Adan Keynan

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Kenya is a very dynamic country. It is a premier nation. This is one thing I always say. Those of us who are lucky to be in this august House must also accept that Kenya, as a premier nation, expects all of us, as representatives of the people of Kenya, to meet their expectations at any given time. It is not just enough to call ourselves a premier nation. Why do I call us a premier nation? Look at the geo-political state. Kenya has been termed as a regional economic The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for ... view
• 14 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: hub, regional security hub, regional infrastructural hub and a humanitarian hub. These titles are about to be eliminated if we continue with the conflicts we experience after every elections. I appreciate this because in 1968, Kenya as a very important regional hub, was lending to other countries. Our economy has stagnated, notwithstanding the things we do. It is high time we did something. I can tell you that without food, shelter and security, we will not even have representation. Therefore, anything that will give us back investor confidence or our economic hub status is something every Kenyan must be proud ... view
• 14 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: In parliamentary diplomacy, there are three things that we, the representatives of the people, must be ready to do. We must be ready to project the image of Kenya at any given time. We must also be ready to promote the image of Kenya. Article 1 of the Constitution says that sovereignty is donated to representation, meaning that as a legislator, it is not like in the old days where we used to say that sovereignty belongs to the technocrats. We are the number one diplomats of the Republic of Kenya. Therefore, out there, unless we have peace, tranquility, national ... view
• 14 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: As I conclude, I would like to say that dialogue is critical. It is critical even in our homesteads. We dialogue with our children, and with our wives. For those of us who are polygamous, like me, we dialogue with our wives. These are things we must be prepared for at any given time to domesticate. I commend the two leaders for showing us the path to follow. We will support them in re-defining dialogue, so that Kenyans in the villages can also benefit from this grand dialogue. This is the only way both leaders and their followers in Jubilee ... view
• 14 Mar 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 22 Feb 2018 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I want to take this opportunity, on behalf of my colleagues... Hon. Speaker, we need your guidance. view
• 14 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wanted to say something which I will not. It is with profound humility, respect and appreciation that I want to thank the people of Eldas for giving me another opportunity to be their Member of Parliament in the 12th Parliament. At times, we talk of, “Member of the august House”. I want to urge all Members to look at the true meaning and what the framers of Parliamentary practice had in mind when they coined this term and whether it has any correlation with the technical appearances we have been seeing here over the last ... view
• 14 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: Sometimes when I am reflecting on issues, I think we need a leader with dictatorial tendencies. If you look at the history of the countries that have outpaced us, for example, China, you realize that their politics is not the kind we experience here. For instance, after every election we have to be prepared because donors pull out and we close the stock exchange and the shilling drops. These things must come to an end. I just want us to reflect for a moment on the geopolitical history of all the neighbouring states. Kenya is the only lucky country because ... view
• 13 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to take this opportunity to thank the Almighty Allah for having given me another opportunity to be a Member of the 12th Parliament. Secondly, I want to use this opportunity to thank all the Members who were elected because in my mind, I know that one of the most difficult things to do is to seek votes from the public. Therefore, I want to congratulate all the Members for having got the nod of your respective constituents. I hope you will add value to the true meaning of representation. view
• 13 Sep 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I also want to take this opportunity to congratulate you for having been re- elected. The 11th Parliament was a transitional one because it came in immediately after the promulgation of the new Constitution. I want to appreciate and echo that, in the last two decades, the number of Members of Parliament who were re-elected from the 11th Parliament was almost 38 per cent of the membership. That is a clear demonstration of competence by the public. In the past, it has been about 15 per cent. As it is now, 38 per cent of the Members who ... view