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Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Reports of the Auditor-General and Financial Statements for the years ended 30th June 2021, 30th June 2022, and 30th June 2023 and the certificates therein in respect of:

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want to agree with Hon. Millie. Let us allow Members to digest the content of the closing remarks as we move on to the next Bill, and then after we finish digesting, we will take a vote. Let us move...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) We will do it before recess – within the next two weeks.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I know that this is a very emotive issue cutting across many constituencies. It affects many people. Even when people talk about hardship areas, municipalities and their house allowances is the new element that has also come in. That...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move: THAT, the Kenya Revenue Authority (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No. 35 of 2024) , be now read a Second Time. The Bill was published on 9th July 2024. It was...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I know that Hon. Gladys Boss has been talking about this issue for many years. I have been listening to her in the House, but we do not seem to be making any headway. I also know that this House can use...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I know that Hon. Gladys Boss has been talking about this issue for many years. I have been listening to her in the House, but we do not seem to be making any headway. I also know that this House can use...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Chairlady.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Chairlady, looking at how important this Bill is at this particular instance, for us to give it due attention and looking at how people are tired and all that, and looking at its importance both to the sector and in the regions where...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I want to report that we have agreed to stand down the Committee of the whole House, until such a time when it is scheduled next. Thank you.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, in the same spirit in which we have dealt with the Coffee Bill in the Committee of the whole House, with your indulgence and that of the Members here, I would like to request that you accept my proposal to stand...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, due to time, we are only left with one minute, I beg that we reschedule the order to tomorrow.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi South, UDA) The honourable thing is that the statement be withdrawn and then we can debate.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) It is okay, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to respect the ruling that you have made. Therefore Hon. Temporary Speaker, I reply.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, what I would like to say is this: That we have rules in this Parliament. Rules bound, but you have a discretion under Standing Order 1. Sometimes, we ask you to use your discretion under Standing Order 1 so that, as...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) This Bill provides for the definition of words or expressions that are used in it. I do not want to go into the clauses, but it also makes it possible to harmonise taxes and it makes it possible to exercise Article 209 (5) of...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Ahsante sana, Bwana Spika wa Muda. Ndugu yangu, Mhe Bady, anasema kwamba Wabunge watakapofika Mombasa, wasiende kuwalazimisha mabinti wao. Baadhi ya Wabunge wako na ndoa zao na kwa hivyo, hawawezi kuwanyemelea wasichana. Wanaenda Mombasa kushiriki kwenye michezo. Michezo hiyo itachezwa pale uwanjani mchana, na...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Yes. Or the price of sand from Ukambani. What happens to the construction industry that we want to grow in this country? It makes housing very expensive to construct and increases interest rates because of the demands for loans. The interest rates will go...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I would also like to donate two minutes to Hon. Emaase.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi South, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I do not want to use the word that I should use, but it is not correct for us to discuss a statement which has been disowned by the presenter. We are discussing a statement which the presenter has said they...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Before I reply, I would like to give three minutes to Hon. Irene Mayaka.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to second.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, in closing this debate, we have had discussions and there are important things that need to be done to improve this Bill. We will allow that to be made in the Third Reading. This is a fundamental Bill that is going...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is very unfortunate that a Chairperson of a Committee, especially on the Majority Side, can read a Statement, present it as a fact on the Floor of the House, but when she is questioned, the next minute she says she...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, the tradition in this House is that in replying, we can donate time, unless Hon. Temporary Speaker is a stranger in Jerusalem. (The Clerks-at-the-Table consulted with the Hon. Temporary Speaker)

