Owen Yaa Baya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. It is an honour and great pleasure that I stand to second my Chair for the nomination of Mr. Enosh Onyango Momanyi as the Principal Secretary, State Department for Physical Planning. Having interrogated and participated in the vetting process of Mr. Enosh Onyango Momanyi as a Member of the Departmental Committee on Lands, we are convinced beyond any reasonable doubt that the nominee is appointable and he will do a good job as the Principal Secretary in that Department. When we interrogated the said gentleman and we looked at the qualifications in terms of ... view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Looking at his experience, you realise that this is a man who has worked himself up the ladder in the public service. For many years, he has held positions since he graduated at the University of Nairobi until he joined the public service. He has gone through one rank after the other and has immense wealth of knowledge and experience in executing the mandate and the duties ahead of him. We were convinced through his passion and his thoughts about what physical planning is and what this country requires in terms of physical planning. He expressed himself very well with ... view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Secretary. He is also aware of the kind of laws that need to be changed to thrive within the current setup in this country. In terms of leadership, Mr. Enosh Onyango Momanyi came out as a true leader in the area and in the discipline. If you look at his history, he was happy to tell us that he was once a teacher. He talked to us as a person with that kind of a background, that he is able to educate, teach, learn and give other people leadership. The fact that he is nominated for the position of Principal ... view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: With Enosh’s ability, thoughts and leadership in the area, I can say that the President’s agenda is safe and secured. The President will be able to achieve what he wants with a person of this ability. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I urge the Executive to hurry up and ensure that they have delineated those two functions so that we have the State Department for Lands and Physical Planning and their functions so that, as we give the job to this gentleman, he can run it and bring success to the country in this area. view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: I only have one thing to add which my Chairperson mentioned. During the vetting process, there was confusion on the names. The State Department headed by Dr. Kinyua clarified that it was not Enoch, but Enosh. However, what disappointed us, and my Chairman pointed it out, is that the other bodies that were supposed to give clarifications actually gave us the wrong names. That is what really surprised all of us. The President’s appointment showed that he nominated Enoch, but gave a different identification number. The guys who are supposed to clear the nominees cleared him as Enoch, which does ... view
• 26 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: When the President nominates someone, do they go out and advise correctly or they just perpetuate the mistake that has been made? The question is: Do they actually have our records? Those are some of the things that we need to rectify. They should know that vetting is an important exercise and that is why it has to come to Parliament. With that seriousness, they also need to reciprocate by doing proper due diligence on the nominees of the President so that we get their true records. It is only HELB and KRA that gave us the correct name of ... view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. One of the things I want to say is that I am one of the people who would celebrate the death of the AFA Act. This is the first nail on the coffin of the Act because it has been responsible for destroying the agriculture sector in this country. The moment this Parliament passed the AFA Act in 2013 and lumped all the crops, namely, tea, coffee and sugar-cane, including crops from the Coast region like coconut, cashew nuts and bixa, we took a journey towards destruction of agriculture in the country. This country ... view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: The GDP of this country can only grow if agriculture works effectively. The only way to ensure that it works effectively is to focus, like what Hon. Chris Wamalwa said, on certain crops like tea, coffee or sugar-cane, so that there is a deliberate attempt. But when we have a directorate here, a huge behemoth called the AFA in Nairobi, that thinks that it controls everything, it will not work. I think the person who tried to really work hard was Cabinet Secretary Kiunjuri, but every time he tried - and I had a discussion with him about our coconut ... view
• 19 Feb 2020 in National Assembly: As I stand here, I reiterate one thing that has been said that this country will not survive without agriculture. The GDP of this country cannot grow if agriculture is not given attention. So, having many agriculture authorities dealing with crops is good for the economy. We will be assured that every sector will be handled well. We hear what is happening in the Mt. Kenya region right now. I used to think it is only in my place where children come for bursary because there is enough money in other places. But I heard today that they give bursaries ... view