Adan Keynan

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• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: with their professions, either as still prospective politicians or now go back to their professions. If you were in business, you go back to your business. If you were in a certain profession, you get back there. However, in the Kenyan scenario that does not apply. If you were a lawyer, you will not get a client I can assure you, if you are a former Member of Parliament. If you are a doctor you will not get clients. If you are a financial person, you will not get clients simply because there is suspicion. There is that hanging suspicion ... view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: and later on he exited. Do you know where he lives today? The university could not accept him back and neither was he re-elected. Therefore, I want to urge you and to give you that assignment to find out where he lives and what he is doing. That is the state of all other former Members of Parliament. Just imagine he was a professor. What about others who are not as educated, young, financially and professionally unprepared and yet they have families? That is the question really that I want us to reflect on. Therefore, most of them having been ... view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: example, so that you do not get preoccupied with political issues and really remain alive to the area of specialisation, you also need to do a bit of debriefing. Most of us retire from politics. We are retired by force without you being psychologically prepared for retirement. You need somebody somewhere to prepare you to go through some of the retirement challenges. view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: You need somebody somewhere to prepare you to go through some of the retirement challenges. Therefore, this society is going to provide a professional network for assisting former Members of Parliament. view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the board that is proposed in the Bill will empower Members to provide outreach programmes where former Members of Parliament can visit and speak at universities, schools and among groups to give their experience, particularly skills and clear idea of how Parliament works. Therefore, the Bill aims at assisting former Members of Parliament who cannot find anything to do. There is a great deal of them who have retired. I will not call them retired because when you retire, it is voluntary. However, when you are forced to retire - I do not know how to ... view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: The first function of the society-I know some of the issues have been raised- is to facilitate maintenance and promotion of the status and wellbeing of former Members of Parliament as national leaders. view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: The second function of this society is to provide professional advice for the retirement of former Members of Parliament. This is one of the issues I have also alluded to. The third function is to facilitate public participation and lobbying of interest groups on matters of general and public concern. This is critical because you might be out of Parliament today and be back tomorrow. The person who was there might be out and the roles reversed. Therefore, it is critical that we always remain alive to the dynamics and the changing needs of that particular leader. view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, fourth is to create data bank of former Members of Parliament for purposes of appointments to various statutory institutions. Fifth, is to provide outreach programmes where former Members of Parliament can visit and speak at universities and other academic institutions. Seven, to develop and manage any project or enterprise that has an objective of making former Members of Parliament capable of giving themselves support. Eighth, to coordinate with other Government and private institutions to ensure that former Members of Parliament who are in need of assistance get access to resources and services appropriate to their needs. ... view
• 26 Nov 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I propose that the patron of the society shall be the immediate former president. In the current case, if we pass this Bill I want to believe that Former President Kibaki will be the patron of this society. The chairperson will be elected from among the former Members of Parliament; that is the constitution of the board. The Principal Secretary of the Ministry concerned will also be a Member. There 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: will be three persons elected by former Members of Parliament from amongst themselves. One psychiatrist and psychologist will be appointed to this particular group or other professionals like financial experts. There will be one serving Member of the National Assembly, one serving Member of the Senate, the Clerk of the National Assembly and the Senate, and the Chief Executive Officer who is to be appointed by the board. view