Owen Yaa Baya

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Thank you very much. I rise under Standing Order No.95 to request that the Mover be called upon to reply. We have discussed this matter enough. The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. Christopher Omulele) : Hon. Baya Yaa, you are out of order. Hon. Owen...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, thank you very much for giving me this opportunity. My question is on the process. If Hon. Duale proposed an amendment and it has not been seconded, would it be right for this matter to move forward? He asked the...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to second Hon. Kamket on the Regulations. I support his position and the Committee’s that the Rules be annulled on the basis that the statutory timelines were not met. This Parliament...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. At this particular time, I want to thank you for giving me an opportunity as a first time Member to learn a lot of things. I remember the first time I spoke in this House it was on...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table of the House: Exit Report of the Departmental Committee on Lands for the 12th Parliament, 2017-

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I stand on a point of order to actually agree with Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah. One of the tenets of a great democracy and constitutionalism is freedom from discrimination. You have students who are now being sent to public...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. First, I support the amendment of changing the name of this organisation from Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to Kenya Revenue Services (KRS) . When you are changing a name from an authority to a service, there is something...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to oppose this debt ceiling review. We have seen the Leader of Majority really struggling. For the first time, I have realised that our friend, the Leader of the Majority Party, is actually not just an economist,...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Hon. Speaker, in line with our Standing Orders, I would like to raise the quorum issue. This House does not have quorum and I think we should not continue with this debate. Thank you, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Now that I know Hon. Olago Aluoch is properly dressed in the House, I also wish to take this opportunity to congratulate him very sincerely. When I came to this House as a young Member, I met this gentleman. He is one of the...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) I rise on a point of order to ask you to give us a ruling whether the Member for Kisumu West, Senior Hon. Olago Aluoch, is properly dressed in this House. He seems to be wearing some strange things which we do not understand....

Hon. Owen Baya On a point of order!

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) On the same Standing Order espoused by Hon. Duale, this Bill, if passed, locks out all the stateless people in this country. They will never belong to the Kenyan State. For that purpose, we need time so that we are able to bring the...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) I want to emphasise that a presentation was made and one of the areas which is a let-down to Kenyans in diaspora is our embassies. Again, in Washington, there are horror tales of how Kenyans have lost their resources and investments because this Government...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I think the diaspora remits around Kshs400 billion, and this is a lot of money. We need to set-up an authority, ministry, infrastructural development or system that enables the diaspora to ensure that their remittances are protected. When we...

Hon. Owen Baya, (Kilifi North, ODM) Before he responds, we also passed an amendment Bill in this House on the Crops Act to put cashew nuts and coconuts in Schedule I of the Crops Act. We finished the work and it went to the Senate. I have not seen anything...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) The Departmental Committee on Agriculture and Livestock.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Hon. Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity. Some time ago in this Parliament, I tabled a Petition on the restoration of the cashew nuts factory in Kilifi. That Petition has taken the entire course and life of this Parliament. It has dragged...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. One of my proposals has gone through and it is before the Floor of the House. I want to note that two of the amendments that I proposed have fallen on the way side. I want to move you...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Please, protect me from Junet. The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. (Ms.) Jessica Mbalu) : Hon. Millie Odhiambo, nothing is out of order. Hon. Baya, please, move your amendment. Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Protect me. The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. (Ms.) Jessica Mbalu)...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have two amendments. The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. (Ms.) Jessica Mbalu) : Were they approved by Hon. Speaker? Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have two amendments which are in the Order Paper. The...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am ready to move my amendments. However, I want to get assurance that it will be debated. The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. (Ms.) Jessica Mbalu) : Hon. Baya Owen, please, move your proposed amendment. Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North,...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I would like to thank my colleague, the Chairperson, for the responses. I note that the information given may not suffice in terms of answering the response that I sought. With regards to the land question, in 2017, the National...