Topics Keynan Wehliye Adan cares about

Keynan Wehliye Adan

National Assembly

Keynan Wehliye Adan

Constituency Eldas
Party Jubilee Party
Status Elected
Term Sep 2022 – Present
More about Keynan Wehliye Adan →

Activity (last 12 months)

Policy focus

  • Statements41%
  • Questions & Answers26%
  • Parliamentary Procedures13%
  • Committee Reports9%
  • Governance & Democracy6%
  • Motions5%

Biography

Aden Keynan Wehliye is a Member of the National Assembly of Kenya. He served Wajir West constituency from 1997 to 2002 and 2007 to 2013. He then moved to Eldas constituency which was carved from Wajir West. Keynan served as the MP of Eldas in the 11th and 12th parliaments. He represented the Orange Democratic Movement until 2017 when he switched to the Jubilee Party. Keynan was re-elected on the Jubilee ticket in the 2022 elections. He is the longest-serving MP of the 13th Parliament of Kenya. Keynan received a bachelor's degree and a master's degree at Moi University and Kenyatta University, respectively. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Public Administration (honoris causa) by the Commonwealth University in collaboration with the London Graduate School. Before joining politics Keynan was a Director at the National Housing Corporation between 1996 and 1997. In 2011, he formed a foundation, the Adan Keynan Foundation, to help afforestation, education and youth and women empowerment in Wajir County. He hails from the Degodia clan of the greater Saransor clan.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Current Positions

A member of the 13th Parliament from September 8, 2022 to Present

Performance Scorecard

20.1 / 100 overall performance score
Top 48% of the National Assembly Ranked 168 of 348
  • Contributions 256 ↑ above avg 13.7/100
    House average: 91.0
  • Bills 0 ↓ below avg 0.0/100
    House average: 0.7
  • Committees 3 ↓ below avg 6.4/100
    House average: 3.2
  • Initiative 1 ↓ below avg 0.1/100
    House average: 14.2
  • Division participation 6 ↓ below avg 60.0/100
    House average: 6.8
How this is calculated →

Committee Membership

Committee reports 25

Reports produced by Keynan Wehliye Adan's committees.

Parliamentary Activity

Keynan Wehliye Adan has made 3 speeches this year and a total of 350 speeches in the 13th Parliament.

Statements 4th March 2025
1 speech in 1 contribution
Question Time QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) What is your point of order, Hon. Keynan? Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is about the NG-CDF. The issue of NG-CDF is serious. It is a very...
Questions & Answers 4th March 2025
1 speech in 1 contribution
Question Time QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) What is your point of order, Hon. Keynan? Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Temporary Speaker, it is about the NG-CDF. The issue of NG-CDF is serious. It is a very...
Trade & Commerce 27th February 2025
2 speeches in 1 contribution
Procedural Matter NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT ON A MATTER OF URGENT NATIONAL IMPORTANCE
2 speeches

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Speaker, I am glad because Hon. Otiende Amollo was part of the drafters of the Constitution 2010. I believe he still has some of the notes that led to the inclusion of the Senate in it. The Senate that I had in mind, the...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. A police officer is a law enforcement officer. Pursuant to Article 243 of the Constitution, the functions of the National Police Service include:

Parliamentary Procedures 27th February 2025
2 speeches in 1 contribution
Procedural Matter NOTICE OF ADJOURNMENT ON A MATTER OF URGENT NATIONAL IMPORTANCE
2 speeches

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Speaker, I am glad because Hon. Otiende Amollo was part of the drafters of the Constitution 2010. I believe he still has some of the notes that led to the inclusion of the Senate in it. The Senate that I had in mind, the...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. A police officer is a law enforcement officer. Pursuant to Article 243 of the Constitution, the functions of the National Police Service include:

Statements 26th February 2025
3 speeches in 1 contribution
Question Time QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS
3 speeches

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas. JP) So, we are all just sitting. Let us stop complaining. Let us not reduce ourselves to a House of lamentation. Can we act and bite constitutionally? Thank you.

