Adan Keynan

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I thank the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations. The arrest of Mr. Yassin Juma was malicious, offensive and capricious to the extent that up to now, even after his release, Yassin Juma was not clearly told the offence that he committed. One thing that really surprises me is that this happens in an era of serious diplomatic engagement and globalisation. Where this arrest took place is in a neighbouring state where we have a lot of institutional linkages like Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the African Union (AU) and many ... view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: we allow neighbouring states to treat our citizens must form the basis of our diplomatic engagement with that country. Kenya is a leading regional hub. It is not a country that can just be taken like any other. Therefore, what we expected is not just the arrest and the release. We cannot celebrate the release of Yassin Juma on the face of it. He was in detention for over a month. The explanation we expected is that either we are told as a country the offence he committed or we get an apology through the usual diplomatic channels. This is ... view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: we allow neighbouring states to treat our citizens must form the basis of our diplomatic engagement with that country. Kenya is a leading regional hub. It is not a country that can just be taken like any other. Therefore, what we expected is not just the arrest and the release. We cannot celebrate the release of Yassin Juma on the face of it. He was in detention for over a month. The explanation we expected is that either we are told as a country the offence he committed or we get an apology through the usual diplomatic channels. This is ... view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: This is a House of rules. I just saw Hon. Wandayi cross from where he was seated straight to where the indomitable lady, the Member for Siaya, is seated. I thought that is a breach of our procedures. view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: This is a House of rules. I just saw Hon. Wandayi cross from where he was seated straight to where the indomitable lady, the Member for Siaya, is seated. I thought that is a breach of our procedures. view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am informed that nowadays Hon. Wanga and the group represent a new centre of power. I am sure that is the reason the Member forgot that there are procedures. view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I am informed that nowadays Hon. Wanga and the group represent a new centre of power. I am sure that is the reason the Member forgot that there are procedures. view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Hon. Speaker, I know you are a former Chair of this important Committee and I am also a former Chair. What is interesting is that the same historical issues are coming up — and I am glad that first of all we looked at the Standing Orders in the last Parliament and helped this Committee to avoid mid-term reconstitution. They should be very grateful to us because those are some of the reforms that we introduced. Having said that, this Committee has a very important mandate. One of its important mandates is to examine, in the ... view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Hon. Speaker, I know you are a former Chair of this important Committee and I am also a former Chair. What is interesting is that the same historical issues are coming up — and I am glad that first of all we looked at the Standing Orders in the last Parliament and helped this Committee to avoid mid-term reconstitution. They should be very grateful to us because those are some of the reforms that we introduced. Having said that, this Committee has a very important mandate. One of its important mandates is to examine, in the ... view
• 10 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: letter and the spirit of the current Constitution to ensure that those parastatals do business differently. They have become a public money guzzler. Every year, we appropriate funds to those institutions. Instead of making returns to the Exchequer, they only bring back deficits. It is high time that we limit those organisations in line with the Mwongozo Regulations. That policy was very important, good and progressive but as usual, we fear implementing progressive laws. Where are the Mwongozo Regulations? Why are they not being implemented? It took very broad-minded committees to come up with them. They have been shelved. It ... view