Owen Yaa Baya

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker. The remarks that have been made by Hon. Obo are very unfortunate although I have a lot of respect for her. Such kind of remarks bring a lot of tension in the Coast between the Miji Kenda and other people they have lived comfortably with for many years. Individual instances or idiosyncratic instances should not be construed as one community pitting against the other. The people at the Coast have lived together for many years. Hon. Obo herself has benefited and has been elected by voters from the Miji Kenda. It is very unfortunate that she can ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I thank Hon. Makau for reading through such a long and tedious Statement. What disappoints me is the fact that the Cabinet Secretary has just lifted some materials from some strategic plan documents in the Ministry, put them together and given them to us a response. Therefore, the response does not tally in any way with the Statement request. view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: The most important issues raised in the Statement request are those under questions (v) and (vi). However, what the Cabinet Secretary wrote is an embarrassment. At the end he says that “this matter, whose policy mandate is not within the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife...” I asked whether the Government could consider rolling out economic recovery support measures. Recently, the President gave a go-ahead for the rolling out of an economic recovery programs for certain sectors, but left out the tourism sector. I thought it would be the duty of the Cabinet The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Secretary to respond by saying that they have made a request for the people working in the tourism sector, who have suffered loss of employment, to get support just like the coffee and tea farmers that I heard the President talk about. However, the Cabinet Secretary has not made any effort at all to address those issues. That is unfortunate for a Cabinet Secretary who comes from the Coastal region, which is rich in tourism attraction. view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: On what measures the Government has put in place to enable fully vaccinated travellers get in and out of the country, the Cabinet Secretary says this is not his mandate. We know that it is not his mandate. However, he coordinates the Ministry of Tourism. Therefore, he should sit with the Cabinet Secretary for Health with a view to come up with a programme to vaccinate people moving in and out of the country. The two cabinet secretaries should be at the forefront in this regard, so that the tourism industry can be helped to get out of the quagmire ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, we need to have serious people at the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife. My constituency and county relies 90 per cent on tourism. view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I would like to be very categorical that I was never consulted or invited for any meeting by any officer from that Committee. I would have availed myself because I was in the country and this is important to me. Hon. Deputy Speaker, we raised another issue about Ronald Ngala, but the Cabinet Secretary never appeared even after we made 10 summonses. He never appeared before the Committee to answer any of those questions. It is his tradition to never to appear before Parliamentary committees. This is arrogance. He tells us that: “It is my humble submission ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: I will do so. However, I want to put in on record that this is a let-down to Parliament. view
• 9 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I support Hon. Duale’s sentiments. I agree with him that it is time to allow Members to come to the House. As the Member for Emurua Dikirr has said, we have seen massive rallies conducted by politicians out there, the same people who come to this chamber and tell us that we have to sit in a certain way. They do not do that out there when they hold rallies. Hon. Speaker, you have been out there in rallies and you do not tell the crowds to sit one metre apart. It is important that we open up ... view
• 5 Oct 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, pursuant to Standing Order 44(2) (c), I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Sports, Culture and Tourism, regarding measures to revive the tourism sector in the country, particularly at the Coast region, during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Until January 2019, the tourism sector was the second highest foreign exchange earner in the country, contributing approximately 10 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product and employing over two million Kenyans directly and indirectly. In addition, at least 60 per cent of the Kenya’s Coast economy has always been driven by the ... view