Owen Yaa Baya

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, please add me two minutes. Age-work profiles the world over… The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. Patrick Mariru) : Order! We took a few seconds from Hon. Baya. It will be only fair if we give him 30 more seconds. Hon....

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I second the Report. Thank you.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) I did a Petition some time ago and I was told I could not petition my own Committee. Therefore, I had to ask someone to do that on my behalf. But I had questions with that because I represent my constituency and I have...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. You made it very clear that when you are a member of a committee, you can ask a question what about the petitions? Can you petition a committee that you sit in? This is because in the past, I have...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support this amendment Bill. I have a lot of respect for Hon. Emanikor. Now that she has brought this very important amendment Bill, my respect for her has gone up. One of the things we need to...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Yes, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I thank you for giving me this opportunity. Yes, Nakumatt has gone under. It has gone under with a lot of money from small scale traders. Yes, banks have gone under. They have gone under with money from people...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to concur with my colleagues on the same. But we should not blankly give powers to the National Treasury to make this decision alone without giving timelines. I hope there will be regulations to help them....

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) (Off-record) .

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Hon. Speaker, the Leader of the Majority Party usually has taken his Members the way he wants. He bulldozes them to take a position. I asked my leader, who is my party chairman, to tell me the party’s position on this Motion. (Laughter)

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. At the outset, I will propose several amendments to this Bill. I want to congratulate Hon. Kamket for his effort and for bringing this Bill. For the first time, after many years, the 11th Parliament and this Parliament...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I would like to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Education the following Question on behalf of the Member for Magarini, Hon. Michael Kingi Thoyah:

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I also support this Motion. The way the world is moving, there is need to have defence and security, so that the world is brought together and people can co-ordinate in many things. Coordinating and working together with South Africa gives this...