Owen Yaa Baya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 661 to 670 of 714.

• 5 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I would like to contribute on the Presidential Address and focus particularly on paragraph 109 where the President emphasises that when he shook hands with the former Prime Minister and leader of Opposition in this country, he ushered in a new dawn, a dawn where this country needs to come together in unity and strength and inclusivity, so that this country will continue to be glued together and become one. Every citizen in this country, despite his political party and political aspiration, will be considered as a member of this country without any prejudice. I would like to speak on ... view
• 5 Jun 2018 in National Assembly: I would like to contribute on the Presidential Address and focus particularly on paragraph 109 where the President emphasises that when he shook hands with the former Prime Minister and leader of Opposition in this country, he ushered in a new dawn, a dawn where this country needs to come together in unity and strength and inclusivity, so that this country will continue to be glued together and become one. Every citizen in this country, despite his political party and political aspiration, will be considered as a member of this country without any prejudice. I would like to speak on ... view
• 3 May 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Marginalisation is very historic and systemic. Marginalisation in this country has been very deliberate for many years. 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
• 3 May 2018 in National Assembly: Therefore, the framers of the Constitution, in Article 204, wanted to cure this marginalisation having learnt from the history of this country that for many years, resources were going to one end and leaving other ends bare. That is why they said in Article 204 that there shall be an Equalisation Fund. I congratulate the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee for ensuring that this money is unlocked so as to come back to the people. He says that he would want his Kikuyu Constituency to be included as part of the marginalised communities. This further perpetuates marginalisation. Therefore, ... view
• 26 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I represent the neighbouring constituency in Kilifi North. We border Ganze. I knew Hon. Kingi as a vibrant trade unionist and a teacher who for many years fought for the teachers of Kilifi and the country generally. He set a very good platform for development in Ganze Constituency. Suffice to say that when he served as an Assistant Minister in the Office of the President during the former President Kibaki’s time, he advanced the course of the Coast in a very big way. During that time, Coast had the opportunity of having ambassadors being appointed ... view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I stand to second this Motion that cancer be declared a national disaster and funds be set aside for its treatment. As you will realise today in Kenya, the number of cancer patients has increased to about 40,000 per year. Also, you will realise that 28,000 Kenyans die each year of cancer which is 7 per cent of the deaths that occur in this country. view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Cancer is ranked third among the killer diseases in this country. Therefore, there is need for it to be declared a serious disease in this country. People who suffer from cancer need to be given support and incentives so that they can realise good health. Presently, what ails this country in the cancer sector is lack of doctors. We do not have enough oncologists in this country to treat cancer and because of this cancer patients always die and the severity of their pain increases. That is not what we want for this country. view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Secondly, diagnostic infrastructure is not readily available in this country. Apart from Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), we do not have any other hospital which can diagnose cancer and treat it. We are looking at a deliberate Government effort to increase diagnostic infrastructure in the country. In the Coast region one has to travel over 500 kilometers to KNH just to get diagnosis. Cancer screening centres in this country are hard to come by. Therefore, those who probably suspect they are ailing from cancer or a lab technician thinks they need diagnosis, struggle because they cannot get an opportunity to access ... view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: This country needs to make deliberate attempts to solve this issue and one of the ways is by declaring cancer as national disaster. This will enable funds to be set aside for diagnostic infrastructure. Our thinking is that at least every county or sub-county hospital in this country should have a cancer screening unit with diagnostic equipment. That way, we will help the people suffering from cancer. Another important issue is cancer awareness. Hon. Waruguru has said that we need to act like we did with Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDs). We ensured that there was good awareness of ... view
• 11 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Cancer issues must be discussed publicly in barazas, schools, colleges and every where there is a gathering, so that, there is awareness of the types of cancers, how to screen and where 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