Adan Keynan

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1541 to 1550 of 2568.

• 8 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Pursuant to Article 127 of the Constitution, on behalf of the Commission, it is my pleasure and duty to present to the House the Commission Report on the appointment of two Parliamentary Service Commissioners under Article 127(2)(d) of the Constitution. The Commission, as currently constituted, has the Speaker of the National Assembly, 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
• 8 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: hon. Justin B. Muturi, as the Chairperson, hon. (Ms.) Mugo as the Vice-Chair, hon. Jimmy Angwenyi as a member, hon. Aden Keynan as a member, Senator Leshore as member, Senator Musila as a member, hon. (Ms.) Regina Changorok as a member, hon. (Ms) Wanga as a member and Mr. Jeremiah Nyegenye, the Clerk to the Senate as Secretary to the Commission. view
• 8 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: The PSC is established under Article 127(1) of the Constitution and Article 127(6) sets out the responsibilities and mandates of the Commission. The Commission is responsible for providing services and facilities to the Members. I know and I must appreciate that this Eleventh Parliament has been going through a very difficult time in terms of facilities and I hope these issues will be sorted out very soon. Secondly, it has a mandate of constituting offices in the Parliamentary Service, appointing and supervising the same. Thirdly, preparing annual estimates for the expenditure of the Parliamentary Service and submitting them to the ... view
• 8 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: was a member of the National AIDS Control Council and from 2010 to 2012, he was the Chair of the Kenya Tourism Development Corporation. I know that right now, we are going through serious challenges and I must say this on behalf of the Commission. I want to be very frank that we have not done what we ought to have done simply because of lack of resources or other logistical hitches. Our core mandate is to attend to the welfare of the Members of Parliament and members of staff. If we do not do that, then we have no ... view
• 8 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I was actually trying to be diligent. I know that many hon. Members might not have had an opportunity to go through the CV. Sometimes it is boring. I felt that I should use this opportunity to highlight it and I am about to finish. What I was trying to say is that these individuals; from our own observations, have demonstrated passion to serve hon. Members. They have leadership, administrative and public management skills. I hope you will approve their names. I have just said that we are going through very difficult institutional challenges as a result ... view
• 8 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: welfare. The Chair of the Members’ mortgage, staff mortgage and car loan committee is hon. Mugo. The Chair of the Staff Welfare Committee is hon. Aden Keynan. We have just created a new committee to deal with the issue of media. I hope, if you approve the names of these two nominees, they will also benefit from the experience because that is the reality. That is the way the Commission is constituted and it is hon. Members who approved that and they were appointed on the basis of party strengthen. If there are challenges, it is something that we really ... view
• 8 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: I always say this, the Commission is a political commission and therefore, whatever we do without your support or your indulgence, whether it is budgetary allocation, courtesy of the new Constitution--- The power to make budget is in your hands. In fact, right now I have been discussing this with the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I want hon. Members to hear this; Parliament, courtesy of what we did in 1998 when Parliament was listed as one of the departments in the Office of the President, in terms of project making today, we are not being recognized as ... view
• 8 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: The Parliamentary Service Commission is clustered as part of the administrative sector, which is not right. The Judiciary and Parliament must draw their budgetary allocation directly from the Consolidated Fund, if they are to be funded properly. The Medium Term Expenditure Review Framework and the Budget making process are all in our hands. If we play populist politics, deny ourselves the necessary 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
• 8 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: budget and it is Kenyans who, in their own wisdom, decided to have a Presidential system, we will be doing ourselves a disservice. If these committees are not funded and Parliament is not given enough funds to recruit enough staff, we will suffer. These are the issues that we need to address. I am on record as having said this before. We need to ask the Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee to address the issue. In this year’s Budget, we proposed to have a budget of Kshs23 billion. Eventually, in your own wisdom, you gave the Commission about ... view
• 8 Oct 2013 in National Assembly: It is not possible! If that was possible, I can assure you we would have had other trade unionists in the commission, but it is not the case. There were political considerations. I want to tell you that we will stand firm. I want to be on record on this: The interests of hon. Members and staff come first. This is a political commission and it must be given the weight it deserves; especially by hon. Members themselves and those who are in the Executive. At all times, the institutional independence of Parliament must be respected and the only way ... view