Adan Keynan

Hon. Speaker, I also want to confirm the sentiments of our---We wanted to confirm him as our substantive Chair.

He has done a lot for the Committee over the last four years. I want to confirm that the Committee deliberated on this particular issue. We all understand the state of security in Kenya and all the neighbouring states. This is an issue that everybody requires. We appreciate the good...

On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. Is it in order for the Hon. Member to mislead the Members of this House and the nation at large that NIS accounts are not audited? I was the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations in the last Parliament....

However, there are some financial issues that are audited. If the hon. Member is not familiar with the audit mechanism, the best he can do is to refer to the reports of the Auditor-General and see how the accounts of any security agency, and not just those of NIS, are...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish once again to continue from where I left the other time. The 21stAnnual Report of the PIC has closely examined and scrutinised audited financial statements of 41 State corporations. In its examination and scrutiny of the audited financial statements of various State corporations, the...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was talking of public finance regulations, public procurement and asset disposal legislation, public procurement regulations, international public sector accounting standards and international financial reporting standards relevant to the commercial State corporations. The Committee was also guided by the mandate and the strategic objectives of each...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I take this opportunity to thank all the Members who have contributed to this important Report. The parastatal sector is the engine to realising meaningful development and industrial take-off. Without this sector being properly and efficiently run, we will continue to have many sectors...

Hon. Speaker, I also want to confirm the sentiments of our---We wanted to confirm him as our substantive Chair.

He has done a lot for the Committee over the last four years. I want to confirm that the Committee deliberated on this particular issue. We all understand the state of security in Kenya and all the neighbouring states. This is an issue that everybody requires. We appreciate the good...

On a point of order, Hon. Speaker. Is it in order for the Hon. Member to mislead the Members of this House and the nation at large that NIS accounts are not audited? I was the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations in the last Parliament....

However, there are some financial issues that are audited. If the hon. Member is not familiar with the audit mechanism, the best he can do is to refer to the reports of the Auditor-General and see how the accounts of any security agency, and not just those of NIS, are...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish once again to continue from where I left the other time. The 21stAnnual Report of the PIC has closely examined and scrutinised audited financial statements of 41 State corporations. In its examination and scrutiny of the audited financial statements of various State corporations, the...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was talking of public finance regulations, public procurement and asset disposal legislation, public procurement regulations, international public sector accounting standards and international financial reporting standards relevant to the commercial State corporations. The Committee was also guided by the mandate and the strategic objectives of each...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I take this opportunity to thank all the Members who have contributed to this important Report. The parastatal sector is the engine to realising meaningful development and industrial take-off. Without this sector being properly and efficiently run, we will continue to have many sectors...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I was just struggling to get my card and I am glad that you have enabled me to use the microphone. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Public Investments Committee on...

I doubt. The Temporary Deputy Speaker (Hon. (Ms.) Shebesh) : Hon. Keynan, please, speak through the Speaker. Ignore those who are making comments. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, my Vice-Chairman is not used to sitting for very long hours. Today, he will have to bear with us because he knows that...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. Basically, it is the same. I agree and concur that it is a good one. (Question, that the words to be inserted be inserted, put and agreed to) (Proposed amendment by Hon. Keynan dropped) (Clause 3 as amended agreed to)

Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Hon. Emanikor’s amendment and that of the Powers and Privileges Committee are similar. The essence of the amendment is to improve on the headings of the various parts of the Bill. This amendment being similar to the one proposed by the Powers and Privileges Committee, I...

Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman since Members are asking, there is New Clause 18 which is next but this Clause 18 just seeks to correct a typo. So, I agree entirely with what---In the Order Paper, there is amendment to Clause 18 and New Clause 18. So, we are still discussing...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I am entirely in agreement with the proposal by the Hon. Member. A number of issues were raised on how some of these--- In case one has defaulted on certain things that are supposed to be executed--- Eventually we realized that we did not...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. From the outset, I would like to say that every Hon. Member here, as an elected representative of the people of Kenya pursuant to the Constitution, has the inherent right at any given time to come up with any legislation. “Madam Chair”, the framers...

Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I also want to state that this is one of the clauses that the members of the Fourth Estate have really complained about. Therefore, I entirely agree with the amendment. There was an issue of misinterpretation of the definition of what constitutes Parliament. Therefore, because it...

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On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. My good friend, Hon. Duale, has not understood what the deletion is supposed to serve. The Office of the DPP is not under the direction of anybody. It is an independent office. They analyze, investigate and make reports. What we are...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The Temporary Deputy Chairman (Hon. Cheboi) : Hon. Keynan, explain first and then you might make a decision on what you really want to proceed with. Let us hear what you have. Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I now see a lot of sense in...

Finally, we have agreed on one. The Temporary Deputy Chairman (Hon. Cheboi) : Then move your further amendment and Members make your decision quickly. I will not give an opportunity to Members on this one. Listen to him keenly and make your decision. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I want to seek the attention of the Members because this is a very important clause. First of all, it is a reality that Members of Parliament being State officers must also subject themselves to thorough scrutiny just like any other State officer. Having...

I want to urge Hon. Members to reject this new clause and allow for the enactment of Schedule Four which will empower the Hon. Speaker to deal with issues pertaining to Hon. Members through Parliament. The Temporary Deputy Chairman (Hon.) Cheboi): I will give a few Members. I know the...

On a point of information. The Temporary Deputy Chairman (Hon.) Cheboi): Hon. Keynan, whom do you want to inform. Hon. Emaase, do you require information from Hon. Keynan? Well, proceed Hon. Wafula.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I beg to move:- THAT, the Bill be amended by inserting the following new schedule immediately after the Second Schedule— FOURTH SCHEDULE CODE OF CONDUCT FOR MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, item (6) of my amendment to the Fourth Schedule states that...

Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move that the Committee doth report to the House its consideration of the Powers and the Privileges Bill, Bill No, 35 of 2014 and its approval thereof with amendments. (Question proposed) REPORTS AND THIRD READINGS THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATION COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) BILL

Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the House doth agree with the Committee in the said Report. I would like to request Hon. Millie Odhiambo to second the Motion for agreement with the report of the Committee of the whole House.

Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Bill, be now read a Third Time. I would like to request Hon. (Eng.) Gumbo to second.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I rise to oppose this amendment with the following reasons. We do not enact just to achieve a specific short-term goal. We legislate for posterity. Creating a vacuum in a commission that all of us require at this stage is not proper. More so,...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. The Temporary Deputy Chairman (Hon. Cheboi) : Let us forget about points of order, Member for Eldas. Let us have Hon. Mulu. Let us give one another an opportunity, convince one another, and then we make a decision.

Thank you, hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to continue moving the PIC Report on the Recapitalisation and Balance Sheet Restructuring of Telkom Kenya Limited, laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. As I had alluded to, the intention of privatisation was good but...

Hon. Speaker, let me take hon. Members back. Telkom Kenya is one of the off-shoots of the defunct giant Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Corporation, which later on saw the birth of Communications Commission of Kenya, Telkom Kenya Limited, Postal Corporation and a number of other entities. Before privatization, Telkom Kenya...

Thank you. I want to enlighten you on what the Standing Orders say. Having participated in the drafting of the current Standing Orders, the work of the Committee on Implementation is to look at all reports adopted by this House and ensure that the contents of those reports are implemented...

Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motions:- THAT, this House adopts the Public Investments Committee Special Report on Recapitalization and Balance Sheet Restructuring of Telkom Kenya Limited laid on the Table of the House on Tuesday 29 April, 2014. ADOPTION OF PIC SPECIAL REPORT ON TASSIA...