Baya Owen Yaa

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Deputy Leader of the Majority Party, what is out of order? Hon. Temporary Speaker, at one time the military clarified that Major Waluke is not a captain and Captain Didmus is not a captain; and that it was wrong for them...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I would want to give him two minutes to speak on this as part of replying and then I will close. Do you intend to be gracious to that Member or that Member is not intending to contribute? Would you like to contribute to this?

So, I will give him two minutes. He will start, then I will finish. Yes, the Mover is very gracious. You can start; two minutes.

Thank you very much. I would like to reply. This House was supposed to note the Report of the 61st Session of OACPS Parliamentary Assembly. I know that there have been many words that have been used to support the Motion. I thank all those Members that contributed to noting...

Yes. I thank you and congratulate you for the effort that you are making. I look forward to supporting your Motion on the LGBTQIA+ subject. This is a Christian country. It is a religious country and there are certain values that are purely African which we must uphold. We must...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to contribute to these three Petitions. One, as you noticed, the Public Petitions Committee will have a lot of work. I do not know what we are going to do within our Standing Orders. I used to be...

Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Before I lay the Papers, I just want to tell my friend that when I am here, the Majority Party is here. So, do not worry. If you see me here, we are enough. We can handle you very well. (Laughter)

Hoja ya nidhamu, Mhe. Spika wa Muda. Mjumbe wa Kilifi Kaskazini, una Hoja gani ya nidhamu? Hoja yangu ya nidhamu, ukiniruhusu, Mhe. Spika wa Muda, ni kwamba si vizuri kuwa na mawazo mabaya juu yawenzako. Kwa lugha ya Kimombo ni ‘to impute improper motive’. Mheshimiwa amesema kwamba hawa Wabunge wamenunuliwa...

Ahsante, Spika wa Muda. Nimefunzwa kwamba kuna neno “kutohoa” na kuchanganya ndimi kidogo. Unaweza kutohoa. Badala ya kusema “article”, nitasema “atikoli”. Hiyo ni kutohoa lugha. (Kicheko) Ama unasemaje gwiji wa lugha? Hiyo si ni sawa? Uhuru wa fikra, uzungumzaji na kujieleza, uko katika Atikoli 33 ya Katiba yetu. Mhe. Spika...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Hon. Baya, what is out of order? Hon. Temporary Speaker, is it in order for the Member to say that we have a temporary President? He goes ahead to say that this President is roaming around marketing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Order, Order, Hon. Baya. What is your point of order? Hon. Atandi, take your seat. Go ahead. Hon. Atandi has a very high Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and he knows that. Hon. Temporary Speaker, we know, and even a Class Four pupil knows,...

Hon. Speaker. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House: Submission of Nominees to Kandara and Samburu East Constituencies from the National Government Constituencies Development Fund Board. Performance Audit Report of the Auditor-General on Implementation of the Last Mile Connectivity Project by the Ministry of...

Thank you, Hon Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to debate this MTDS. Medium term debt strategies the world over are put in place to review and see how best we can have debt that is at a lower cost, manageable and something that can be serviced. Probably, this...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Hon. Owen, what is your point of order? Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Professor here is telling us that he sits in the Public Accounts Committee and has seen traces of money that has been borrowed and goes ahead to give...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, remembering that today is the International Women’s Day, I pass my congratulatory message and wish the women of this country a beautiful day. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House: Report of the Auditor-General on Ziwa Technical Training Institute for the...

On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. What is your point of order? Hon. Deputy Speaker, it is the tradition of this House that when a Member has a Question listed on the Order Paper, he avails himself to ensure that he asks it. If we continue with this...

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I would like to congratulate our lady, Hon. Elachi, for this well-thought-out Motion. However, as I delve into the details of the Motion, I would like to draw the attention of Hon. Elachi to one or two things. One, this country already has...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House: Reports of the Auditor-General and the Financial Statements in respect of the following institutions for the year ended 30th June 2021, and the certificates therein.

Thank you, Hon. Speaker, Dr Moses Wetang’ula. I thank the Director of Kituo cha Sheria for this Petition. Kituo cha Sheria has done extensive work on forced disappearances. There was a period of time in East Africa where we only associated the disappearance of people to the Ugandan regime when...

Now that Hon. John Mbadi has brought down the curtains with his eloquent speech of half-facts and half-truths, I would like to invoke Standing Order 95 so that the Mover is called upon to reply. Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. (Question, that the Mover be called upon to...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. First, I thank the petitioner for bringing this Petition. It is aptly and on time. One of the issues we have about 22nd February 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 3 the water sector is that while the Constitution devolves water, the laws and statutes that exist...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I also want to appreciate your Kitenge dress. Probably, you need to set aside a day for men to wear their Kitenge shirts so that they can also support the male fashion designers. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I beg to lay the following Papers on the...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, 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 Education regarding the appointment of university chancellors as provided for in the Universities Act, 2012. Section 38 (1) of the Universities...

Hon. Deputy Speaker, my being the Deputy Leader of the Majority Party does not take away my right to represent the people of Kilifi North in this House. I am asking the Departmental Committee on Education to look into this issue because it does not just affect Kilifi North. My...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table: Annual Report of the Parliamentary Service Commission for the Financial Year 2021/2022. Report of the Auditor-General and Financial Statements on Eldama Ravine Technical and Vocational College for 18 months for the period ended 30th June...

Just allow me one minute, under Article 125. (Hon. Opiyo Wandayi stood in his place)

Article 125 of the Constitution says that either House of Parliament and/or any of its Committees has powers to summon any person to appear before it to give evidence or provide information. Parliament has powers to summon any member to do that, either in Committee or as Parliament. Thank you.

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support the Motion. It is very important for us, as a country, and as a nation to look at what has happened. Probably, in retrospect, study the CBC and understand it. One, I acknowledge that CBC has faced headwinds in its implementation....

Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to lay the following Papers on the Table of the House: NOTICE OF MOTION

Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion: 15th February 2023 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 2 THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 97(1), this House orders that each speech in a debate on Bills sponsored by a Committee, the Leader of the Majority...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 97 (1) , this House orders that each speech in a debate on Bills not sponsored by a Committee, the Leader of the Majority Party, or the Leader of the...

Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 97 (1) , this House orders that each speech in a debate on any Motion, including a Special Motion be limited in the following manner: a maximum of...

Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 97 (1) , this House orders that each speech in debate on Reports of Audit Committees be limited as follows: a maximum of sixty (60) minutes for the...

Thank you very much, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 97 (1) , this House orders that each speech in a debate on Other Committee Reports, including a Report of a Joint Committee of the Houses of Parliament...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I beg to move the following Motion: THAT, noting that Standing Order 24 (6) provides that debate on a Motion on the Address by the President shall be limited to not more than four sitting days, and pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 97...

Thank you very much Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to contribute to the debate. The President has raised very important and serious issues for this nation. The first one….

Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me an opportunity to participate in the general debate on the President’s Memorandum. At the outset, I would like to tell Hon. Oundo that when the debate was introduced, he had an opportunity to rise on a point of order to...

“Vicious” is also correct apart from “vexatious”.

Good! You know I used to be a teacher of English. What I am saying is that in order for us to run away from that problem, it is very important that we anchor the NG-CDF and the NGAAF in the Constitution. The NG-CDF is one of those funds which...