Eric Arap Keter

All parliamentary appearances

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• 14 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to air my views on the President’s Speech. First and foremost, I take this chance to thank the President for the manner in which he handled the Speech. It was very good. You know we have gone to different schools. It is not bad for somebody to say otherwise but I stand here to say that it was a good Speech. Why do I say so? We have come here to ensure we propel this country forward. view
• 14 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: The issues on infrastructure sounded well to me. Let us look at the SGR. Over 100 years, we have not had any other railway except the one we have just started. That is a credit to the President. The 3,000 kilometres of tarmac roads is a credit. This is real and we are not talking about fiction. These are real things on the ground. We should thank the President for that. view
• 14 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: The other issue on infrastructure which needs some improvement is with regard to roads. We should not only criticise but we should also say where the success is. The other aspect which needs improvement in this country is roads particularly in big towns like in Nairobi. It is no wonder that you can stay in a traffic jam for three hours. Personally, I take about two hours to reach here and get late for meetings. We should plan, as country, to have better roads within towns. view
• 14 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: The other thing which I want to emphasise which was highlighted by the President is education. Capitation has been increased in primary and secondary schools. That is real and it is not speculation. The laptop project, although it had some challenges, is coming. The challenges were created by the institutions we have. Somebody went to court and blocked the project. What did you want us to do? We are on the right path on education. We now have almost 56 to 60 technical institutes. This is a credit to the President. Who else had that idea before? Why were they ... view
• 14 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: The achievements in health are commendable because we now have free maternity for our women. We also have medical equipment which has been brought to hospitals which we did not have before. It is a credit to the President. view
• 14 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: Tourism has also been improved. In 2013, we had many challenges but, I am happy that we now see a lot of improvement. view
• 14 Apr 2016 in National Assembly: In conclusion, we have to take care of our national values of integrity, honesty and be nationalistic in all ways so that we do not come here and use this honourable House to whistle and give a bad example to our children. We should use this House--- view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity to air my views on this important Bill. About three years ago, this country experienced some challenges with regard to the implementation of this Constitution. At the beginning the idea of the new Constitution was good but we need to take stock of what has happened. In the field of health, there are so many challenges which we are regretting. If you go to the grassroots of our constituencies, there are so many problems pertaining to provision of medicine. There are problems relating to the personnel in dispensaries and health centers. ... view
• 24 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: equipment, of Kshs4.5 billion is commendable. However, there should be ways whereby in the long run the same equipment belongs to the institution so that we do not continue leasing for years. There is a grant of Kshs4.3billion for maintenance of roads. The other day we were told that roads will be transferred to the county governments. I am of the view that we should not transfer this vital service. It is very difficult to explain to our people in our constituencies that this service has been transferred to the county governments. County governments have got so many challenges. Transferring ... view
• 28 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Hon. Keynan is dealing with issues unprocedurally. Can we handle one issue at a time? view