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. From the onset, I second this Bill. Firstly, this is a timely Bill because it regulates and gives power on what to do in terms of revenue raising measures. This Bill gives effect to Article 209 (5) of the...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, due to time, we are only left with one minute, I beg that we reschedule the order to tomorrow.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi South, UDA) The honourable thing is that the statement be withdrawn and then we can debate.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) It is okay, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I want to respect the ruling that you have made. Therefore Hon. Temporary Speaker, I reply.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, what I would like to say is this: That we have rules in this Parliament. Rules bound, but you have a discretion under Standing Order 1. Sometimes, we ask you to use your discretion under Standing Order 1 so that, as...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) This Bill provides for the definition of words or expressions that are used in it. I do not want to go into the clauses, but it also makes it possible to harmonise taxes and it makes it possible to exercise Article 209 (5) of...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Ahsante sana, Bwana Spika wa Muda. Ndugu yangu, Mhe Bady, anasema kwamba Wabunge watakapofika Mombasa, wasiende kuwalazimisha mabinti wao. Baadhi ya Wabunge wako na ndoa zao na kwa hivyo, hawawezi kuwanyemelea wasichana. Wanaenda Mombasa kushiriki kwenye michezo. Michezo hiyo itachezwa pale uwanjani mchana, na...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Yes. Or the price of sand from Ukambani. What happens to the construction industry that we want to grow in this country? It makes housing very expensive to construct and increases interest rates because of the demands for loans. The interest rates will go...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I would also like to donate two minutes to Hon. Emaase.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi South, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I do not want to use the word that I should use, but it is not correct for us to discuss a statement which has been disowned by the presenter. We are discussing a statement which the presenter has said they...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Before I reply, I would like to give three minutes to Hon. Irene Mayaka.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to second.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, in closing this debate, we have had discussions and there are important things that need to be done to improve this Bill. We will allow that to be made in the Third Reading. This is a fundamental Bill that is going...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is very unfortunate that a Chairperson of a Committee, especially on the Majority Side, can read a Statement, present it as a fact on the Floor of the House, but when she is questioned, the next minute she says she...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, the tradition in this House is that in replying, we can donate time, unless Hon. Temporary Speaker is a stranger in Jerusalem. (The Clerks-at-the-Table consulted with the Hon. Temporary Speaker)

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. From the onset, I second this Bill. Firstly, this is a timely Bill because it regulates and gives power on what to do in terms of revenue raising measures. This Bill gives effect to Article 209 (5) of the...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Of course. There are other members that come in like the Principal Secretaries and all the others to make them nine. Thank you. I beg to move and ask the Member for Bureti, a Member of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure, to...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to debate this Bill to completion. This is a very essential piece of legislation and I thank every Member who has contributed and given their wisdom. I think the idea of inclusivity and gender...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I will do that. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want to join my colleagues in congratulating Huldah, whom I met in Texas. She is a fine lady who will carry the Kenyan flag high. We wish her all the best. She may have no influence...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Yes, Hon. Temporary Speaker. It is such a significant achievement for a Kenyan to be elected to the State legislature. Hon. Ndindi Nyoro keeps saying things that cannot be empirically measured. The Republicans were previously in office. Africa may have favour with the Republicans,...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) It is Hon. Deputy Leader of the Majority Party. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. (Laughter) The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Peter Kaluma) I am sorry, I meant Whip of the Minority Party. Sorry, Hon. Owen Baya. Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon....

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Of course. There are other members that come in like the Principal Secretaries and all the others to make them nine. Thank you. I beg to move and ask the Member for Bureti, a Member of the Departmental Committee on Transport and Infrastructure, to...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for the opportunity to debate this Bill to completion. This is a very essential piece of legislation and I thank every Member who has contributed and given their wisdom. I think the idea of inclusivity and gender...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I will do that. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want to join my colleagues in congratulating Huldah, whom I met in Texas. She is a fine lady who will carry the Kenyan flag high. We wish her all the best. She may have no influence...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Yes, Hon. Temporary Speaker. It is such a significant achievement for a Kenyan to be elected to the State legislature. Hon. Ndindi Nyoro keeps saying things that cannot be empirically measured. The Republicans were previously in office. Africa may have favour with the Republicans,...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) It is Hon. Deputy Leader of the Majority Party. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. (Laughter) The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Peter Kaluma) I am sorry, I meant Whip of the Minority Party. Sorry, Hon. Owen Baya. Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon....