Adan Keynan

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• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: amend the NSSF Act, so that that Fund is given its special status through a statute so that regardless of who is in power, the contributions of pensioners are protected. Secondly, Ministers who have been appointed to head the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare go there with a mindset to manage the NSSF. This is something that must also be addressed through a circular or something like that. The former Minister for Labour just woke up one day and purportedly called a Press conference and said that he had cancelled tenders. This was investigated and died somewhere. Those are ... view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, as I conclude, I also want to plead with you that there is a very important report on the duty-free shops at the Kenya airports. The report has been lying before the House Business Committee (HBC). It analyses procurement and everything pertaining to duty-free shops from 1989 to 2016. Through you, because you are the Chair, I really want this report to be fast-tracked, so that Members can get an opportunity to understand, debate and appreciate what goes on at the Kenya Airports Authority. Through you and Members of the HBC who are here, I urge you to ... view
• 16 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: With those remarks, I beg to reply and urge the Members to adopt this report. Thank you. view
• 9 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion: 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
• 9 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: THAT, this House adopts the Special Report of the Public Investments Committee on the Procurement and Financing of the National Social Security Fund Tassia II Infrastructure Development Project, laid on the Table of the House on Wednesday, 30 April, 2014. Once again, I take this opportunity to thank the House Business Committee (HBC) for prioritising this Motion in this House, taking into account that the Public Investments Committee (PIC) is one of the two critical oversight Committees in this House. It is incumbent upon the leadership of this House and in particular Members of the HBC to always fast-track reports ... view
• 9 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: For two consecutive years, the NSSF has remained without a properly appointed managing trustee. NSSF has been without a Chair for about a year, simply because there is competition. The competition is not to run it efficiently, but to take away what belongs to the taxpayers, particularly the elderly. This is why as a Committee, and for those who had an opportunity to go through the Press, we had serious issues with the way the audit of the NSSF is done. For the first time, the hunter became the hunted. We had to question some of the provisions made by ... view
• 9 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: go to court, they instigate the system and it comes around and you are forced to negotiate. When you negotiate, you are asked to develop it on their behalf. This is the scenario with that piece of land. Eventually, when we learned this, we said that this is a matter of immense public interest and, therefore, it is our obligation as the PIC to inquire into this issue and ensure that the taxpayers get value for their money. It is as a result of this that my Committee, one of the most active Committees with some of the best brains ... view
• 9 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: must be the vey individuals. Eventually, even there, the NSSF did not get its way. Therefore, all the plots were sold as unserviced plots subject to the approval of the physical development plan by the Nairobi City Council. Due to the unplanned manner in which this piece of land was subdivided, it was surveyed, planned and the NSSF engaged the services of one company called Geo-Info Surveys Limited, which submitted the development plans of the Nairobi City Council and obtained conditional approval on behalf of the Fund in 2008. The NSSF also engaged the services of a land surveyor, Ms ... view
• 9 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: He is a very intelligent Member. When we realised, again, there was a tug of war on the issue of procurement, the Cabinet Secretary (CS) purportedly tried to cancel the contract. Where does a CS come in, in the management of an independent, autonomous and quasi Government agency? When Mr. Kazungu purportedly decided to cancel the contract again, we came and told him: “What you are doing borders on trivialising the mandate of the NSSF as enshrined in the NSSF Act.” Therefore, when we brought that to his attention again, you know what you expect. He had to run away. ... view
• 9 Feb 2017 in National Assembly: happen. Again, that will bring another challenge. The contractor is likely to bring in the issue of variation, cost escalation and inflationary cost implication simply because what happened in 2013 or what ought to have happened is not the same as what is likely to happen in 2017. Before I state our recommendations, we have also realised, because of the challenges and interference by CSs and the politically correct in the management of the NSSF, it has had the highest turnover of Managing Trustees in the history of any public entity. You can just read to understand this. Every year, ... view