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Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of the Leader of the Majority Party, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: No.2 of 2025 regarding the proposal on the Privatization of talked about – the one on privatization of Kenya Pipeline Company Limited – which is available in...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to join you and your family and the people of Bungoma in condoling with the family of James Mukhongo. I want to say one thing about this. Chinua Achebe says that if you wash your hands well, you can eat with the kings. Regarding...

Hon. Speaker, I thank Hon. Omboko Milemba for being an educationist and for having raised this very important matter. On the issues that has been raised by my friend Hon. (Dr) Oundo, the Government sends capitation to schools that includes activity money, examination, and all manner of funds that schools...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) : There are thousands of students in Meru, and there were thousands in Kakamega for the ball games. I request you and this House that tomorrow, the Cabinet Secretary for Education appears here to answer and respond to the question of how the students...

Much obliged, Hon. Speaker.

Much obliged, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) : Unfortunately, all those Chairpersons are not here, Hon. Speaker.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I plan to follow up with the respective chairpersons on the same. But, also, we are colleagues here. Sometimes, a Member can just prod a chairperson and say: "Hey! Where is the response to my request for statement?" That can make work very easy. (Several Hon....

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I take your guidance, and I will guide the chairpersons so that they are here. You are not going to guide them! You are going to cause them to be here. It is not a question of guidance! It is a responsibility and a duty. Much...

Yes, Hon. Speaker. On the same matter, the Chairperson of the Diaspora Affairs and Migrant Workers Committee spoke to me about it. She briefed me and informed me that the matter has been directed to the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations. That is the appropriate Committee, and...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of the Leader of the Majority Party, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table:

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to join you and your family and the people of Bungoma in condoling with the family of James Mukhongo. I want to say one thing about this. Chinua Achebe says that if you wash your hands well, you...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I thank Hon. Omboko Milemba for being an educationist and for having raised this very important matter. On the issues that has been raised by my friend Hon. (Dr) Oundo, the Government sends capitation to schools that includes activity money, examination, and...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) There are thousands of students in Meru, and there were thousands in Kakamega for the ball games. I request you and this House that tomorrow, the Cabinet Secretary for Education appears here to answer and respond to the question of how the students have...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you.

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

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

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Unfortunately, all those Chairpersons are not here, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I plan to follow up with the respective chairpersons on the same. But, also, we are colleagues here. Sometimes, a Member can just prod a chairperson and say: "Hey! Where is the response to my request for statement?" That can...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I take your guidance, and I will guide the chairpersons so that they are here.

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

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Yes, Hon. Speaker. On the same matter, the Chairperson of the Diaspora Affairs and Migrant Workers Committee spoke to me about it. She briefed me and informed me that the matter has been directed to the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations....

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Unfortunately, no, but she is holding brief. So, probably, she has the response.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Report on the Cell, Tissue and Organ Transplant Services in Kenya from the Ministry of Health. Proposed budget ceiling for each constituency for the Financial Year 2025/2026 from the National Government Constituencies...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Sorry, I seem to be disturbing your Clerks-at- the-Table. I am looking for Order No.15 in the Supplementary Order Paper that we have.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) The one that we have reads, “Consideration of the Public Finance Management (Public Officers Medical Fund) Regulations, 2024”.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) The County Assemblies Pensions Scheme Bill (Senate Bill No.14 of 2024) is not in the Order Paper that we have.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Yes. Unless there are several Supplementary Order Papers.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Yes. (Hon. Owen Baya consulted with the Speaker)

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Much obliged, Hon. Speaker. I will do as directed.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I wish to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Tourism and Wildlife regarding the status of the construction of the Ronald Ngala Utalii...

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

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Yes, Hon. Speaker. This is a problem that needs to be looked at. I have chiefs and assistant chiefs in Kilifi County, who were hired a year ago but they have not been paid. You can imagine a chief waking up every day, serving...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I stand to support my sister, Hon. Beatrice Kemei and other Women Hon. Members who have spoken about this matter. The big issue that the society wants to deal with is rape or defilement, it is degenerating and...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table:

