Keynan Wehliye Adan

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. This is a very important Bill, especially for the young, first-time Members of Parliament. Once upon a time, a one-time Member of Parliament used to be pensionable, but in the year 2000, through an omnibus Bill, the then Attorney-General brought...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you. By the time they left, the academic world outside there was not willing to accept them. They had lost their flair and popularity as Members of Parliament. What has happened? A number of them are living in abject poverty in Kibera and many...

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...

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) The Preamble of the current constitution says: “We the people of Kenya- ACKNOWLEDGING the supremacy of the Almighty God of all creation: HONOURING those who heroically struggled to bring freedom and justice to our land: PROUD of our ethnic, cultural and religious diversity and determined...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) I want to amplify something. I plead with the patron of the Pastoralist Parliamentary Group (PPG) . The era of lamentation is gone. Let us forget about that. The framers of the current Constitution gave us an opportunity to catch up with other Kenyans by...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I remember when I was elected to the 8th Parliament as a young legislator, Members of Parliament were working as if Parliament was an extension of the Office of the President though constitutionally, it was one of the three arms...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. As the first alumnus of Moi University to ever be elected to public office, I am shocked, dismayed and flabbergasted to see that giant institution struggling today. We must call a spade a spade. During our time, Moi University was everything...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. From the outset, allow me to thank Hon. Mutuse for being courageous and focused. I am sure in the annals of the history of this country and the history of the 13th Parliament, Hon. Mutuse will be appreciated. Having said that,...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. You have heard that on 13th September, this month, an elected leader from one of the wards in my constituency was abducted. It is now 14 days since he was abducted. One of the platforms that the current regime campaigned on...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) It is an official letter, Hon. Speaker. I will give it to you. I will hand it over. You can counter-check. It is official. I am too old to bring anything to this House that is not properly validated. The letter states that the County...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you very much for that guidance, Hon. Speaker. I want to confirm beyond reasonable doubt that the letter comes from the County Security and Intelligence Committee. I also want to table an averment by a great Kenyan taxi driver called Wambua Kioko. It is...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) I want to give him all the details so that he also benefits from these documents. Hon. Speaker, also allow me to say this: You have been around. You have risen up the ladder. You have almost served in all the three arms of Government....

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) You have served in the three arms of Government and you know what it takes. I want Hon. Tongoyo and the other groups to know that no amount of blackmail or intimidation will allow us to forget the existence of Hon. Yusuf Hussein. We will...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I was privileged to be a Member of Parliament before NG-CDF came into being. I was also privileged to see Eng. 24th September 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 13 Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP)Muriuki Karue apply his creative mind and come up...

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

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Deputy Speaker, this is a House of traditions. Hon. Kamket raised a pertinent issue directed to the Committee and to a member of the Executive. While we await the response, Members have taken it upon themselves to respond to themselves, which I find unparliamentary....

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

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Yesterday, I sought a statement from the same Committee regarding the brazen, cowardly abduction and detention without trial of Hon. Yusuf Hussein, Member of County Assembly (MCA) , Eldas Constituency but, I can see the Vice-Chairman of the Departmental Committee on...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Temporary Speaker, this is the august House, and we all understand the definition and meaning of an august House. You also, as a seasoned lawyer, understand what constitutes an emergency response. Here is the life of not only an 19th September 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Temporary Speaker, I want you to put yourself in the shoes of that elected leader. I want all of us as elected leaders and as politicians, to be conscious of what we go through. This is an elected leader, a family man, a Kenyan...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I would like to make a Statement on behalf of the House Business Committee. Pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (a) , I rise to give a Statement on behalf of the House Business Committee, which met...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Deputy Speaker, pursuant to the provisions of Standing Order 44 (2) (c) , I rise to request for a statement from the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security regarding the mysterious disappearance and abduction of Hon. Yussuf Hussein alias “Tolfiyow”,...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Deputy Speaker, those are semantics. The bottom line is that an elected leader is missing. Whether it is abduction or disappearance, it is a brazen attack on the rights of an individual, a citizen and an elected leader. I plead with the Chairman that...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Deputy Speaker, we need to get a commitment from the Chairman. He has talked about Tuesday which I totally disagree with. It is very far. We want the Chairman to bring a statement this afternoon. He is capable of doing that. We need to...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Deputy Speaker, as you do that, can you assure this House, in the interim, that all evidence on Hon. Yussuf Hussein that is being held by… (Inaudible) I hope nobody is tampering with the ICT system here. All evidence points that Hon. Yussuf is...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Temporary Speaker, allow me to congratulate the ranking Member, Hon. Millie. She has also been the Chair of Parliamentarians for Global Action. I appreciate Hon. Millie as a very pragmatic, astute and quintessential debater, and leader. The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has just realised...