Adan Keynan

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 Mar 2025 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Speaker, I am on a point of order. Our education sector is going through very serious crises: man-made crises, financial crises, mismanagement crises, and perception crises. Once upon a time, my friend, Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah, was my Vice-Chairman in the Public Investments Committee (PIC). However, he is a big man today. He used to say he was a product of the University of Nairobi. It is no more. We have lost Moi University because of mismanagement. I expect the good Deputy Leader of the Majority Party to say we are allocating money to resuscitate those good former institutions ... view
• 12 Mar 2025 in National Assembly: to their original form so that these young Kenyans who are now still going to colleges can be proud of these institutions. view
• 12 Mar 2025 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. By definition, supplementary is used to address unexpected and unavoidable circumstances. I see people questioning because a Government is a system. In fact, in some jurisdictions, some of these developed countries have supplementary estimates almost every month. It is not a surprise. It is not out of place that we have these Supplementary Estimates II nearly three months to the end of the financial year 2024/2025. It is not unexpected. The other bit is that supplementary estimates are also used to adjust the budget realities with the fiscal framework. Equally, supplementary estimates are also expected ... view
• 12 Mar 2025 in National Assembly: commitments, so we are destroying the sector. The same thing applies to the county governments. I urge the leadership to put a programme together to sort out the pending bills once and for all if we truly desire meaningful economic growth and expansion of our capital base. Doing business right now is becoming a very risky venture. As we go through this, priorities should be given to the business community in the next supplementary Budget or the next Budget. Once we have a thriving business community, I can assure you that you will have thriving economic growth. This country, on ... view
• 12 Mar 2025 in National Assembly: Today, we are doing Supplementary Estimates II. Let us look at this holistically so that when my disadvantaged region gets a small benefit, it should be a source of pride for every Kenyan citizen. When the people of the Lake who have been neglected over the years get certain benefits out of the broad-based arrangement, that should attract celebration and not condemnation. This is what will give us a country. In conclusion, this is good, and it is an eye-opener. I urge the leadership to be fair in distributing our national cake. I support this, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Thank you. view
• 5 Mar 2025 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Speaker, that debate we are having right now reminds me of the three Cs: Christianity, Commerce, and Civilisation, which is part of the legacy of our colonial history, but that will be a debate for another day. I am sure that Hon. Okello and Hon. Atandi might be products of two different philosophies. This Bill by Hon. Mary Wamaua is timely and good. It demonstrates that the Member is familiar with the crisis in our education sector. The main object of the Bill is to amend the Basic Education Act No.14 of 2013 to provide for the establishment ... view
• 5 Mar 2025 in National Assembly: If the Member wants to cascade the County Education Board to another level, the best thing to do is to provide for a Constituency Sub-County Education Board. If left at the sub- county, it will be subjected to many definitional problems. Look at it in the next stage so you are clear on what you want because the administrative sub-counties mutate monthly and yearly. The numbers can be decided administratively, but the constituency issues are decided between 10 to 12 years. That must also be clear. The other bit is the educational qualification of the chairperson. It is very important ... view
• 5 Mar 2025 in National Assembly: Why have we lost our status as the best in human resource capital? Over the last few years, there has been an attempt to glorify university education at the expense of tertiary institutions. Today, in the whole world, there are many job opportunities for graduates of our tertiary institutions. Unfortunately, the tertiary institutions we once had have been turned into university colleges. Today, if you go to London, they hold an annual conference on education to review the curriculum and job markets. In our Kenyan system, everyone wants a degree that does not resonate well with the job market, whether ... view
• 5 Mar 2025 in National Assembly: The Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) is not working. Every Cabinet Secretary has introduced their own reforms, which have made the entire sector bureaucratic and bloated, with no head and tail and a lack of management. This sector requires critical dissection if we are to truly live up to the tenets and expectations of the education system we inherited from our forefathers. I may not agree with the three Cs: Christianity, Commerce and Civilisation, but in Northern Kenya, while other Kenyans were benefiting from the three Cs, the rights of the students, parents and teachers were trampled. The issue of the ... view
• 5 Mar 2025 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want to thank my good sister here, a very progressive constituency leader, for thinking out of the box and bringing this Bill. I request that she look at the definitional issues so that they are clear, predictable and consistent with the law. Once you do this, those individuals will subject it to due process, which is bureaucratic and unfriendly. With those remarks, I support the Bill. Thank you. view