Adan Keynan

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: With regard to privatisation, you have seen what has happened to the sugar sector. Look at what has happened to Chemelil, Mumias and Miwani Sugar companies. Today, all of them are shells. What has happened to that investment? Is Kenya going to remain a sugar importing nation when we have some of the richest sugar belts in Africa? What has 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
• 27 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: happened to the sugar sector? Why are those institutions not doing well? Why is Mumias Sugar Company on the brink of collapse? Who are the individuals who participated in this? Why are Chemilil and Nzoia Sugar companies not functioning? It is simply because the privatisation was not well thought-out. Those are issues which, as a country, we must be prepared to deal with if we really want to make meaningful gains out of privatisation. It is not fair to privatise a public entity at a throw-away price and then you just leave criminals to benefit. Let us look at the ... view
• 27 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Today, one of the causes of insecurity in Kenya is unemployment and high poverty index. How can we reduce that if we have a sluggish economy and one that cannot sustain itself? That is why today we are in the process of increasing our debt ration simply because there is no correlation between what we have done, what we intend to do and where we are going. Those are the realities that we must be prepared to face. Let us call a spade a spade. view
• 27 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, today, for those who are here - and I want my good friend to hear this - our Shilling has been under constant pressure for the last one year. In March 2013, the Shilling was exchanging with the Dollar at 83.84 but today, the exchange rate is at Kshs92. What has happened with all those mega and high projects and investments that we are talking about? It is something that is not adding up. There is a view
• 27 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: in our investment portfolio. Those issues must be addressed. Otherwise, today, inflation is spiraling. It is at its highest since the last 10 years. Even what you are earning as an hon. Member of Parliament, you will be reduced to a pauper. The loan that you took will not be viable. The investment that you have made will not be enough. Everything will have been eaten by inflation. How are we going to be different from ordinary Kenyans who are suffering? Those issues must be addressed. There are particular cartels that are benefiting from this. I want to urge those ... view
• 27 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: economic hub, a diplomatic hub, a humanitarian hub, a security hub and a tourism hub. Who is going to address those issues? It is us the leaders. Unless we bring those incidences of corruption, abuse of offices and wastages to an end, whatever good things we can say, on the face of it, we will just remain a “paper tiger”. For those of us who have had an opportunity to visit Malaysia--- If you visit Malaysia – and I want to urge many hon. Members to visit Malaysia - if you talk about public investment; if you talk about public ... view
• 27 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: entity all over the country should be reverted back to KMTC. There are over 30 training institutions. The other one is Kenyatta University, which is one of the key institutions in the country. Part of Kenyatta University’s land has been grabbed and the Public Investments Committee (PIC) recommends that the Government puts in place measures to recover all the land totaling over 38.8 acres, which were stolen from that institution. All this is clearly documented and Kenyatta University, being a key educational institution, I think we should be prepared to assist it. I want to take this opportunity to commend ... view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: I beg to move that the Parliamentary Society of Kenya (National Assembly Bill No.35 of 2013) be now read a Second Time. I came up with this Bill after reflection on the state of politics in Kenya; on what happens to politicians, how politicians are perceived; how they progress in their political 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
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: career while as human beings, family persons, relevant to the society and the international community. Having seen what happens to former hon. Members of Parliament and the trend in our national politics, there are obvious statements I want to make. For the last 25 years that I have served as a politician, the trend in our national politics has not been very good to hon. Members of Parliament, and I do not want to condemn the electorate. In the last Parliament, which you and I had the privilege to serve, 76 per cent of the hon. Members in the 10th ... view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Is it the same in here Kenya? The moment you lose your seat, you are the odd one out. How do we cure this? In the United Kingdom (UK) where we have borrowed so many of our democratic trends and functions of our own institutions, what they do is immediately after the conclusion of the general election, there are state funded institutions of counsellors, financial experts and psychiatrists whose services are applied and the Members are debriefed so that they come back to normalcy and they can continue The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. ... view