Adan Keynan

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1081 to 1090 of 2568.

• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, allow me. If I stray, you have the right intervene. Allow me to respond in the way I understand the issue. Eventually, I will conclude with what he wanted. view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I was saying that M/s Zakhem International has its headquarters in Lebanon. It is also registered in Kenya. They undertook their first project for the Government of Kenya in 1974. The project was commissioned in 1978. It is an international company. view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, before I respond, I want to donate, at least, one minute to hon. Joseph Kiuna. view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I agree. Sorry, that is a judgment problem. I want to take this opportunity first of all to appreciate the sentiments of the Members. Every time I participate in a debate, I always pick something especially when brilliant legislators like hon. Kabando wa Kabando contribute. I always use this as a learning experience. Therefore, it is good to have individuals like Kabando who are foresighted and see things from different perspectives. view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: The only thing that I want to bring to the attention of the Members is that this was an international tender. The reason that informs an international tender is that you allow anybody from around the globe to participate. Just for information, I want to read the names of the companies that participated and almost all of them were international companies. Therefore, Zakhem International is not new to Kenya. They were there in 1974 when I am not sure hon. Junet was born. This company has been around in Kenya even before the Member was born. view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Junet alluded to a very important issue on the competence and the location of Zakhem International. I want to confirm that this company was operating in Kenya before hon. Junet was born. Therefore, this is something that he should appreciate. view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Absolutely. He is lucky today to witness the continued existence and viability of a company that worked in Kenya even before I am not sure whether his mother was married then, but at least, I can confirm that he was not born at that particular time. Having said this, it is also critical that--- view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is something fundamental which Hon. Kabando has also said. Let us not criminalise the concept of doing clean business in Kenya. In Kenya, there are so many briefcase agencies that hover around waiting for a tendering process and eventually raise an issue not because they are not happy with the process, but they want to make something out of that process. We must continue to protect this country as a key investment destination. For us to do that, we must allow the international community or businessmen from anywhere in the world to come and invest ... view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Finally, I thank everybody for your patience, resilience and support. It is a very difficult job to produce a Report. I thank the PIC Members for their patience, support and The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 30 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: continued resilience. This is because it is a very difficult job for a Member of Parliament to be patient. view