Gideon Keter

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Feb 2022 in National Assembly: , (Nominated, JP): Hon. Chairperson, I beg to move that the Committee do report to the House its consideration of the Employment (Amendment) (No.2) Bill (National Assembly Bill No. 79 of 2019) and its approval thereof with amendments. view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I beg to reply and thank Members for supporting the Employment (Amendment) Bill, 2019 and for having the best interest of the youth at heart. As Members may recall, before the introduction of this Amendment Bill, job seekers were tasked with the responsibility of running criminal background checks on themselves so as to secure a mere job interview. However, a cure has now come through this Amendment Bill whereby an employer shall no longer perceive you as a criminal before you apply for a job. The solution to all these bottlenecks is that an ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: should never be tied to job seeking. No one should be denied a job because someone suspects them of being criminals. If KRA or HELB have a problem with an individual, they should go after them independently without interfering with employment prospects. With those remarks, I reply. view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me an opportunity to second this important Bill. I am sure all the Members of this House will support this Bill because its time has come. In our respective constituencies, we are being disturbed by pensioners who are using so much money to follow up their pension payments. It is only the Tanga Tanga wing of Parliament that is usually very active in this House when it comes to Bills that target the lives of the common mwananchi, especially the hustlers. view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, before I was rudely interrupted, I was going to remind Members that we have just completed debate on a very important Bill brought to the House by Hon. Gideon Keter – the Bill which seeks to protect jobless youths from using so much money on Certificates of Good Conduct. We have heard that almost Kshs750 million is used by our youths annually to prove that they are not criminals. Our universities produce graduate engineers and doctors, among others professionals; not criminals. Hon. Keter is also from the same political persuasion with Hon. Didimus Barasa. I also ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: I congratulate Hon. Didmus Barasa because he has come up with a Bill that will save lives. I know the House will support it because it is not from the blues that Hon. Didmus Barasa has come up with a legislative proposal to support the older members of our society, namely; pensioners. Last week I was in his constituency with a contingent of people from Narok. We had visited him because he has eradicated the traditional grass-thatched huts in his constituency and built 5,246 modern houses for any youth who were living in grass-thatched houses called thingira . Traditionally, it ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I respect Hon. Osotsi so much, but he should also be aware that I was only congratulating Hon. Didmus Barasa. He has done a lot and you know we have to appreciate Members. I know that when he came to this House, there were 42 schools in his constituency – which had mud-walled classrooms. He has since built 19 storey buildings in primary schools. We have to congratulate one of our own when he has done well. Moving to the Bill, I am aware that many retirees die while chasing their pension. We are in a ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: money but they have already given all the signatures required. These cartels end up picking this money and praying for their deaths. Cartel members within pension schemes use retirees’ money to party and enjoy themselves at the expense of those who die while chasing it. It is like dancing at the graveyard of pensioners who have passed away. When it comes to next of kin, it becomes even more problematic to follow up this money. This is a very important Bill. I am sure that all the Members of this House have at one time, or on a daily basis, ... view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I rise to support the Bill and congratulate my colleague for thinking about the elderly and being able to see the symptoms of a failing nation. If someone who has been working for many years and retires but the same country he has been working for does not look at their interest, it is a sign that as a country if we do not cure this one as early as now, it will paint a picture and it will not be attractive to young employees to participate in such schemes. view
• 10 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: If we actualise the pension schemes very well and young employee manage to see that if they work very hard, when they retire they can still continue earning their money. It will build a different culture. It will build a culture of hard work, a culture where as a citizen, you will know that hard work pays. We should not subject our elders who have retired to running around offices, coming to Nairobi trying to find out how they will be assisted yet that is a contribution they made. They do not owe anything to the Government; it is their ... view