Adan Keynan

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: I felt I should clarify because I do not want someone to mistake me - I want members of the Fourth Estate to hear that it is not Hon. Keynan’s Bill. It is a Bill generated by the PSC for the welfare of Members of Parliament who include the Senate. view
• 26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Before I go to the contents of this Bill, I want also to go on record that members of the Fourth Estate, both the media practitioners and the media owners, have petitioned me as the Mover of the Bill and also the Chair of the PSC, who is also the Speaker of the National Assembly. I want to assure them that the suggestions they have made, in particular on enforcement, publication and broadcasting of certain parliamentary materials are worth considering. We will look at it at the right stage when we will be looking at the different provisions of this ... view
• 26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Having said that, I want to take this opportunity to move this Bill. In Part I, the preliminary, we have defined terms. Maybe before I say this, we have an Cap.6 of the Laws of Kenya called the “Powers and Privileges Act” of the National Assembly. In essence, that Act has become obsolete or redundant after the promulgation of the new Constitution, because it is anchored on a unicameral House. We have a bicameral House, which means we have two Houses. Therefore, that Act was to be amended after the promulgation of the new Constitution. Since this did not happen, ... view
• 26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: The first part is the definitions; it is the preliminary. We have defined the Bill as “the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Bill of 2014”. It defines committee. A 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
• 26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: committee in this sense as far as this Bill is concerned, means committee of the National Assembly or the Senate, or a Joint Committee of the Houses of Parliament. It means we can have a joint committee of both the National Assembly and the Senate. That is why we are defining it as joint committee. view
• 26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: There will be the Committee of Powers and Privileges, as you will see under Section 16 of this Bill. We have it right now. The way it is envisaged right now, it will have more powers and jurisdiction. Eventually, some of the issues we have seen being canvassed by busy bodies or NGOs and other entities, sometimes giving Parliament the wrong image, will be addressed. It is going to be a very powerful committee. I hope once this Bill is enacted that committee will do some of those things. view
• 26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: A House of Parliament means the National Assembly and the Senate. Journal is a new definition. As you will see it under certain sections of this Bill, it means minutes and official records of the House of Parliament whether audio, electronic or in any other form, including all papers and accounts howsoever presented to or belonging to the Houses of Parliament, or any other records of proceedings of Parliament. In the past this was lacking. view
• 26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: A Member is a Member of the National Assembly and the Senate. A member of staff, in the past was not covered. It also defines who a member of staff is. National Security as defined under Article 239 (1) is defined. Parliament is also defined. The critical thing in this particular Bill is to define, first of all, what constitutes the precincts of Parliament. Precincts of Parliament have had different definitions in statutes and in other jurisdictions in constitutional definitions. Others are in precedents, traditions and court rulings. In our case, we felt we should be fair and more civilised ... view
• 26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: The precincts of Parliament shall comprise that area of land and every building or part of a building under Parliament’s control including - there was a definition problem and we felt we should clarify this - the Chamber in which the proceedings of Parliament are conducted, including the Galleries and lobbies of the Chambers. That is the first definition. view
• 26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Two, all parts of the building in which the Chambers are situated including the entrances, the fore courts, the yards, the gardens, the enclosures and all open spaces. view