Adan Keynan

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: “A Member who is adversely mentioned in a matter under deliberation by a Committee shall not be present at any meeting at which the Committee is deliberating on the matter, but the Member may appear to adduce evidence as a witness before the Committee”. view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: We issued an invitation, because that is what the procedure requires. Again, this was in line with Article 125 of the Constitution, which gives the Committee the same jurisdiction as the High Court. The Member appeared before the Committee and, as some of you might have read, said: “Look, yes, you have invited me as a witness”, but he was not willing to give any evidence before the Committee. He quoted the Powers and Privileges Act. Our hands were tied and we were forced to contend with that. We just said that the Powers and Privilege Act is there. Initially, ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, having looked at this, what we did again in order to realise our goals, because this issue was a big one, we asked ourselves: How do we approach it now that evidence has been adduced that indeed due process was not followed? The company did not have the institutional mechanism. The bank somehow orchestrated the drive to milk the taxpayer. What we said is: How do we deal with this? We separated the different players under the tendering committee. We looked at the management. Who were the individuals who were accountable and who were at the helm of ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we also looked at the banks and concluded that banks were part and parcel of this particular drive to deny the taxpayers their resources. I am glad that you have made a very important ruling today. The role of a legislator does not end at the committee level. The moment you produce a report and that report becomes the property of the House, you remain an integral part of that report. So, what we said is that it is not just enough to pinpoint individuals, the management of NCPB, the then management of the SGRs and the banks. ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, again, there was the issue of challenges between the lawyers and officials of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). Again, we said, in addition to asking the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) to discipline certain individuals--- When this saga started, the lawyer on record of Erad later on became a very senior official and that is, the hon. Nancy Baraza. She later on ended up being the Deputy Chief Justice and for the period this issue was hanging or floating within the Judiciary, that lady was the Deputy Chief Justice. Again, I do not want to question or impute ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, again, the Arbitration Act has been used to fleece the public and these days it is the norm. You just purportedly write an agreement, default and then go to court and say that you are in breach. Again, we said there was need to amend this particular Act. view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, in conclusion, food security is something so critical. I have been asked, and I want again to demystify this, at the time this crime was committed, we were not here. We were there in Kenya. We were adults but we did not know some of the players and interestingly some of the individuals who participated in this come from different provinces. There are some who come from North Eastern; western, Nyanza and even Rift Valley. The question was: If everybody was to say this is my person and he or she should not be touched, then what happens ... view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, in conclusion, I want to urge you to adopt this report as it is. There is no sub judice, as it has been alleged. If there were interests, I do not want to allude to them. This report is the only sure way that will safeguard the interests of taxpayers in NCPB and ensure that facilities like declaration of famine are not abused. At this juncture, I want to call on hon. Kimani Ichung‘wah who is the vice- chair to second. Thank you, hon. Speaker. view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. I beg to move and ask Kimani Ichung’wah to second. view
• 29 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Speaker, Sir. view