Owen Yaa Baya

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• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, hear me out. view
• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. You have heard the cry of a person suffering here. The National Assembly sets the pace for the other assemblies that we have. These amendments that we have are likely to trickle down to the other assemblies. That is very important. We would like to see the same things happening in the county assemblies where County Executive Committees (CECs) also come to the assemblies to be asked questions and oversight. view
• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Secondly, these amendments bring the aspect of oversight to another level. It makes it possible to oversee Government at a closer level where we are able to ask questions pertaining to important issues in our constituencies to the Government directly. This takes oversight to a new high level. I support these amendments. view
• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: One of the things that we are likely to see as we pass these amendments is a more efficient Government. A Government that is aware that it is going to be overseen directly by Parliament. We have heard lot in the committees. Once you call the Cabinet Secretary, he or she does not come but sends junior officers. The officers also come without answers and when you send them back, they go and try to bring information which is not correct. With an opportunity to oversee Government directly through Question Time, it is going to improve efficiency and make better ... view
• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Lastly, service delivery will improve with the introduction of this because Cabinet Secretaries will know that they are being overseen directly. Therefore, they will ensure that 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
• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: services are offered better at the lowest level. When service delivery improves, the whole country becomes happy because Parliament is putting its foot down in its oversight role. view
• 23 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: I support the amendments. Thank you. view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would like to take this opportunity, in reply, to thank the Members who contributed to this Motion and the overwhelming support that it received. Therefore, I thank you very much. I also want to take note of several things that have been talked about on this Motion and which Members have contributed. One, the coconut tree is an important oil crop. This country imports huge tonnage of oil for cooking and other things and yet the coconut tree can replace all the imports if the Government takes cognisance of the fact ... view
• 22 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Coast look at it, by ensuring that for the first time the farmer at the Coast is treated the way the coffee or tea farmer and the pastoralists and their cows are treated, so that they can feel they are part and parcel of a country that cares not only for them, but for their economic mainstay. Just like Hon. Mwamkale has said, we need to make the coconut tree a cash crop. We hope the Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock in this House will not only wait for the ministry to implement this, but will be proactive in ... view
• 15 Aug 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would like to take this opportunity, in reply, to thank the Members who contributed to this Motion and the overwhelming support that it received. Therefore, I thank you very much. I also want to take note of several things that have been talked about on this Motion and which Members have contributed. One, the coconut tree is an important oil crop. This country imports huge tonnage of oil for cooking and other things and yet the coconut tree can replace all the imports if the Government takes cognisance of the fact ... view