Adan Keynan

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, with a lot of humility and respect, I know Hon. Cheptumo is a seasoned lawyer. We must read different provisions of the Constitution and certain sections of different Acts of Parliament holistically. Article 127 of the Constitution confers powers of appointment and constituting offices to the Commission. If you read Articles 126, 127 and 128 of the Constitution, you will see that the functions of the two Clerks are clearly spelt out. The Director of the Centre for Parliamentary Studies and Training is a creation of the Commission according to Article 127 of the Constitution. Therefore, ... view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, let me make this crystal clear. The Constitution under Article 127 is very explicit. The Secretary of the PSC is the Clerk of the Senate. In his absence, the person who deputises him is the Deputy Clerk of the Senate. That is in the Constitution. Let us leave it there. That is the way it is. Over-legislating does not make any sense. I urge my brother, Cheptumo, to withdraw because it is already catered for in the Constitution. view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, let me second this re- committal. As the leadership of the Republic of Kenya which is duly elected, we must be prepared to walk the talk when it comes to certain pertinent national interests. Being a Member The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: of the Commission and your appointee, there are certain things you expect us to do not only for this House and members of staff, but also for Kenyan taxpayers. This Bill has attracted a lot of politics. I want to assure Members of Parliament, staff and Kenyans that this Bill will add value, improve service delivery and inform the critical tasks of Members of Parliament not only on oversight, legislation and budget-making, but also in rebuilding the image of Parliament as a critical first arm in our governance structure. view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: I know that there are many people who have been misinformed and that is why, once in a while, I have been calling on Hon. Dr. Oundo because I know that he may have been privy to certain creative imaginations which were not part of this Bill. view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: This is a deliberative House. One need to come before it, expound on issues, deliberate and make Kenyans understand. The final decision we make is what will inform the content of a Bill. view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: The Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs has had an opportunity to consider and subject the Bill to public participation. Some of the amendments must have been informed by… view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to second. view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Parliamentary Service Commission is one of those constitutional commissions under Chapter 15 of our Constitution. The framers of the current Constitution had in mind Article 127 which, in their wisdom, decided to have a Parliamentary Service Commission, a representative Commission that is supposed to deal with the first arm. I will always say that the first arm of our governance structure is Parliament because that is where the people have bestowed their elective power. view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Being one of the commissioners, we have been subjected to a lot of rumour mongering, regional talks and trivialisation of certain critical aspect of this Bill. I want to put it on record that this Bill did not have any issue in mind. The idea was, and if we did not do this today, we would have been condemned… Under Chapter 15 of the Constitution - and I am glad that, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you are a lawyer - we enacted the National Land Commission Act in 2012, while the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission Act was enacted in ... view