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Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I request that the matter be put for Tuesday next week so that she gets a Statement for the people of Kisii to be happy. Very well, thank you.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Tongoyo is the Chairman. He is a very diligent Member. There must be a good reason he is not here. I plead with you to allow us up to Tuesday next week to bring the Statement. I will talk to Hon. Tongoyo myself...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I am much obliged, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I will also direct that it be put in next week.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I am so directed. We will execute. My staff, please, you are hearing this direction wherever you are. Please make sure it is part of what we should execute.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I will discharge my duties by calling Hon. Ken Chonga and talking to him so that he brings a Statement next week. I will also remind Hon. Tongoyo. We should not be discussing issues of IDPs in this time and age. The IDP phenomenon...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Yes. The people of Tetu will have a Response.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The CDFCs should be in place to ensure the implementation of the approved projects and the disbursement of funds. I also note with pleasure that, for the first time, we have received all the money that is owed to...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I want to join and congratulate Hon. King’ara for his work around this issue of public land. Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want to inform you that Hon. King’ara and I served together in the Departmental Committee on Lands in the 12th Parliament. In that...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am now speaking as the Member for Kilifi North Constituency. It is time we allow competition in the energy sector. The reason we lack power is the monopoly enjoyed by the Kenya Power Company. They behave the way they do...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Yes. I want to speak for Gilgil, Hon. Temporary Speaker, we must de-monopolise KPLC.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I will advise the Chairman, Hon. Shinali, so that we have the Statement the first week after recess. We also have next week.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Speaker, Hon. Osoro is holding a kamukunji that is blocking me. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (a) , I rise to give the following Statement on behalf of the House Business Committee, which met on Tuesday, 5th August 2025,...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Speaker, Hon. Osoro is holding a kamukunji that is blocking me. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (a) , I rise to give the following Statement on behalf of the House Business Committee, which met on Tuesday, 5th August 2025,...

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

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

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) 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) Much obliged, Hon. Speaker.

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) 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) Unfortunately, all those Chairpersons are not here, Hon. Speaker.

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

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) Much obliged, Hon. Speaker.

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

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) 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) Much obliged, Hon. Speaker.

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) 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) Unfortunately, all those Chairpersons are not here, Hon. Speaker.

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

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. 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) 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) 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) Much obliged, Hon. Speaker. I will do as directed.

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) 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) Much obliged, Hon. Speaker. I will do as directed.

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) 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) 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) 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) 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 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) 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 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) 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 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) 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. 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) I withdraw, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The response will be given in two weeks.

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...