Owen Yaa Baya

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 701 to 710 of 714.

• 29 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, because this communication came to you, I want to urge you to write back to whomever wrote it and tell him that the Coast people have resisted the list. Thank you very much. view
• 29 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute. I would like to support this Motion, but with a lot of reservations. One of the things that need to be done is to put in a Bill and the need to be more comprehensive. Expanding the roads will demand that you touch someone’s land. In those areas where road reserves have been occupied by the public, it means even the cost of constructing emergency lanes will go up. As the Bill is being prepared, Hon. Melly needs to look at the physical planning, the Ministry of ... view
• 29 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. As I had said, it will take a century to build these roads. I am on the right track that it has taken half a century to build the infrastructure the Member has talked about and for the Coast region to be considered for such major developments. Therefore, when we say that we are going to designate service lanes on rural roads at the Coast region, I can bet if we will still be alive, it will take 100 years to achieve this. Secondly, while we talk about service lanes, the people at the ... view
• 29 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: I think I have made my point. At the Nyali Bridge in Mombasa, there is a service lane which was done when the bridge was constructed. Today, there is traffic jam and congestion because of mismanagement of that service lane by police officers. They have erected two road blocks at the spot and they do not ensure that the lane is properly used. As we look into this Motion, I think issues concerning how we manage service lanes are important. I do not know whether we need to retrain traffic police officers in this country, so that they can implement ... view
• 7 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Now you know me. I want to condole with the family of Dr. Wahome Gakuru because of his sudden death. Wahome was personally known to me because while he was a lecturer at Strathmore University and the University of Nairobi (UoN), I was a lecturer at Pwani University. I remember when we faced certain problems with units and how to conduct the business school The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 7 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: which we were setting up at the university, he come in and helped us solve those problems. He also consulted with us when we were doing performance contracts for universities. He was of immense help. view
• 7 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Also, when he was at Vision 2030, I think he was one of the brilliant brains there. I remember when he applied for a programme at Harvard Business School. There were so many applicants but he was one of the few Kenyans who were granted an opportunity there to study economics. My heart goes to his family because he was a great man who transcended all tribes. Probably, somebody would ask what Dr. Wahome was doing in Kilifi. As you can see, he went beyond borders, political inclinations and everything else. He was a great human being and the people ... view
• 7 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Motion for the following facts: One, climate change is something that has affected the world in many ways, but when policies are drawn they need to address specific things. One of the things that you noticed if you followed the presidential elections in the United States of America is that climate change became one of the greatest talking points. And the current President of the USA disputed issues surrounding climate change. We, as Africans and as Kenyans, have always borrowed heavily what comes from the West and ... view
• 7 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: I have gone through the policy framework and I think it is short in addressing certain things. One of them is housing and how it is going to mitigate climate change against housing. Today if you go to Mariakani, a neighbouring constituency in Kilifi, you realise that houses have been corroded because of the emissions that are coming from the factories in that area. Families are having more kids sick because of the emissions that are coming from there. How has this policy addressed issues of housing and emissions that are coming out of big factories? If you go to ... view
• 7 Nov 2017 in National Assembly: i so that he is not affected by some of the taxes that are proposed? The framework proposes certain taxes in some of the recommendations it makes. So as we adopt, we need to be very careful whether it is going to increase the cost of life. The American president, if you allow me one minute, said that because of our stringent… view