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    "content": "of Parliament, you will help us to decide which roads can be constructed under the 10 per cent and 22 per cent allocations. The Ministry will cover the difference for the period through the emergency funds. For the benefit of the House, the National Treasury released Ksh1 billion Contingency Fund this week to enable us to deal with the massive destruction caused by the El Nino rains. We have told our agencies that we will only use that money to restore structures. We will use our resources to cater for the usual maintenance works. I need to emphasise that we will have a problem with maintenance funds. Most of the orphaned KeRRA roads of about 5,000 kilometres will have potholes due to the current rains, especially the Low Volume Seal Standard (LVSR) roads. There are many potholes on many roads in the country. Some contractors have not left the sites of some road construction projects and they have not finished constructing the roads, but they have potholes. Unlike KeNHA and KURA, KeRRA does not have any other allocation set aside to maintain tarmac roads. Hon. Members, I know that you do not want the 22 per cent and the 10 per cent allocation to be transferred to the maintenance of tarmac roads. That is why we are in a catch 22 situation. The third question was why KeRRA cannot allow each county to advertise their tenders for roads. It is allowed. If Parliament amends the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act to allow the advertisement of tenders for roads worth more than Ksh10 million outside the county, KeRRA will win very few bids. As a matter of fact, very few constituencies consolidate funds because many of them support roads worth Ksh5 million, Ksh6 million or Ksh7 million. Nearly 95 per cent of all advertisements are done within the region. A few that exceed Ksh10 million are advertised at the national level. Member for Likuyani, I will answer your question later because I do not have the information with me right now. The only information that I have is about one road in Kikuyu Constituency worth about Ksh20 million which was advertised by KeRRA because they consolidated their resources. Hon. Musa Sirma mentioned that his constituency is marginalised. Whereas Eldama Ravine Constituency is marginalised, it is not the worst. Lamu East Constituency does not have an inch of tarmac!"
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