Adan Keynan

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the third other aspect is to honour the fallen heroes. That is appreciating them. In some countries, they have the Heroes Day as a national day. Of course, we do not have it but this is an attempt by this Bill to look at it. We might not have a Heroes Day or Military Veterans Day. I think that is the best group that we should appreciate as a sovereign Republic and that is another aspect of this Bill. view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: The other bit is to look at the education, training and skills development of soldiers. Just like I alluded to, I will give a scenario. You completed Form Four at the age of 18 when one qualifies to be registered and to get an identity card. At the age of 18, you have got an A- (minus) or A (plain). You say you want to serve in the KDF and you are taken as a cadet. You are trained for about a year and after that you become an active member. Within two or five years, you are expected to ... view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, so what this Bill intends to do is to give them an opportunity to enhance their education and to offer them some sort of training, retraining and development. This is so that even if you have not made progress in a career that you thought you would excel in, you can do other things. That is why today in countries like the United States of America (USA) former military officers remain some of the best motivational speakers and revered corporate heads. Can we do the same for the sake of the development of our nation? Can ... view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: The other thing that this Bill intends to do is to offer facilitation for employment. It will again afford them an opportunity. These are not politicians but individuals who have served in the disciplined forces and, therefore, they are trained. I am sure we have hon. Col. (Rtd) Dido Rasso here who will also be seconding our newly nominated Cabinet Secretary; the hon. Maj-Gen. Nkaissery and many others. I have not seen hon. J.M. Nyaga here. We have quite a number of them who have positively made contribution to this country. When you are called a member of the disciplined ... view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: another aspect of this Bill. I want to urge my colleagues, as they interrogate this critical Bill, to look at the interest of former military officers. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is need to properly reinvent--- Sometime back when I was with hon. Olago, hon. Speaker and other hon. Members, during the last Parliament, we went to the State of California. We saw a lady who heard us speaking Kiswahili and she came and said: “How are you guys? How is Kenya?” She is a member of Serjeant-At-Arms department in the Californian Legislature. When I talked to her, she told ... view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: I want that special lady, who is still an active Member of the California Legislature to feel appreciated. She should be among the first people who will subscribe to this entity once this Bill is legislated. Therefore, when I say that we need to re-insert and re-integrate this into the society, I mean that they should be appreciated. How are they doing? What are they engaged in? Have they acquired more specialised skills that can even be used by those who are still in active service? view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as a result of what is going on right now, the military institutions that we had during the colonial time, during our struggle for Independence, during our post-Independence and during our Independence are completely different. Therefore, we need to see this institution in perspective. We should not be saying that our Armed Forces should operate the way they were operating in 1960. There are technological, perceptional and societal changes. Therefore, their activities and aspirations should also be in line with the modern day thinking. To that extent, how do we rejuvenate both in thinking and in ... view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: eventually, concretise. Finally, you must draft. It is a very difficult exercise. This is why those who came up with the current Constitution, in their own wisdom, decided to create a unique role, which was not in the old Constitutionl; of public participation. This is why, even as an institution, every Bill must be subjected to public participation. The stratum and the modus operandi is clearly spelt out in the Standing Order. Therefore, it is my prayer that as a result of the stages this Bill has gone through, I am more informed than when I published this Bill. Therefore, ... view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: connectivity to the centres of power. Therefore, by now, we should have been asked to look at certain Bills aimed at creating harmony. Right now, we are dealing with the symptoms. We are not dealing with the causes. The main cause is a serious jurisdictional conflict among the various arms of our security agencies; a problem which must be addressed immediately. The change is good; it is symbolic but it must be matched with a functional security system. I expected that by this evening, my Chairman would be whipping us to say that he has a raft of amendments to ... view
• 4 Dec 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Before I make my concluding remarks, I want to donate one minute to hon. Abdikadir; one minute to hon. Sakwa, one minute to hon. Tonui and another minute to hon. (Dr.) Kibunguchy. That will be about four minutes. view