Adan Keynan

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Today, statistics from the Communication Authority of Kenya indicate that Orange Kenya has the lowest number of subscribers. Even before I knew mobile telecommunication, Telkom Kenya existed in my village. Today, I am told that Telkom Kenya has the lowest subscriber base. Was this not by design? This is the state of things and the issue that the Eleventh Parliament must be prepared to call a spade a spade and cure it. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, having made those observations, the Committee considered a number of issues and realised that we must take drastic measures. This Report took a bit ... view
• 21 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Another observation we noted was that the lead financial consultant was an employee of the Treasury. We realised there was a conflict of interest. How do you have your employee - some of you are fiduciary experts - providing financial consultancy to an entity that you want to privatise? In the evening you wear a hat as a consultant for Telkom Kenya while during the day you sit in the Treasury. This is something we could not understand and so we realised that there was an apparent conflict of interest which was by design so that the cartels who were ... view
• 21 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: and the entire privitasation process is a waste to the taxpayers. We have lost the brand name “Telkom Kenya” to entities whose tax returns, I am sure, must be below zero simply because they do not have subscribers. This is something we would have avoided if the privatisation process would have been undertaken through a transparent, prudent and fair process. Since this did not happen, we have a former giant entity called “Telkom Kenya” struggling. This is a sorry state and as Parliament, we must be prepared to cure but I do not know how we are going to cure ... view
• 21 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: One thing that shocked us is that nobody could tell us where the asset registry was. In all the villages we come from, the old Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Corporation used to have structures. They used to own plots. If you go here to Milimani or walk next to the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), all those prime properties were either owned by the Postal Corporation of Kenya, Telkom Kenya or a provident fund which is an off-shoot of the old Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Corporation. Nobody could give us the list of any of the properties. We wanted to ... view
• 21 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I want to emphasize that in this era of serious security threats, telecommunication is one of the means of ensuring that a sovereign republic like Kenya is secure. Since we have privatised and given Telkom Kenya to individuals whose identities are not known, how sure are we that we are protected? How sure are we that the key lines Telkom Kenya provides like the hotlines among others are not being interfered with by these corrupt individuals who purportedly crafted a method that gave them Telkom Kenya without spending a penny? This is the reality. As the leadership of the Republic ... view
• 21 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, shockingly, when we reflected on this and compared it with all the other past privatisation processes, the only conclusion we could draw as Members is that all the privatisation that has taken place over the last two decades was oriented, centered or choreographed in such a way to benefit a clique. This clique has amassed so much wealth in the Republic of Kenya that today, to some extent, is a security threat to the survival of the 40 million Kenyans. This clique must be named. It must be shamed so that it does not repeat this. ... view
• 21 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: The other shocking observation we made is this thing called “frequency”. Frequency is a tool that the communication industry uses first to regulate the industry 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
• 21 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: two to bring income generation to both the investors and the taxpayers. This did not happen with Telkom Kenya. The frequency that Telkom Kenya was given was done without the knowledge of the CCK. This is a serious observation and because of this, the Committee has decided--- I have a serious cold and so I do not want to proceed with all the other observations. I know that some of the other able Members of the Committee will raise them. view
• 21 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: These are the recommendations that we are asking this House and other investigative agencies to take seriously. First, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to investigate the officials in the Ministry of Finance or the National Treasury and in the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, as it used to be called, who were involved in the entire privatisation, recapitalisation and restructuring of the balance sheet of Telkom Kenya from 2007 to date because the whole process is suspect. Secondly, the EACC should investigate the National Treasury for committing the Government of Kenya to sign a recapitalisation programme and a ... view
• 21 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: It should be determined if it is an entity which is recognised in law and whether it is registered in Kenya or anywhere else in any civilised nation. This company must be duly registered, have an identity and a base. One week we were told that it was in Dubai; the other week we were told that it was in South Africa; and the other week we were told that it was in London. Eventually, we could not identify its base. Today we cannot tell you who Alcazar is. Nobody knows. Therefore, we want the EACC to investigate. view