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I gladly say two weeks. I will talk to the Chairman to ensure it is done within that time. Thank you.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I rise in my capacity as the Member for Kilifi North. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request for a Statement from the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Tourism and Wildlife regarding...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) These are very interesting times, Hon. Temporary Speaker. On behalf of the Committee, I promise that they will bring a response in two weeks’ time. I also urge Chairpersons to be in the House, especially on Wednesday 30th July 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 6...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I withdraw, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The response will be given in two weeks.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) The word ‘Kwanza’, in this case, is a noun. It could be any language. It cannot be translated to mean ‘Kwanza’ as in ‘first’ in Kiswahili. It cannot. (Laughter) 30th July 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 25 Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA)A certified version...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Speaker, on behalf of the Leader of the Majority Party, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table:

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. They need to pay me for doing their job. Waniangalie vizuri as I do their job.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) The Whip of the Majority Party and the Whip of the Minority Party, and the Leader of the Majority Party.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to provisions of Standing Order 49 (2) (a) , this House resolves to rescind its decision of Thursday, 24th July 2025, with respect to the Second Reading of the Election Offences (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill,...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. In replying, I urge Members to pass this because it is a Procedural Motion that is meant to address a very important and fundamental matter that is before this House. I urge Members to vote for it so that we...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker and Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah, the leader. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the Meteorology Bill (Senate Bill No.45 of 2023) be now read a Second Time. As Members recall, the Meteorology Bill was read a...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This is a very important Bill that we must enact as a Parliament to legalise our meteorological services in this country. I want to quote my area chief, Dixon Kitona. He was watching this debate and has contributed to...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to move: THAT, the Pyrethrum (Repeal) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.40 of 2024) be now read a Second Time. By way of introduction, I want to make a few introductory remarks. Pyrethrum was introduced in...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) No, the good Bishop is ready. I am just alerting him that when I am done in a few minutes, he will be up to second this Bill. As part of the wider agricultural sector reforms (this is where the rubber meets the road)...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you so much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. It is also my pleasure to reply. I listened to my friend, Hon. Ndindi Nyoro, who now sounds like a professor in a university giving very good lectures. I think this is the next thing you need...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I was there and I enjoyed my time. I can induct you on how to become a good professor. You have good ideas on the economy and agriculture. I appreciate you very much. In replying, it is now time that we repeal the pyrethrum...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Speaker, before I lay Papers on the Table, let me take this opportunity to congratulate our new Member and welcome him to the Chamber. Hon. Harold Kipchumba Kimuge, welcome to the 13th Parliament. The Majority Party side welcomes you. Thank you very much....

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I am a Christian. I am the grandson of an Archdeacon of the Anglican Church. My brother is the Bishop of Mombasa County. I said that the Majority Party side welcomes the new Member.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA)

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of the whole House has considered the Kenya Roads (Amendment) (No.2) Bill (National Assembly Bill No.16 of 2025) and approved the same with amendments.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to report that the Committee of the Whole House has considered the County Public Finance Laws (Amendment) Bill (Senate Bill No. 39 of 2023) and approved the same without amendments.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. It is my pleasure to also contribute to the debate on this Report. I support the 29th July 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 31 Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA)A certified version of this Report recommendations made by...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) He wants to know the meaning of the word “chaperoning.” (Laughter)

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Kitur, I will teach you a few things.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Then you will allow me to teach him a few lessons. Hon. Temporary Speaker, the KPC has also been mentioned. Before I go to that issue, I also heard Hon. Pkosing talk about the Mzizima Pipeline. The people of Mombasa County have waited for...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I want to ask the Member for Wamunyoro to slow down and keep quiet so we can lay the papers. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table:

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to raise the issue of Kilifi-Ganze Road, the famous Bamba Road. The contractor is now back on site, but 23rd July 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 24 Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA)the road has been severely destroyed by...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Yes, Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am ready to move. If you give me permission right now, I will do exactly that.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to move: That, this House do now consider the Senate amendments to the National Disaster Risk Management Bill, 2023 in accordance with Article 112 of the Constitution and in line with our Standing Orders. The House will...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I agree that this Bill must be defeated on the Floor of this House so that we give chance to mediation. As a country, we need the Bill. However, because the Senate has done what it did,...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, now that there is no interest on this Bill, I request that you allow the Mover to reply.

