Adan Keynan

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important Motion. From the onset, I would like to thank the Chair personally, for having allowed debate on this Motion on very short notice. The barbaric and brutal action by the overzealous security forces in the North Eastern Province is not something new. The only new thing is that as a country, on the 27th of August, 2010, we promulgated a new Constitution promising Kenyans that everything will change. What has happened in Wajir North today, including the crushing view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am being requested to donate two minutes of my time to Mr. Mbadi. view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I rise to respond to a number of issues in the light of what you have said. Taking into account the submissions made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, I do not know whether to put the records straight on a number of issues or just to comment. But, generally, I want to say that Kenya is a premier nation. It is a premier nation in the context of the regional politics, economic and circumstances. Kenya is a humanitarian hub and that is why it is a premier nation. That must be respected at all times. The ... view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want again, for purposes of those doubting Thomases, repeat what Standing Order No.198 says about the mandate and functions of Committees. This is not the first report that my Committee has done. It is almost the fifth or sixth. One of the things that we adhered to is what is clearly stipulated under the Standing Order No.198. The functions of this Committee is to investigate, inquire into and report on all matters relating to the mandate, management, activities, administration, operation and estimates of the assigned Ministries. This does not need any interpretation because it is clear. ... view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, before I move to other areas, I want to appeal to the Attorney- General, taking into account the circumstances under which our property in Tokyo was bought, to move with speed and secure that property. Legally speaking, that property is not ours. We want him to move with speed and secure that property so that even if there are other issues, the property remains the property of the people of Kenya. view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: The other issue I would like to comment on is that criminal responsibility is not a communal issue. Criminal responsibility is an individual issue. When one is faced with an issue, for heaven’s sake, let us not involve our communities, regions or parties because criminal responsibility is an individual event. In this report, we did not convict anybody and we did not say anybody is culpable. We said that there are issues which need to be investigated further by competent investigative arms of the Government, and it becomes an inter-governmental issue. That is why in all our conclusions, we said ... view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as we look forward on this particular issue, the cumulative loss that took place in this particular area would have been avoided, first of all, if there was clear adherence to the rule of law and proper adherence to the Government Financial Management Systems and to the Procurement Authority Regulations and to our own statutes. We met a number of groups. We had 33 teams from the Ministry. The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) has also visited some of the missions that we visited. If we look at the amount of money that we are likely to lose, ... view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the essence of having diplomatic relations in today’s world is because, currently, the emphasis is on economic diplomacy, parliamentary diplomacy or environmental diplomacy. Taking all this into account, I plead with my colleagues or our colleagues who are in the Executive that we are nurturing a new constitutional dispensation. In the next two years, just as Mr. Orengo has put it, all of us will be purely legislative or purely executive. To that extent, whatever parliamentary committees do today must be seen and must be supported by the Executive so that we nurture an effective committee system. ... view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: Finally, on the individuals who have been mentioned in the Report, there was nothing personal. It is not about Keynan or about the membership of the Committee. It is about a task that we were given. It is fate that brought us together. I chose to be elected. I consciously chose to join politics and I knew that in that line there will be issues. I will serve in a committee. We do not want our work to be politicised or to be reduced to issues that would have been avoided if So and So was there. view
• 27 Oct 2010 in National Assembly: I want to sincerely thank the Members of my Committee. Among the group, we have had lawyers, established public administrators, land economists, quantity surveyors and so on. All of us, in one way or the other, participated in collecting and finally, in preparing this report. To that extent, I can vouch for every Member of that Committee to the extent of their involvement in this Report. I want to take this opportunity, finally, to thank all hon. Members for their patience, support and encouragement and I hope that we will be up to the task because this is not the ... view