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Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Member who is on the Floor is my friend. He is a good Member of Parliament. I just want to inform him that Nyeri County may not have an allocation because they have not adequately used their previously allocated funds,...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, in terms of court fines, certain counties have established courts. Court fines are generated from the county governments’ courts. The county governments have established their own courts. There is a county court at Treasury Square in Mombasa County. Fines that are...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill, 2025. This is a very important piece of legislation because, as Parliament and as a country, we must enable counties to operate. Counties can only...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Yes. I can always be informed by a professor.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you for the information, Professor. When you are informed by a professor, you become more enlightened. The counties were selected based on the progress made towards project completion. This brings me to a very important point. Some counties have received CAIP funds but...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) No, three minutes will be good. I know you are a good man and you will do that. There are certain important things. We have seen many county government health workers protesting because they want their arrears to be paid. However, there is no...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, the Member who is on the Floor is my friend. He is a good Member of Parliament. I just want to inform him that Nyeri County may not have an allocation because they have not adequately used their previously allocated funds,...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, in terms of court fines, certain counties have established courts. Court fines are generated from the county governments’ courts. The county governments have established their own courts. There is a county court at Treasury Square in Mombasa County. Fines that are...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute to the County Governments Additional Allocations Bill, 2025. This is a very important piece of legislation because, as Parliament and as a country, we must enable counties to operate. Counties can only...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Yes. I can always be informed by a professor.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you for the information, Professor. When you are informed by a professor, you become more enlightened. The counties were selected based on the progress made towards project completion. This brings me to a very important point. Some counties have received CAIP funds but...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) No, three minutes will be good. I know you are a good man and you will do that. There are certain important things. We have seen many county government health workers protesting because they want their arrears to be paid. However, there is no...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kiifi North, UDA) Yes.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kiifi North, UDA) Much obliged, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I agree with Hon. Sabina. However, Ash Wednesday is not only exclusive to Catholics.

Hon, Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Much obliged, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Ash Wednesday is not exclusive to Catholics. Even the Anglicans celebrate Ash Wednesday. Today at 6.00 O'clock, we will have our Ash Wednesday service at All-Saints Cathedral. Therefore, I want to wish all the Anglicans and any other faith that observes Ash Wednesday all...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Section 43 (4) of the National Government Constituency Development Fund Act, 2015 and paragraphs 5 (2) and (10) of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund Regulations, 2016, this House approves...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you. Hon. Speaker. Can I take it again?

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Section 43 (4) of the National Government Constituency Development Fund Act, 2015 and Paragraphs 5 (2) and (10) of the National Government Constituencies Development Fund Regulations, 2016, this House...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to the Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy Paper. It is high time that this country implemented the TSA strategy. That way, we will ensure that Government money remains Government money, and...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Yes, 2036. So, we dig a new hole to cover an existing hole. We then dig a bigger hole to cover an even deeper hole. We have many incomplete projects in this country that we cannot claim proprietorship of yet we have borrowed. According...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Reports of the Auditor-General and Financial Statements of the National Governments Constituencies Development (NG-CDF) for the year ended 30th June 2024 and the certificates therein in respect of:

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Reports of the Auditor-General and Financial Statements of the National Governments Constituencies Development (NG-CDF) for the year ended 30th June 2024 and the certificates therein in respect of:

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Reports of the Auditor-General and Financial Statements of the National Governments Constituencies Development (NG-CDF) for the year ended 30th June 2024 and the certificates therein in respect of:

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to contribute to the Medium-Term Debt Management Strategy Paper. It is high time that this country implemented the TSA strategy. That way, we will ensure that Government money remains Government money, and...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Yes, 2036. So, we dig a new hole to cover an existing hole. We then dig a bigger hole to cover an even deeper hole. We have many incomplete projects in this country that we cannot claim proprietorship of yet we have borrowed. According...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) The report will be ready. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Fair enough. The statement will be ready. Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker…

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The NG-CDF, as Hon. Makali Mulu has said, is the only Fund that we have that works and has given us results. It has ensured there is equity in this country. Areas that had been left behind have been...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I am not complaining Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am making very strong statements. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) You are complaining about the Board and the Management. Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I am only telling them off. We will summon the...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I appreciate Hon. Jared Okello’s passion and leadership on this matter. Sincerely, he has raised this matter several times. The Speaker had directed that it should be brought to this Chamber three Wednesdays ago. I have had consultation with Hon. Okello....

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. David Ochieng’) What is out of order, Hon. Baya? (Laughter) Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, activities have names. This is a House of proper records and specifics. Please...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I appreciate Hon. Ruku's frustration. I commit that in two weeks’ time, he will have a statement that answers the questions that he has raised. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I am much obliged, Hon. Temporary Speaker. However, I would like Hon. Ngogoyo to appreciate that Cabinet Secretaries will only come to the House if there are Questions to be responded to, but not requests for statements. What Hon. Ruku has presented is a...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I acknowledge that you may have to give us two weeks to sort out her issue, which is actually in order. The period that we request for is usually two weeks. We will ensure that the Departmental Committee on Transport and...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The Hon. Member, having shifted from her usual desk to the other side of the aisle, has been in this Parliament for a long time. She knows very well that there is a procedure for adjournment. We ask her...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) The report will be ready. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) Fair enough. The statement will be ready. Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker…

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The NG-CDF, as Hon. Makali Mulu has said, is the only Fund that we have that works and has given us results. It has ensured there is equity in this country. Areas that had been left behind have been...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I am not complaining Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am making very strong statements. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) You are complaining about the Board and the Management. Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I am only telling them off. We will summon the...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I appreciate Hon. Jared Okello’s passion and leadership on this matter. Sincerely, he has raised this matter several times. The Speaker had directed that it should be brought to this Chamber three Wednesdays ago. I have had consultation with Hon. Okello....

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. David Ochieng’) What is out of order, Hon. Baya? (Laughter) Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, activities have names. This is a House of proper records and specifics. Please...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I appreciate Hon. Ruku's frustration. I commit that in two weeks’ time, he will have a statement that answers the questions that he has raised. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I am much obliged, Hon. Temporary Speaker. However, I would like Hon. Ngogoyo to appreciate that Cabinet Secretaries will only come to the House if there are Questions to be responded to, but not requests for statements. What Hon. Ruku has presented is a...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I acknowledge that you may have to give us two weeks to sort out her issue, which is actually in order. The period that we request for is usually two weeks. We will ensure that the Departmental Committee on Transport and...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The Hon. Member, having shifted from her usual desk to the other side of the aisle, has been in this Parliament for a long time. She knows very well that there is a procedure for adjournment. We ask her...