positions of vice-chancellors. We have no problem with vice-chancellors from other regions coming to the Coast. But, again, they should appoint three people from the Coast and distribute them in other universities in this country. view