Adan Keynan

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1301 to 1310 of 2568.

• 22 Oct 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motions:- THAT, this House adopts the 17th Report of the Public Investments Committee (PIC) on the accounts of State Corporations - Volume I. view
• 10 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I want to take this early opportunity to congratulate His Excellency the President for nominating a highly qualified Kenyan, an expert in security, to take charge of this very important entity called the NIS. The NIS is the ear, the eye, the nose and, let me say, serves as all the senses of the Government and the people of Kenya. Therefore, it is only fair that we have the best security mind to head this critical organization. For those of us who have been in this House for quite some time, we have seen the evolution ... view
• 10 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: ( Loud consultations ) view
• 10 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: I want to really plead with the Members to consult in low tones. view
• 10 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, the DG is the principal security adviser to the President of the Republic of Kenya. At times we have been seeing the heads of this agency lamenting that they do not have powers. The head of this agency, being the security adviser to the President of the Republic of Kenya, is a critical person. Therefore, when we see the heads of such an agency lamenting that they do not have powers, I think that is not proper. They have all the powers and need to protect Kenya, and give the President proper advice on security and intelligence, so ... view
• 10 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: The third function of NIS is to take steps to protect the security interests of the Republic of Kenya. Over the last few years, the functions of NIS have been politicized. This has created a perception of challenge in the functions of one of the elite organizations that are supposed to enjoy the respect of every Kenyan. I want to urge the new D-G--- He is a highly qualified Kenyan and a man who has a lot of experience in military intelligence; from his CV and the way we have interacted with him, we expect him to take our intelligence ... view
• 10 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: The first step that the incoming D-G, if this House decides to approve his nomination, should do is to “kill” this perceived jurisdictional conflict with the police and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations. Those of us who have handled the Westgate investigation and continue to lead security missions, know that a perception crisis remains a challenge to the proper functioning of the various security agencies in the Republic. That has to be sorted out, because perception can be a serious impediment; it can be a very serious barrier to effective co-ordination of security functions among the different security agents. view
• 10 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: If this House confirms the D-G, Maj-Gen. Kameru, the first thing he should do is to allow the heads of different agencies to function as per their mandate. Over the last few years, having been the Chair of Defence and Foreign Relations Committee in the last Parliament, one of the challenges that we come across is that other security agencies complain that the NIS has slowly transformed itself into their prefect. This atmosphere of confusion must be brought to an end. view
• 10 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: The other bit that I want to say today is that this agency has some of the best minds, and is adequately funded; as far as we are concerned it is supposed to be the eyes, ears, nose and all the senses of the Government of Kenya. view
• 10 Sep 2014 in National Assembly: Then the question is; why the perception of Kenyans that NIS is not meeting its constitutional obligation of protecting them? This has something to do with the perception because deep inside every Kenyan, there is a feeling. If you asked those who lost the election, they would tell you they were rigged out by NSIS. If you ask some organisations why they are not performing, they will tell you it is because of NIS. If you ask a politician who has failed they will tell you the same. We need to kill this perception, so that we have an entity ... view