Adan Keynan

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• 9 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Report. view
• 9 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that The National Honours Bill be now read the Third Time. view
• 9 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also rise to support this Bill. This is a critical Bill because it attempts to seal a lacuna that will have been created from the month of March to 30th June, this financial year, 2012/2013. I think what the Minister has done is great. I am sure initially they did not foresee this but because we are moving from an established known administrative mechanism to an unknown administrative mechanism, I think it is fair that we do not gamble. I have had an opportunity to interact with a number of governors from the Republic of ... view
• 9 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I hope that should not apply to me; maybe it applies to subsequent contributors. I want to appreciate the good work my good brother, Kapondi, has always done on behalf of the Tenth Parliament. However, we must be prepared to say the truth. This is because what will save this country is the truth. This country has just promulgated a new Constitution and we are trying to domesticate a very comprehensive constitutional dispensation. That Constitution clearly talks about the issue of regional, ethnic diversity and gender. As much as we accept that some of the ... view
• 9 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, on behalf of the Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC), I beg to move:- THAT, pursuant to the provisions of Article 226(4) of the Constitution, this House approves the appointment of the Audit Firm of M/S BAKER TILLY MERALI’S CPA, to audit and report on the Accounts of the Auditor-General for the years 2012/2013, 2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016 and 2016/2017. This is a procedural constitutional issue. The PSC is a constitutional Commission established under Section 45(b) of the former Constitution of Kenya. It is also established under Article 127 of the new Constitution. The constitutional responsibilities of the ... view
• 9 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I appreciate the sentiments of hon. Members. Basically, I always say I hold the view that the PSC is a specialized Commission in the sense that it represents parliamentarians. Therefore, in essense, we can also say that it is a political Commission. This is why the Members have always a right to exercise. This is why I grudgingly accepted the amendment by Mr. Onyancha; they are the consumers of our services. I remember with nostalgia what happened in 1999. To date I reflect on the landmark achievements of the Commission; it is something that I am ... view
• 9 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also want to take this opportunity to thank the Members of this Committee. I think I missed an opportunity. I do not remember the day when there was a kamukunji to have gone through this. But if it happened when I was away, I still appreciate. However, these are good Standing Orders that comply with the new Constitution. However, there are areas that I will be proposing amendments having worked in the security sector for the last four years and also foreign affairs and having also interacted with many other jurisdictions both in the ... view
• 9 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT the Draft Standing Orders of the Senate be amended by deleting the proposed Standing Order No. 218. What informs this, and we need really to think and be very pragmatic, is that having overseen this very important organization, what we expect is to allow the Senate to deal with that organization because the functions of the Senate are clearly spelled out in the Constitution as to when it will require information from the intelligence agencies. If you look at Standing Order No.2(b) that is what we deleted from the NSIS Act. ... view
• 9 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Chairman, Sir, once we are through with this, I will be proposing subsequent amendments to the National Assembly Standing Orders and also the Joint Rules so that it is consistent. Mr. Deputy Chairman, Sir, if you look at the Schedules of the National Assembly Standing Orders, Defence has been put under the Homeland Security. You can ask Maj- Gen. Nkaisserry; it is not the tradition anywhere. So, what we will be doing is to propose amendments, have a separate Committee for Homeland Security and a different Committee for both Defence and Foreign Relations. Intelligence will be all over. ... view
• 9 Jan 2013 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Chairman, Sir, what I was trying to suggest and I want hon. Ethuro also to appreciate, is that we are dealing with the Standing Orders for the Senate. Standing Order No.218 is the same as Standing Order No.215 in the National Assembly. Once we delete this, I will also be proposing amendments which are filed for the deletion of Standing Order No.215 in the National Assembly and Standing Order No.218 in the Senate. Subsequently, what we will be doing is also to amend the Second Schedule of the National Assembly to merge Defence and Foreign Relations. Again, if ... view