Owen Yaa Baya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: So, we have three universities at the Coast and there are three vice-chancellor positions available. They should appoint three people from the Coast to other universities outside the region. That way, we can see equity and balance. If you look at deputy vice-chancellors in this country, you will not find a person from the Coast who is appointed in another region. Even the deputy vice-chancellors that we have at the Coast are also from other places. Where is equity? view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Equity is about giving an opportunity to everybody to excel in the opportunities that are available in this country. So, when we bring these amendments, it gives us an opportunity to shame the people who are breaking the principles. I want to give an example of the Port of The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Mombasa. It is one place where the people of the Coast do not feel as if it is in their region. Before, it was a beautiful place and the local people would pride themselves in getting appointed to work there. Right now, busloads of people are brought from other places to come and take even the lowest positions at the Port. Those jobs are being given to other people. Why? This is because the management of the Port is in the hands of people from outside the Coast. Therefore, they bring their own people. To bring transparency is to have ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Report. One of the industries that is on the fast lane of growth is the services sector. This sector is where the economic growth in the world is. But if you look at the BPS today, it does not really vouch for the growth of this sector. The service industry, namely, tourism, transport, finance, entertainment and cyber space is where growth is in the world. Today, many countries that are experiencing economic growth are actually the countries that are investing in the service sector. For instance, you ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: economy? For sure, we have not seen that. We have not seen growth in the housing sector, in the manufacturing or in food security. We still have Kenyans going hungry and we still have food shortage. We still want to import maize yet there is no growth in the third BPS. So, where is the missing link in terms of boosting the economy of this country when we are doing the third BPS? Do we need a shift of the Big Four Agenda? Do we need a complete paradigm shift in terms of where we are investing in this country? ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: The locust menace right now is a disaster because we are unable to manage it. We know it will have a big dent on agriculture. Right now, farmers are reeling from the effects of the locusts. If we have such a problem right now, how are we prepared in the BPS? I hear they want to take Kshs3 billion for going around and distributing projects for themselves. But they have not looked at how to plug the hole that will arise because of the locust problem. How are they going to plug the hole in the economy in terms of ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: As we revise the figures, we need to look at that. Other countries are already taking mitigation measures to cushion their economies from the effects of the coronavirus. What are we doing as a country? I will go to my constituency this weekend, but I do not know what I will tell the people because they have been laid off. The mama mboga who would supply things to hotels cannot do that and will not be paid. There will be pending bills in the private sector because of what we are experiencing from the disasters. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: The last thing I want to talk about is implementation of projects. I heard two things that were said by my friends, Hon. Omboko Milemba and Hon. Kimunya, that sometimes when we deny the economy money because of pending bills, we are killing it. For instance, I may prepare myself to supply certain items, but that money is not forthcoming in the economy. So, I remain with the goods. When that happens, I do not earn anything. Productivity in this country will only happen when we have money in the economy. If there is no money in the economy, there ... view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: money, there will be less revenue. There will be less jobs in the economy because he would have hired more workers with 1,000 acres. Therefore, we will continue to shrink the economy. view
• 4 Mar 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as I support the BPS, and as we go along, the technocrats at the National Treasury need to be more creative and innovative and look for ways to ensure that this economy, like the Leader of the Minority Party said, the hakuna pesa economy has to stop. Money has to be there. We cannot grow an economy if it does not have money. It is money that grows money and the economy. view