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

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to reply. This is a very important Bill that criminalises certain election offences. It is clear that in the past elections we have had criminal activities. Elections were not really fair and just. We want to ensure...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Yes, free and fair elections. I want to infuse a new word: "electoral justice” in it. There are very many electoral malpractices. The Bill emanated from the discussions of the adopted report of the National Dialogue Committee (NADCO) that was first tabled in the...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, listening to the Member, I start doubting his credentials as a lawyer. Everybody in this country knows who the Mijikenda are. The Pokomo are not part of the Mijikenda. Even you know that. So, it is misleading when you read a...

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

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) You know Hon. Lesuuda is very senior. She is senior even to me. However, we have never heard the word “shouting” in National Assembly or Parliament as a whole. It is unparliamentary. We are taking a vote. The Standing Orders allow us to say...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that the Election Offences (Amendment) (No.2) Bill (Senate Bill No.28 of 2024) be now read a Second Time. 22nd July 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 42 Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA)I would like to ask Hon. Mayaka...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Yes, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I beg to move and request Hon. Senior Counsel Murugara to second.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA)(Motion deferred)Hon. Temporary Speaker, thank you. I, kindly, want to indulge you. Allow us to stand down this for now and we put it next when the Chairman is available.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, noting that the Chairman is not in the House, and this is an important Report that we must debate, I request 22nd July 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 47 Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA)that this be deferred until next time when...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following papers on the Table:

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. (Several Members stood at the Bar)

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) The nearest to the Speaker. (Laughter)

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the Finance Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 19 of 2025) be now read a Third Time. Hon. Speaker, I thank Members who participated in the debate and the eventual completion of this very important piece of legislation...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move that the Kenya National Council for Population and Development Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 72 of 2023) be now read a Third time. Hon. Speaker, once again, I thank the Members who participated yesterday. Yesterday we...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA)Yes, they were working.(Laughter)

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. It comes with the office. (Laughter)

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I want to contribute to this very important Bill from the Senate. I congratulate the Senate for thinking about it. This is a matter we thought about, even when I served at the county. Why can the county assemblies not be given autonomy in...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) That is what we have subjected the county assemblies to. In the 21st century, they operate under a 20th century paradigm. This Bill is trying to shift that into a modern paradigm. It is the right thing. The MCAs need to be independent, 19th...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) We agreed that it be deferred until Parliament sits next. Thank you.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for that indulgence to allow us to rearrange the Order Paper a little bit. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, this House resolves to exempt the business appearing as Order Nos. 10, 11 and...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I hear the Vice-Chairman is here. Hon. Captain Major Bashir is here. He can do the undertaking.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Just a minute. 18th June 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 8 (Loud consultations)

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Ahsante sana Mhe. Spika wa Muda. Naafiki Mswada huu uweze Kusomwa kwa Mara ya Tatu. Kama vile Wabunge wenzangu na Mhe. Ruweida walivyosema, huu ni Mswada nzuri sana ambao utasaidia watu wa pwani. Kilifi ni kati ya zile kaunti zilizona ufuo wa bahari mrefu...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table:

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Supplementary Estimates (No.3) for the 2024/2025 Financial Year and the following accompanying documents from the National Treasury: 18th June 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 13

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Just a concern. The Mwongozo Code says three years. I do not know why we are doing something very different. We are amending a lot of laws to align them to the three years Mwongozo Code, with one renewable term. However, I hear four...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairman, if I suggest an amendment to a Bill that is not mine, then I am required to circulate all that. (Hon. Kwenya Thuku spoke off the record) The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : Order, Hon. Thuku. This is a House...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi, UDA) It is a registered society under the law. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : Hon. Rutto, what did you want to say?

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairman, before I move, all those institutions that have been mentioned, including the Legio Maria, belong to the Evangelical Alliance of Kenya, which has over 300 churches under its umbrella. I have just checked. All those churches subscribe to the same organisation...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I wish to thank the Committee and all those who have participated in the debate on the Finance Bill 2025. I look forward to a time when this country shall handle one Finance Bill every two or...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I beg to move that this House do agree with the report of the Committee of the whole House on its consideration of the Kenya National Council for Population and Development (National Assembly Bill No. 72 of 2023) . This is...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise on Standing Order 209 (2) , on a matter of great importance to the people of Kilifi County and the Coast region in general regarding water. The people of Kilifi and Mombasa Counties get water from Baricho Water...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Speaker, give me one minute so that I can consult with the Leader of the Majority Party. He moved away with everything. (Laughter) REDUCTION OF THE PUBLICATION PERIOD OF SPECIFIED BILLS Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to move...