Adan Keynan

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, Article 125 (2) (a) of the Constitution says: “---to enforce the attendance by witnesses and examine them on oath, affirmation or otherwise.” All of you are in committees. How is this supposed to be exercised? It is not defined. Therefore, what this Bill attempts to do is to define this and provide a modusoperandi . If you invite a witness, the rights of that witness must be respected. The Bill tells us how we are supposed to invite that witness, who is supposed to give the notice, how it is supposed to be executed, what happens in ... view
• 26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: how the witness is supposed to be treated when he/she appears before a committee, or when he/she appears before the House or any other arm of Government. What this Bill attempts to do is to simplify the provisions of Article 125 of the Constitution. Article 125 (2) (b) of the Constitution says: “---to compel the production of documents.” Yesterday, I saw in the papers the leadership of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) lamenting. I want to go on the record. No committee of this House shall lament in the execution of their mandate. You have the powers and everybody must ... view
• 26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, in conclusion, I want to tell hon. Members that this is their Bill. Next time we will bring The Parliamentary Service Bill. These Bills are being generated by your welfare commission. That is our work. To do what appertains to the rights of Members of Parliament and members of staff whom we represent. view
• 26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: The Bill is now before the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. That Bill takes into account critical welfare issues that have been denied to Members by Ms. Sarah Serem. I urge you, as you look at it, to also interact with it. Time will come to interact with the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. 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: I beg to move that the Bill on the Powers and Privileges Bill, 2014 be read a Second Time and ask Hon. Makali to second. view
• 26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: I thank the Deputy Leader of the Minority Party. Hon. Deputy Speaker, we had a very interactive session with the media owners, media practitioners and the media station that covers Parliament. Therefore, I want to confirm that Sections 27, 33, 34 and 35 will be amended. It might not reflect 100 per cent of the proposal that we have, but we are almost reaching a common ground. That is the assurance that I want to give to the Deputy Leader of the Minority Party. view
• 26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. The essence of having a structured format of coming up with Bills is to allow for the participation of the public. There are provisions for public participation, scrutiny of committee, First Reading, Second Reading, Third Reading and Committee Stage. All these are meant to allow for important input from different stakeholders. 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: Taking into account that this is also a deliberative House, the fact that we prepared and brought a Bill; had the guts and the opportunity to sit down, reflect, contextualize it, synthesize it and eventually come up with this format; required a lot of time. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the Bill is now before the House. Therefore, I do not want to see an hon. Member lamenting. The Bill is theirs, and they have unfettered rights to introduce any amendments to add or delete any of the provisions contained therein. They can introduce further new clauses. That is the work ... view
• 26 Aug 2015 in National Assembly: Bill provides a modus operandi by saying that the relevant House of Parliament shall have all the powers necessary for inquiring into and pronouncing upon any Act or matter constituting a breach of value by an hon. Member. Secondly, an inquiry of the relevant House shall not preclude criminal investigation. That is an important inclusion in this Bill. Thirdly, where the relevant House finds that an hon. Member has committed a breach of privilege, the relevant House may, in addition to any other penalty to which the Member may be liable, act on this particular aspect. The relevant House can ... view