Adan Keynan

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• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: now it is a free for all. You can just sit, dream and give yourself a title the following morning and people will be confused as to who this new title holder is, who has emerged from this village. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, some might not really understand these issues but I think it is only fair that these issues are sorted out because Kenya is a member of the international system. The international system is a critical factor in how the Kenyan institution is going to be viewed. Quite a number of us have travelled, including Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs) and many other office holders. When we visit some countries there has been a lot of confusion; I am sure your office must have received even some serious complaints from some of the countries that we ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the international system is what brings together all civilised nations under the auspices of the United Nations (UN); therefore, as we promote, project and protect jealously the sovereign Republic of Kenya, how we perform our activities both inside and outside the country also contributes to how we are going to be viewed by our friends and how the citizenry that we lead will also relate to us. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, having looked at what this Bill is intended to achieve--- This is a symbolic hierarchy of the officials in the Government. These are officials elected, selected and appointed. Since the Greece era, the states of Sparta, Haven and many others existed; from them we borrowed some of the democratic tenets that are applicable today in both letter and spirit to different parts of the world; there has been in order. Even in your own family there has to be order. Without order, then there is going to be recipe for confusion. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: We are proposing that we have an order, or precedence, that will take into account the following office holders. The first in the order of precedence will the President of the Republic of Kenya. The second will be the Deputy President of the Republic of Kenya. The third will be the Speakers of Parliament; when I say “Parliament” I mean both the Senate and the National Assembly, so that there is no confusion. The fourth will be the Chief Justice of the Republic of Kenya. The fifth will be the Leader of Majority/Leader or Minority, and the sixth will be ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: elected Member of Parliament or an elected Member of the county assembly. Therefore, that Gazette Notice really negated both the letter and the spirit of Article 1 of the Constitution, which says that the sovereignty of the people of Kenya is exercised by the elected representatives. If you read the same Article with Articles 93 and 96 of the Constitution, Article 93 clearly defines the role of the Member of Parliament. Therefore, having the Member of Parliament as No.43 in the peking order, or in the hierarchical order, was the most unfortunate thing that happened. That Gazette Notice is still ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: I want to clarify this, because it is an issue that has been in the public domain for quite sometime. One of the issues--- I want to say this to the Members of the Fourth Estate: You will not be punished. I want to bring out this because the other time, 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
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: was an article and whoever had authored it did not read this Bill; he used his own creative mind to speculate on issues that are not actually captured in this particular Bill. Nobody will be punished for not referring to a title holder by their title, and nowhere in this Bill is punishment spelt out. You will not be punished; if I am entitled to be referred to by whichever title and you do not use it, then you will not be punished. But, you will be punished if you give yourself that title because you will be masquerading. If, ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I appreciate the vigour and determination by Hon. Oner. He is a perennial opposer of anything that comes to this House. He has cast aspersions because Bills are brought to this House for the benefit of posterity. Therefore, the issue of politics among counties, MCAs and the National Assembly does not arise. This Bill is for posterity. Is he in order to impute an improper motive that this Bill is to be made for certain groups when it addresses the issue of decorum and orderliness in all--- view
• 19 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Speaker for giving this opportunity. I stand to strongly oppose this Motion. This Motion is in bad taste; there was no consultation; there is no justification whatsoever under our procedures to warrant the removal of hon. Aburi. We pleaded with the Leader of Minority Party to unconditionally withdraw this Motion because it is untimely; it capricious. view