Eric Arap Keter

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you Deputy Speaker. My concern is on presidential directives. Often we are given some directives by the President, but it is very shameful that it takes ten years before a directive, like this one on Salgaa is implemented. I would like the Chair to particularly clarify--- I am sure this is not the only issue that arises in this country. We may have other issues where the President of this country is engaged. Can he make sure that when all directives are given, they are implemented as soon as possible and not after ten years? Thank you. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me this chance to contribute. First and foremost, I would like to thank Hon. Opiyo for having thought of this Bill, so that we can debate it. AIDS is very real and it causes a lot of harm to our people; it kills even important people who contribute to the economy of this country. But the way we are handling it is below standard. We need to look at this issue practically. Last year I convened the AIDS Committee in my constituency. One year down the line, what is happening is that ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: I would also like to contribute to the fact that we need research. I remember some time ago, as another hon. Member has said, Prof. Obel, when he was in KEMRI, discovered a product that tended to alleviate this problem. But later I do not know what happened. It died naturally. We need to encourage our scientists, as a country, to engage them so that we come up with some research that is going to assist us to fight this disease. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: I would like to end by saying the curriculum in school should be defined in a way that we educate our youth on this disease from primary school level through secondary school level to college level. There should be a curriculum. There should be a lesson devoted to this HIV/AIDS as a subject. If we do that, then we shall lessen infections and deal with people with anti-social behavior because this disease comes as a result of anti- social behavior. It comes as a result of poverty levels; at times people forget and resort to immoral acts and they are ... view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: So I support this Bill and I emphasize the need for us to be practical. Let us hope that this authority will succeed the council which is currently working on this issue. I want to end my contribution by saying that let us be practical and let the people understand the issue. Let the national Government and the county governmentS handle this issue properly. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, with those few remarks, I support. view
• 30 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I think at this juncture, we should be in a position to really know the contributions which are made by the county governments as regards those funds. That is because, to me, what is happening right now is--- view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: I was thinking that you give me an opportunity to express myself on this issue. view
• 23 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: 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