Owen Yaa Baya

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• 12 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: I start by saying that… view
• 12 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: I said: Could I be heard in silence? view
• 12 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 12 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: I hope they will keep my time so that I can start now. I would like to support the Budget and thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee for a good job. However, I would like to say that when the budget process starts, every Kenyan is hopeful that the budget will transform their lives. I am sure if properly implemented and the reasoning that went into it is implemented as expected, this Budget can transform this country. There are many sectors that have benefitted in this Budget. We have huge allocations in education. The education sector is one of the ... view
• 12 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: to draw your attention to examples in Kilifi County. We have always had the problem of what is called “schools of shame’, where we still have mud walls and kids sitting on the ground yet basic education is a function of the national Government. I urge the Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and the Cabinet Secretary in charge of education to ensure that there is fair distribution of funds as put in the Budget. I realise that funds are set aside in the budget for the education docket, but it is the Cabinet Secretary or the Principal Secretary to ... view
• 12 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I was addressing the issue of university education in this country. I would like to plead to the State Department for Education especially on university education, that when they are disbursing funds, they should consider young universities. I have in mind a university like Pwani in my constituency. Pwani University suffers capitation problems because there is very little disbursement from the Ex-chequer to give the university an opportunity to grow. They have a good development and master plan, but you realise that the funds that are going into the young universities are minimal. Reasonable amounts ... view
• 12 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: I have looked at the Budget especially in the area of land. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would like to ask for more time. view
• 12 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: We would like to see more funds being used in the settlements of squatters, an issue which is affecting areas in Kilifi. We have very many squatters in that area, but this budget does not reflect that. I hope as we move forward, we will have more money to ensure that squatters are settled. view
• 12 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: I would like to speak about tourism. About Kshs9 billion has been set aside for product development in the budget. We have areas that are traditionally a bastion of tourism especially Malindi, which is a dying town. As this town dies, we would like to see the Minister for Tourism giving attention to marketing of these towns so that the economy of the areas can continue to grow. I would like to finally talk about fishing. Money has been set aside for fisheries. A lot of the money set for fisheries does not develop the sector. We would like to ... view
• 11 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to contribute to this Petition and say that the problem with the renewal of leases is basically a turf war between the Ministry and the National Land Commission. The Ministry says that three months before the expiry of the lease, they have the power to renew it. However, when it expires, the NLC has the power to renew it. What many leasees do is they wait two or three months before the leases expire, they go to the Ministry and the Ministry actually renews the leases The electronic version of the Official Hansard ... view