Owen Yaa Baya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I requested for a Statement under Standing Order No. 44(2)(c ) a week ago. It was directed that the matter be responded to last Thursday, but that Statement was never made on that day. Somebody is opening another Parliament here. My party bench needs to get organised here. Hon. Speaker, you need to rein in on this bench. view
• 2 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: My leaders here are not behaving like leaders. view
• 2 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: They have displaced the Minority Whip. Somebody with a briefcase party here has displaced the Minority Whip from his seat. view
• 2 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: I requested for a Statement under Standing Order No. 44(2)(c), and you directed that it would be brought by the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock on Thursday, last week. But it was not brought. view
• 2 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I would like to say this. While we appreciate the President’s reservations, Article 115 gives the President power to bring in his reservations. At this level, we have nothing else to say. Yes, we support. I personally support the reservations but there is a lot of mystery. This matter is shrouded in a lot of mystery. The transparency that is lacking in the Kenya National Shipping Line is what is causing all this acrimony. The people of Coast demand to be given answers about what is happening within the KNSL. Yes, jobs will be created and ... view
• 26 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to say something about this Petition. The issues of ancestral land, eviction of people and historical injustices in this country need to be resolved going forward because they are emotive. Kilifi is an area that has suffered heavily under agreements that were entered into many years ago and people lost their land. view
• 26 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: If you go to Kilifi, over 75 per cent of the land belongs to other people. A few days ago, you saw in the daily newspapers that the Oman Arabs have started demanding money from the coastal people in terms of billions for compensation of land which they claim is theirs. The people are expecting anything and want to see if the Oman Government and Kenya Government 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
• 26 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: will agree. The people of that area will be evicted from land which belonged to them since time immemorial. This is a sad thing and this House should go into history as one that solved land issues at the Coast and many other parts of this country. view
• 26 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: For example, you will see very many people going in bus loads to Kilifi because they have been told there is land which they can subdivide and take. I want to tell them to do that at their own risk. The people of Kilifi will not allow people to come from wherever and take land which ancestrally belongs to them. I want to say this for free because I cannot have lived there for all those years… view
• 26 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: No! I am only telling people to try. Hon. Speaker, can I continue? view