Gideon Keter

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: disability, orphans and vulnerable children telling you that they have not received their stipend for one, three or four months. If you followed, you might have found that this is because the Exchequer did not release the funds because of some level of mismanagement. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: The Kshs30 billion is not chicken change. It is a lot of money that needs a board to properly manage it. If we can have a State corporation like the Anti- Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) receiving Kshs200 million from the Exchequer, why can we not have a management Authority, board or State corporation managing Kshs30 billion? This Fund is important because it assists the vulnerable members of our society and older persons. For instance, our cultural ties have been severed by civilisation and westernisation. Most of our people live in urban centres and they have left our older persons in ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: We need a board, so that we can explain to them the rationale of having severely disabled persons benefiting from the Fund. That way, they can see the need of increasing their numbers or even covering the whole population of the severely disabled persons. A severely disabled person is probably autistic or somebody with cerebral palsy. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, you know Hon. Amollo Otiende is a renowned lawyer. He is very intelligent. I think he was the Chair of Ombudsman, if I am not wrong. He understands our Constitution very well, but sometimes when we take him through the longer route, he disappears somewhere in the bush. However, I will bring him up to speed by saying that I do support this amendment. I am just enriching the Bill and the amendment. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Hon. Millie Odhiambo is always on a point of order. 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 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is a Bill that we are seeking to repeal. Hon. Millie Odhiambo, I understand what is happening here. Even as we repeal the Bill, it does not mean that the Social Assistance Fund will disappear. It means that the Social Assistance Fund will still be there to assist vulnerable persons in our society. I wanted to pass the message to the Ministry responsible that severely disabled persons are persons we cannot economically empower. They are persons who do not have any opportunity to better their lives, unlike older persons who at one time were strong ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Yes, we can assist the older persons, but priorities must be set very right. First of all, the priority should be the most vulnerable members of our society, namely, orphans and vulnerable children, followed by persons with severe disability who require 24-hour care and then we come to older persons. Even in the listing and numbering, they should follow that particular order until persons with severe disability are exhausted, and then we can go to orphans and vulnerable children. As Hon. Millie Odhiambo has said, I did not see any problem with the Bill that was brought by Hon. Laboso. ... view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 22 Sep 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the least I expect from the Leader of the Majority Party is respect to the persons with disabilities. He is calling us handicapped persons but Article 54 of our Constitution is very clear that we should not be referred to in a demeaning manner. We are persons with disabilities. view