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Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I join you and the rest of the Catholic faithful around the globe to mourn the passing on of a great man and Pontiff who taught the world that building bridges was the best thing for the world....

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. We have lost a great leader in the world. The Pope is not only the leader of the Catholic Church. He is also a world leader. Therefore, I join the Catholics and other Christians, and other leaders in the world...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I request that you allow Hon. Osoro and Hon. Gisairo to go out of the Chamber and speak from there because they are disrupting me.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Speaker, protect me from these two gentlemen here.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to move that the Social Protection Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 12 of 2025) be now read a Second Time. The principal object of the Bill is to reduce poverty and vulnerability and improve the well-being of the...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I am much obliged, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Firstly, I congratulate the Committee on Appointments for a job well done. Secondly, I would like to speak on Hon. Geoffrey Ruku, the nominee for the Ministry of Public Service, Human Capital Development and Special Programmes. One...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The person of Shaukat is what we need as a country to develop research. When he was the Chairman of the National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI) he really stimulated research in universities, but when...

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

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I want to take this opportunity to welcome students from Pwani University in my constituency, the first university in the Coast region. I served there as a lecturer and a registrar some time back before I came to...

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

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

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Much obliged, Hon. Temporary Speaker. We will ask the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development to come after next week because two other Cabinet Secretaries will be coming next week. I will ask the Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Livestock Development to come...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, 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, 1st April 2025, to prioritise business for consideration during the week. With...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) He had requested that he would like to comment on this, but in his absence ....

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) We table this letter in the House. I thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. (Hon. Owen Baya laid the document on the Table)

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I support this Motion on the ratification of the agreement for the establishment of the African Finance Corporation (AFC) . As a country, for many years, we have relied on many multilateral and bilateral agreements and financing to spur development and growth. The multilateral...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, thank you very much for giving this opportunity to support Hon. Ken Chonga, on this Petition. The Mwendo wa Panya land issue is a thorn in the flesh of the people there. Hon. Ken Chonga had raised this issue in the...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Adverse possession can be done to ensure the people of Kilifi South, the people of Mwendo wa Panya, get their land. The lack of a proper mechanism to ensure that what is decided in this chamber moves to the Executive for proper execution has...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. One, I want to welcome the students to this august House that has leaders elected from all over the country for them to observe the proceedings of this House. I would like to urge them to work hard in...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Kenya already has factories that manufacture fertiliser which is a fact. Is the fertiliser being manufactured in this country enough? It is not. How do we fill the gap? We can only do this if we get other investors...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I will restrict myself to five minutes, so that I can save time. Investors come into this country to invest. Firstly, they bring in foreign direct investment into the country, which helps this country to grow its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) . Secondly, when...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I stand to second the Motion for the extension of the time for the recruitment of persons for appointment as Chairperson and member of the IEBC, as moved by Honourable Junet Mohammed. The panel conducting this exercise requires...

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

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I stand to support the Revenue Division Bill 2025. I wish to commend the Budget and Appropriations Committee for a good job. I also commend and congratulate Hon. Samuel Atandi for assuming this position. I call upon him to...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) One minute, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Why did we sit here long hours to pass the Division of Revenue Bill if you will mutilate the Budget and do things that are not within the Budget? A lot of these pending bills are not in the...

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

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Speaker, Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (a) , I rise to give the following statement on behalf of the House Business Committee (HBC) which met today, Tuesday 1st April 2024, to prioritize business for consideration during the week. Hon....

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you very much. I share the sentiments and agree with what has been said. However, I can see two different sides. The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration may not be the right person to deal with this matter, but the Cabinet...

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

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) We will require him to bring the Report here immediately after he is sworn in. Hon. Jared Okello (Nyando, ODM) : On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. 1st April 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 67

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) The Department of Personnel Management within the Ministry of Public Service and Human Capital Development is the right place.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Probably, we could plan for him to come next week, however, we do not have a substantive Cabinet Secretary in the office. Therefore, give us time. The information I have is from talking to the previous Cabinet Secretary about the same thing.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) All right. Much obliged. We will write to the Prime Cabinet Secretary to come and respond to the same.

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

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

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) Hon. Speaker, although we decided to sit today, it is an unusual day.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) The Statement is expected today, but I will inform the Chairperson. Being a Friday, we did not expect a Statement to be read. The elections of the chairpersons of committees were done last week. 14th March 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 20

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Speaker, Hon. Lochakapong is not here. Allow me to inform him to bring the Statement. I know it will be late because of Ramadhan. I ask the Hon. Member to allow us to bring the Statement when we resume from recess.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I am guided, Hon. Speaker.

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

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) I thank you, Hon. Speaker and congratulations to the newly elected Chairs of Committees. I also appreciate one fundamental fact: That, for the first time, the composition of Chairs of Committees in the National Assembly has actually reflected the nation. At least every community...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Yes, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I also want to echo the same sentiments. There was a debate here yesterday about the operationalisation of new administrative units, and I think this Ksh9 billion that we are voting on should go into ensuring that it is done,...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I also echo the same sentiments. We have established many institutions which are half complete because of unavailability of funds. They have taken very long to be completed. I hope this money will also go into that. Secondly, the State Department...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, I want to buttress the fact that we need this money at the State Department for Basic Education because there are many pending infrastructure development projects especially the CBC classrooms. Many schools have not received funds to construct CBC classrooms. Once...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, if we add the figure that has been increased, the gross figure still remains that there is a decrease in the allocation to the State Department of Energy. This is a fact. My worry is: Why are we reducing an allocation...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Members, I would like to make a clarification. Of course, I will not support a reduction, but there is one thing which is very fundamental. The money for the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF) is not reduced by even a cent. It...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Chairlady, it is okay to remove this money from the Office of the Registrar of Political Parties (ORPP) . The Office has a lot of work during and immediately after elections, but after that, there is not much work. Because of that,...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Committee in the said report. I also request Hon. Naomi Waqo to second the Motion for agreement with the Report of the Committee of Supply on the Second Supplementary Estimates...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Speaker, I beg to move that the National Land Commission (Amendment) Bill, (National Assembly Bill No. 43 of 2023) , be now read a Third Time. I request Hon. Osoro to second.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) No. The Temporary Chairlady (Hon. Martha Wangari) : Hon. (Dr) James Nyikal, do you want to speak to this?

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. I would like to echo those sentiments by saying that the Senate should now realise who is the Upper House. Secondly, we cannot allocate Ksh362 million to the Senate when, if you look at how much is...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, UDA) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I second the Motion for recommittal. (Question of the amendment proposed)