Adan Keynan

All parliamentary appearances

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• 23 Jul 2024 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This is a House of traditions. That is why it is called the august House. The Member has made a number of un-substantiated allegations against individual Members of Parliament, the 13th Parliament, and everybody else. As a human being, I may be tempted to accept that apology on the face of it. However, this thing has circulated so much and it is all over. I beseech you to refer this issue to the Powers and Privileges Committee to subject the document to proper justice. Here, justice means that I want to appear as a witness and ... view
• 23 Jul 2024 in National Assembly: I agree with the Leader of the Majority Party that we beseech you to refer this to the Powers and Privileges Committee so that we are fair, contended and satisfied. It will not only deal with this issue. It will also deal with any other would-be Member who would be casting aspersions on the integrity of this House and individual Members. Hon. Speaker, I beseech you. If there are issues in the Powers and Privileges Act and the current Standing Orders that we need to amend, this will also give us an opportunity to do so. That is so that ... view
• 23 Jul 2024 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Before I comment on the audit report on the NG-CDF, allow me to delve a bit back into the history of this great The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 23 Jul 2024 in National Assembly: nation. This country was once called the British East Africa Company in the early 1880s. That was a personal company, a private company. Later, we became a British Protectorate and then a British colony. At a certain stage, we were allowed to do our internal self-rule up to 1962. In 1963, we got our Independence. In 1969, with agitation, we became a one-party State. In 1991, we went back and became a multi-party State. In 1992, we held our first general election under the multi-party Constitution. Since then, there was agitation for a new constitutional dispensation until 2010, when we ... view
• 23 Jul 2024 in National Assembly: today, we are lagging behind. These issues must be addressed collectively. The President alone cannot address them. The citizens must be ready to support the Government. The President must also be ready to listen to the citizens. They must have faith in their leadership, which must remain accountable. As the father of the 13th Parliament, there comes a time when we must all come together, reason and collectively pursue a path that will add us to the list of developed nations. It cannot be achieved through violence or the activities that we have seen in the name of economic sabotage. ... view
• 23 Jul 2024 in National Assembly: will compete here, but we are all Members of Parliament outside there. In Articles 94, 95 and 96 of the Constitution and Chapter 1 of the Constitution, sovereignty is equated to representation. Where is it? It must come in the form of accountability and being prepared to listen to what our people are saying. It comes as part of our oversight, legislative and budget-making roles. I have a plea on this topic. I have travelled to over 136 countries, some of which you do not know their names, in my over two-and-half decades in Parliament. This is the most beautiful ... view
• 23 Jul 2024 in National Assembly: There is one last thing that I want to say to Members of Parliament in just one minute. I am concluding. view
• 23 Jul 2024 in National Assembly: In all this, we must also ask the NG-CDF fund managers and the people who deal with the NG-CDF to manage it in the most accountable and transparent manner. That is the only way we can also be accountable. I urge those tasked with running the NG-CDF to be prepared to be held accountable in the manner the resources are used and how efficiently they reach the people who need them. With that, I support. Thank you. view
• 20 Jun 2024 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. This Bill contains an array of tax proposals that affect different tax laws. The intention is to give the Government the legal force to collect taxes to finance the Budget. Ordinarily, this Bill has gone through all the legislative stages that every Bill ought to go through until it has become part of the public debate. All laws affecting taxation are generally emotive, polarising and highly political. The debate on this Bill has taken two dimensions. The first one is political. The political dimension has been convoluted, highly polarised and full of propaganda, misinformation and misinterpretation. ... view
• 6 Jun 2024 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairlady. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in any civilised democracy is an interface. In our context, it is the interface between Kenya and the outside world. This diaspora State Department has proudly evolved from a diaspora desk and a diaspora directorate. In 2009 when the then Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations brought a recommendation to have a diaspora State Department, everybody was shocked. Today, everybody appreciates the contribution of this State Department. What I want to ask my colleagues and the able Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee is that, if we really ... view