Eric Arap Keter

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Pursuant to Standing Order No.33 (1), I seek leave for the adjournment of the House for purposes of discussing the disasters caused by heavy rains in the country. view
• 26 Apr 2018 in National Assembly: The heavy rains have pounded most parts of this country since late October and have continued to wreak havoc in several parts. Over 60 people are thought to have lost their lives and hundreds forced to evacuate their homes over the last few months. In addition, properties of unknown value have been lost as a result of flooding and landslides. Further, infrastructure across the country has been destroyed. There is need to ventilate on how the State Department for Special Programmes can establish precautionary measures to deal with such natural disasters, especially in terms of identifying areas for resettlement and ... view
• 22 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to air my views on the President’s Address. First and foremost, I want to take this chance to thank the President for his effort in bringing a very big change in this country. You can recall the tremendous achievement that we have made in various fields. First, in the field of education, a lot of exemptions have been given to students, for example, exemption in fees payment in primary schools and exemption in exam fees payment in secondary schools. That is another achievement which was not been done in ... view
• 22 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: I would like to thank the President for his efforts in the area of technical institutes. Many technical institutes have come up in almost every constituency in this country. This is historical because before this, we had very few technical institutes in the country. We are now proud because we can stand as a country and look at the progress we have made in this field. view
• 22 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: I also want to commend the President for the way he has handled the issue of electricity in the country. Very few households were connected to electricity, but right now, many households have been connected to electricity in every constituency. view
• 22 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: The other area I would also like to commend the President is on the field of healthcare. Most of our patients have been seeking medical care in hospitals outside the country like in The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 22 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: India. The Jubilee Government has provided medical equipment for serious cases, particularly cancer, in many hospitals in the country. This is a very commendable job which the President has done and we ought to thank him for it. Free maternal care for our mothers is also another effort. Our mothers have paid for these services for many years, but thanks to our President for waiving the cost, they are now enjoying the benefit of free maternal healthcare. view
• 22 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: I would also like to thank the President for the way he has handled road infrastructure in this country. Many roads have been tarmacked compared to many other years before. Since 1963, when we got Independence, very few roads were tarmacked, but for the last four years, a lot of roads have been tarmacked. In my constituency, we have a road from Tablotin via Kabianga University to Premier. We have others in Longisa and in almost every constituency in this country. We have made this tremendous improvement within a very short time, taking into account the Jubilee Government has only ... view
• 22 Mar 2017 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I wish to thank the President for the wonderful work he has done within a very short time. view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to air my views on this important Motion. First, we were told that there was a report this morning which was written by Members from this House in the 10th Parliament. I wish that report could have been brought earlier. I hope that something can be got out of that report. At the outset, I would like to say that we are discussing an outdated practice. I remember way back when my community was involved in cattle rustling with another community in South Nyanza. Over some years, ... view