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Speaker, allow me to join this debate, which has two aspects. I am glad that, today, the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of the Minority Party have agreed on one thing; that this House has been reduced to a House of...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Unfortunately, that is where we are. Some of them are going public to say that Members of Parliament have no role in county affairs. I urge my colleagues that there comes a time when people must be ready to make hard decisions. We need to...
Questions & Answers 26th February 2025
3 speeches in 1 contribution
Question Time QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS
3 speeches

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas. JP) So, we are all just sitting. Let us stop complaining. Let us not reduce ourselves to a House of lamentation. Can we act and bite constitutionally? Thank you.

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Hon. Speaker, allow me to join this debate, which has two aspects. I am glad that, today, the Leader of the Majority Party and the Leader of the Minority Party have agreed on one thing; that this House has been reduced to a House of...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Unfortunately, that is where we are. Some of them are going public to say that Members of Parliament have no role in county affairs. I urge my colleagues that there comes a time when people must be ready to make hard decisions. We need to...
Statements 25th February 2025
1 speech in 1 contribution
Ministerial Statement REQUESTS FOR STATEMENTS

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am a Member of the Committee, and this Bill has come at a time when this country is faced with many challenges. The insurance sector is critical to our economic stability by providing financial security against risks and uncertainties....
Statements 20th February 2025
2 speeches in 1 contribution
Question Time QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS
2 speeches

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. When we went to Malaysia for benchmarking, we were with the late Hon. Michuki and others. We were welcomed by the Deputy Speaker and the Clerk of their Parliament. We were asked for documents to improve the facilities in Nairobi...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This Culture Bill that has been introduced by the Leader of the Majority Party seeks to promote, preserve and institutionalise Kenya's rich and diverse cultural heritage. At the core of the Bill, it proposes the establishment of the National Cultural...
Questions & Answers 20th February 2025
2 speeches in 1 contribution
Question Time QUESTIONS AND STATEMENTS
2 speeches

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. When we went to Malaysia for benchmarking, we were with the late Hon. Michuki and others. We were welcomed by the Deputy Speaker and the Clerk of their Parliament. We were asked for documents to improve the facilities in Nairobi...

Hon. Adan Keynan (Eldas, JP) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. This Culture Bill that has been introduced by the Leader of the Majority Party seeks to promote, preserve and institutionalise Kenya's rich and diverse cultural heritage. At the core of the Bill, it proposes the establishment of the National Cultural...
Statements 19th February 2025
1 speech in 1 contribution
Ministerial Statement STATEMENTS

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...
+

Bills Sponsored

Keynan Wehliye Adan has not sponsored any Bill.

Voting Record

5Ayes
1Noes
0Abstain / Spoilt
3Absent
6Divisions attended

Voting History: 9

Date
Vote
Decision
February 20, 2024
The Affordable Housing Bill, 2023
Yes
June 20, 2023
Finance Bill 2023 — 35% top income tax band
No
June 14, 2023
The Finance Bill, 2023
Yes
July 1, 2025
The Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill 4 of 2025
Yes
June 25, 2024
Consideration of Report of the Committee of the Whole Finance Bill 2024
Absent
June 22, 2023
Finance Bill 2023 - 2nd Reading
Yes
May 2, 2024
CS Linturi Impeachment Motion
Absent
October 8, 2024
Rigathi Gachagua Impeachment
Yes
June 20, 2024
Finance Bill 2024 (2nd Reading)
Absent

Motions

Petitions

No petitions recorded yet.

Questions

No questions recorded yet.

Statements

No statements recorded yet.

Papers Laid

Declarations of Interest

Constitution of Kenya, Chapter 6 (Leadership & Integrity) + Public Officer Ethics Act.

No declarations published yet.

Constitution Chapter 6 declarations and Public Officer Ethics Act filings are not currently published in a machine-readable form by Kenyan public bodies. Our scraper is queued; until then, declarations may be lodged with the Ethics & Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC).

Read more on EACC

In the Kenya Gazette

Appointments, by-elections, legal notices and other public-record gazette entries.

No gazette mentions matched yet.

We index every Kenya Gazette issue and surface the entries that name a sitting MP or Senator. Mentions will appear here when our scraper finds and an editor confirms one for this politician.