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Hon Adan Keynan (Elda, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. 19th February 2025 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 13 Hon Adan Keynan (Elda, JP)Allow me to delve a bit into the history of this particular Article. During the countdown to the current Constitution, there were three contending groups. One group led by...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP)Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I had the privilege of interacting with Mr and Mrs Cheptumo as legal practitioners, long before he joined politics. I found him down to earth and a brilliant legal practitioner. I also had the privilege of being with him in Parliament from...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I join my colleagues in commending the President for the manner in which he approached the African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson election this year. I also appreciate the amazingly gingerly manner in which Hon. Raila Odinga exhibited himself after the...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Deputy Speaker, Audit Committees play a very important role in safeguarding the public interest. I request that the House Business Committee fast-track all the pending reports of the Audit Committees because that is the only way to assess whether the public gets value for...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) I second. (Loud consultations)

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Speaker, unless this question is determined, pursuant to Standard Order 171, we are looking at a crisis, which can only be sorted out with the proper guidance from the Speaker. This state of affairs portends a crisis for the House. We want your guidance,...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Speaker, this is a House of rules and traditions. This is a House that enjoys being a quasi-judicial institution. On the face of it, I take this opportunity to welcome my colleagues to this very important Session. Kenyans out there are really looking upon...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Luckily… (Loud consultations)

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you for giving me an opportunity to contribute to this very important Report. Diplomacy is, by definition, the art, science, and other means states use to interact with other nations to safeguard their national interests. That being the case, modern-day diplomacy was born out...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Do you want to lower the standards of the development agenda in this country? Do you want to watch other people and remain aloof in the implementation? How will you implement your development agenda? You were elected on a platform. You went to the grassroots....

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The institution of NG-CDF and the framers of that law have freed Parliament from the yoke of the Presidency and marginalisation by members of the Executive. Before we enacted NG-CDF, a Member of Parliament was a pauper - the most...

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

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Ideally, Hon. Temporary Speaker, there is nothing that is out of order, but I have heard the words ‘abduction’ and ‘disappearances’ being mentioned. The framers of the current Constitution, the great men and women who fought for the making of this important nation and State...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) My conclusion is this: I understand the intrigues and I really empathise with him because I know what he has been asked to convey, having been a former Chairman. I want the Hon. Chairman to put his foot down because he is a very important...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Let me finish.

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Can I finish?

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Can I finish? Is Hon. Junet in order? This is the point. He was elected by the good people of Migori whom we appreciate. However, he is also a product of a very good community called the Somali community.

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) He has said that the Somali community did not vote for him, but it is part and parcel of the making of the good Hon. Junet whom you see today.

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) I was just reminding you of the tradition. (Loud consultations)

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) She is asking me to thank you. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. By tradition, you should have started with her.

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) The history and evolution of the EACC has been turbulent and confusing. Luckily, the framers of the current Constitution decided to put it into perspective. Courtesy of the same Constitution, we now have a constitutional commission that is not at the direction of anybody. Only...

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

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Temporary Speaker, Hon. Junet and I come from Mandera. That is our birthplace. The person who has the first right over you is the one who mentors you and takes you through the process, until you become someone whom everybody will be very proud...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I am a Member of the Committee and I want to talk directly to my colleagues. We are reeling from the effects of the Gen-Z activities. We need to allow the small businesses, including the banks, to recoup and position themselves in...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I just wanted to say one thing.

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am Member of the Departmental Committee on Finance and Planning Committee and I can see the whole House is in a celebratory mood. But I think we must appreciate why it is this way. We have replaced confrontation with...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Deputy Speaker, we must tackle mob justice. People go to church because they think they will not be held accountable and they condemn everybody. We have fought together during disasters. I appeal to the leadership of churches, the mosques, trade unionists and everybody else....

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Speaker, Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. We have a country. The Sovereign Republic of Kenya was born out of sheer hard work of the great men and women who fought the colonialists. From their struggle, they have given us a Constitution that we have...