Keynan Wehliye Adan

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. As I reflected on what to say on this very important Bill generated by my former Committee, I went back to my dictionary and looked at Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. In that particular diagram, the highest level is self-actualisation. In...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Speaker, you know I have contributed many times here. It would not be an issue if I do not contribute now. Hon. Speaker Order, Hon. Keynan! We have bestowed you the title of ‘the father of the House’ because of your longevity. The least...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) I did not mention anyone. I said some Members here are on retainers. If you wish, I can name them.

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Speaker, I will reluctantly contribute because I know some of us are on retainers here. We have been around for some time.

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) It is a very rare thing. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This Motion is timely. I want to thank the Hon. Marianne Kitany. You know, she is a distinguished Member of this House. People know her as a first-term Member.

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Yes, I am saying people know her as a--- 18th June 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 30

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Yes, people know her as a first-timer, but she is an all-around, efficient, highly mobilised, former Chief of Staff. I am sure the people of Aldai will not regret having her as their Member of Parliament. But that does not mean I am in any...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I do not know why I left my card.

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) I hardly forget.

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Allow me to say that this answer is insufficient. I know the Chairman is innocent just like the innocent lady you saw responding on behalf of the TSC. The answer that the Chairman was given to read, lacks every substance. I urge my good friend...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Point of order, Hon. Speaker, please.

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Every region or community has certain expectations from every regime. We, as Northerners, have three critical expectations from the current regime. One has been solved. It was training, recruitment and posting of teachers which has been solved by His Excellency the...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) I requested for a Statement regarding the extension of the national grid from Garissa to Wajir to Mandera. Hon. Speaker, I know at one time, as a young lawyer you worked in that part of Kenya. The answer given by the Chairman is a continuation...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Secondly, there are rights under REREC that every constituency is entitled. I am asking about connection and extension of the national grid. The national grid has ended in Garbatulla. It reached Garissa and its environs. The Government is telling us that it has plans to...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This is a very important Motion. First of all, let me appreciate...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I appreciate Hon. Faith Gitau for this great Motion. I also want to say that this Motion is a product of Hon. Faith's understanding of the history, infrastructure, and dynamics of the Republic of Kenya. I do know our forefathers,...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) We are struggling to have minor roads. We are struggling to have something that befits the definition of a road. In your creative mind – and I like that – you have alluded to the great tarmac roads in parts of Kenya. I appreciate you....

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. This is a very important issue… The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : But give it a minute. Do not go beyond. Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Allow me this, Hon. Temporary Chairman. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) :...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) I respect Hon. Oundo because he understands. When he was raising that issue, I am sure he also knew the answer. The budget-making process is stratified in such a way that there is a Budget Policy Statement which is a wish list that encompasses every...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) You can expect the excitement. I am sure they are excited about the services of the broad-based Government. You can see these days they are the people who troop to State House and get a lot of development pronouncements. You can see the excitement on...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. The Budget and Appropriation Committee has officially submitted this comprehensive Report on the estimate of revenue and expenditure for the Financial Year 2025/2026. This pivotal Report, which is a product of the broad-based Government, was tabled on 4th June 2025,...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. From the onset, I support the approval of these seven great Kenyans. We do not have a perfect society. That is why God, the Almighty, allowed us to submit to His will, which also provides us with rules in the form...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) On a point of order, Hon. Speaker.

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Speaker, I have heard the able Chairman of this Committee refer to Ms Fahima using the words, ‘she created the impression of being a youth’. I thought he would say that she is a youth. That statement is misleading. Since he is on the...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This Bill is timely. It is timely because it brings about serious definitional clarity on the meaning of agriculture and livestock. I can see my good friend and my elder brother here, Hon. Aden Haji, who is a professional product...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Temporary Speaker, as he does that, let me put this rider: You also come from that region so you understand this and I know you are not prejudiced. Hon. Chair, you chaired the same Departmental Committee on Energy in the last Parliament. By the...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) On a point of information.

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Sometimes, the Standing Orders are misleading. Considering the seriousness of this issue and the answer given by the Chairman, Committees are limited in getting proper and responsive answers. Will I be right to suggest to Hon. Samuel and other affected Members to file a petition...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) The On a point of information, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) : What is your point of information, Hon. Keynan? Do you wish to be informed? In any case, he was on a point of order and therefore, you cannot inform a...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Temporary Speaker, if Hon. Kiplagat accepts, he is aware that today, there was a change of leadership at TSC. I am not in any way trying to advocate or talk about the absence or presence of Hon. Melly. The long-serving Commission Secretary, Ms Nancy...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Temporary Speaker, you know we have waited for 63 years to be connected to the national grid. Therefore, waiting for seven more days is not far-fetched.

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) The seven days will come. Hon. Temporary Speaker, you can count 63 years. However, I want to clarify something; having watched the performance of the different Heads of State Departments, the Principal Secretaries, I want to confirm that Hon. Alex Wachira is one of the...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Prof. Ngugi wa Thiong'o was an academic giant, a philosopher and thinker who encouraged Pan-Africanism, fought colonialism and also tried to reduce the influence of new colonial ideas. As Africans, particularly in the academic world, there are academicians who are...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I have always supported consensus. Some of us fought hard for devolution during the countdown to the promulgation of the current Constitution. As someone who represents a constituency that has been marginalised for years. What I had in mind about the devolvement...