Adan Keynan

All parliamentary appearances

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• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: 2012; the National Police Service Commission Act was enacted in 2014, while the Kenya National Human Rights Commission and the National Gender and Equality Commission Act were enacted in 2012 and 2011 respectively. The Parliamentary Service Commission has been enacted today and yet, this is the deliberative House that is tasked with the passage of this critical Bill. The question is how come we enacted laws concerning other constitutional commissions and aligned them with the current Constitution, but the one concerning Parliament is the last one we are doing today? It is simply because of certain political undertones. These are ... view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: I thank the Members for their time and support for the Bill. I assure the Members that they will see enhanced and improved service delivery on the part of the Commission, which is chaired by our Hon. Speaker, the able Hon. J. B. Muturi and the other nine commissioners. view
• 3 Jul 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Members. view
• 19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I take this early opportunity to thank the House. Parliament as a deliberative House is a critical arm of any civilized nation. In the old Constitution, budget-making was a preserve of the Executive. But courtesy of the new Constitution, representation, oversight, legislation and budget-making are now in the purview of Parliament. I know there is no substitute for democracy and Parliament, and democracy is expensive. But what, as a country, we must be concerned with is the implementation of Vision 2030 and the Big Four Agenda. Before I delve into that, I ... view
• 19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: as a premier nation in the region. But we can only continue to enjoy that tag if we are careful because our domain is being raided now. We brag by saying that we are the dominant regional economic hub, dominant regional investment hub, dominant regional security hub, dominant regional humanitarian hub and dominant regional infrastructure hub. These tags are being raided. Look at our GDP. Ten years ago, when I was the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations, I had the privilege of accompanying His Excellency President Kenyatta in his foreign ventures. I remember one time ... view
• 19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: To conclude, the law sometimes is an ass. There are certain things that, as Members of Parliament, we must be very careful about. It is a reality that in the current Constitution, we have two houses. We must avoid, at all times, as Members of Parliament, a situation where we will have perceived jurisdictional conflict between the two Houses. If anything, the two Houses must be prepared to complement the work of the other. If we do not do this, I can assure you our oversight role will completely be impaired. view
• 19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: My last comment, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I thank you, the entire membership of the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the entire membership of the House for the interest, resilience and thoroughness you have demonstrated in interrogating the Budget and allocating money to areas that deserve. view
• 19 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: What remains on this is not to allow the Ministries out there just to misbehave with our Budget in the name of Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS). IFMIS is a tool created by man. Therefore, in the name of IFMIS, our development funding should not be affected. Thank you. 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
• 18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. view
• 18 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. While appreciating and I want Members to listen to this very carefully because at the end of the day… view