Owen Yaa Baya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Nov 2019 in National Assembly: In that spirit, I also want to support, with speed, like my brother, Hon. Chepkut. view
• 1 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much Hon. Speaker for allowing us to table the Minority Report. In it we singled out one member who has been nominated, Hon. Kazungu Kambi. I would like to say this: The academic qualifications presented to the Committee by Hon. Kazungu Kambi are such that you cannot really vouch that he had an opportunity to obtain a degree from the university. view
• 1 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: I want to say only two things. One, his academic qualifications which is a requirement for appointment into this commission is in doubt. That is one of the things we see. This Minority Report has that information. Two, the integrity of the person that is being vouched for is in doubt. That is looking at the case of the Giriama Ranch that this nominee is purported to have done. Looking at the mood of the House, I move the Report at that level and leave the discussion at that point. view
• 1 Oct 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Teddy Mwambire, the Member of Parliament for Ganze. view
• 25 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much. I would like to support the reduction. As it has been said, if the Capital Gains Tax is very high, the property market comes down. If we bring it down, we have a bigger expansion. There are more people who will go into the real estate business; therefore, we will have more people paying the Capital Gains Tax. If we raise it, it means that there will be fewer people; therefore, you are reducing the basket and the bracket. You will, therefore, have less people paying tax. It is important that we expand the bracket for ... view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to second the Motion. The Departmental Committee on Lands is doing its work. One of the things that have really held back these petitions is the fact that the NLC has not been constituted. Right now, we are in the process of vetting the nominees so that we can put together the NLC. The Secretariat has tried very much but, at the end of the day, it requires a decision that is made by the Commission. But it is unable to make it. So, you realise that a lot of these Petitions are hanging ... view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Secondly, the Committee had Bills like the Sectional Properties Bill, the Physical Planning Bill and the Land Value Index Laws (Amendment) Bill that took time for us to complete. Because of that, the petitions also dragged so that the Bills can go through. Looking at the amount of work that we have and the petitions which must be considered within 60 days which are communicated by the Speaker to the Committee, it is not possible to finish them on time. You also realise that this country has a lot of land issues. Therefore, there are very many petitions that are ... view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: Because of that, I beg to second that we, as a Departmental Committee on Lands, be given more time and we extend the period for 30 days so that we can finish these petitions and consider more of them as they come. view
• 11 Sep 2019 in National Assembly: I thank you and second the Motion. view
• 8 Aug 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I think this can be cited as a landmark ruling which upholds the constitutionalism of this country. That this House, other than the Senate, would like to abide by what the Constitution and other jurisdictions say. I sincerely thank you for coming out boldly with a well informed and researched ruling. view