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Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Sorry, Hon. Speaker. I am grateful for this opportunity to read this Petition regarding compensation for land dispossessed by the British Colonial Government from local communities in Kilifi and the larger coastal region. I, on behalf of the people of Kilifi County, draw the...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Hon. Speaker, thank you very much. I support this Petition. In this country, someone can steal your television set and he is prosecuted as a thief, but when someone steals land you will be told that is a civil case. The matter will go...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I would like to say that this Petition actually makes some sense. It would help grow universities by leaps and bounds if we allowed the alumni to actively participate in universities. I am an alumnus of Kenyatta University for both my bachelor’s...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Hon. Speaker, I thank you for the opportunity to also contribute to this Petition, which I support. Environmental issues with the current climate change are tremendously affecting us. Do we need other institutions to be put up when we have the National Environmental Management...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Ferries are an important mode of transport. The Coast, for instance, has had several incidences one of which is the tragedy that happened in Kilifi in 1978 and the one that happened in Mtongwe. In all these, we have lost...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I would like to drive home four points here. One of them is that any appointment that is made in this country must confine itself to constitutionalism. Articles 10 and 232 of the Constitution are very important. Article...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) I am not discussing them in the negative. I am actually applauding them for having got these positions. I am not discussing them… The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. Patrick Mariru) : Order Hon. Baya! Even if you are applauding, there is no community here....

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, please add me two minutes. Age-work profiles the world over… The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. Patrick Mariru) : Order! We took a few seconds from Hon. Baya. It will be only fair if we give him 30 more seconds. Hon....

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I rise to ask Question No.520/2019 on behalf of the Member for Magarini. It is addressed to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development:

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North (ODM) As per the provisions of Section 43 (8) and (9) of the NG-CDF Act, the tenure of the office of the members of the NG-CDF shall expire upon the appointment of a new constituency committee in the manner provided for in the Act. (Loud...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. I second the Report. Thank you.

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. You made it very clear that when you are a member of a committee, you can ask a question what about the petitions? Can you petition a committee that you sit in? This is because in the past, I have...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) I did a Petition some time ago and I was told I could not petition my own Committee. Therefore, I had to ask someone to do that on my behalf. But I had questions with that because I represent my constituency and I have...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I support this amendment Bill. I have a lot of respect for Hon. Emanikor. Now that she has brought this very important amendment Bill, my respect for her has gone up. One of the things we need to...

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to concur with my colleagues on the same. But we should not blankly give powers to the National Treasury to make this decision alone without giving timelines. I hope there will be regulations to help them....

Hon. Owen Baya (Kilifi North, ODM) Yes, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I thank you for giving me this opportunity. Yes, Nakumatt has gone under. It has gone under with a lot of money from small scale traders. Yes, banks have gone under. They have gone under with money from people...