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    "id": 1380978,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1380978/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ndia, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. George Kariuki",
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    "content": "1. Ongata Rongai–Gataka-Embulbul Road. 2. Co-operative College (Karen) – Matasia–Nkoroi Road. 3. Ongata Rongai–Nazarene University–Rimpa Road. 4. JN (C58) – Lewis Academy – Kahara Market Road. In the Statement, Hon. Ngogoyo sought to establish, among other things: 1. The status of upgrading to bitumen standards of the roads. 2. The expected date of completion of the roads considering that most sections are now impassable. 3. Measures the Ministry is taking to ensure that the contractor is paid for the 40 per cent portion of the road that has been completed. The Committee has since received a response from the Ministry of Roads and Transport, which I now wish to read. 1. The Ministry has clarified that the upgrading to bitumen standards of Ongata Rongai– Gataka–Embulbul, Co-operative College (Karen)– Matasia–Nkoroi, Ongata Rongai–Nazarene University – Rimpa and JN (C58)–Lewis Academy– Kahara Market roads is 58 per cent done. 2. This comprises 22 kilometres of tarmac achieved out of the contracted 65 kilometres of roads. The contracted project cost is Ksh2,749,366,467.47 and the contractor is M/s China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation. The following link roads are complete to tarmac level: (a) Olkeri–Gataka Road. (b) Ongata Rongai– Embulbul Road. (c) Kwamai–Chapchap Road. (d) Matasia–Kandisi Road. 3. The project commenced on 27th June 2018 for a period of 36 months but faced significant delays in completion due to several reasons. These include: (a) The need to realign a section of the Olkeri– Gataka Road to accommodate the construction of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR). This led to the new design traversing through a gazetted forest thus requiring additional approval for road construction. The Kenya Railways Corporation is at an advanced stage of obtaining the requisite approvals to allow the completion of the road. (b) Delays in power line relocation. There have been delays in the relocation of power lines within the road corridor for a majority of the road. However, the contractor has worked around the poles where possible. (c) Pending land acquisition. Work is yet to commence at the section of the road that was realigned along the Matasia–Kandisi Road due to pending land acquisition following the construction of the SGR. Discussions concerning this acquisition are at an advanced stage. (d) The limited road corridor in most sections has resulted in challenges in accommodating non-motorised traffic thus causing delays in heavily populated sections of the project. (e) Financial constraints facing the contractor leading to challenges in undertaking the project as per the contractual timelines. 4. With regard to the measures taken by the Ministry of Roads and Transport to pay the contractor for the completed works, the Ministry submitted that the contractor served a notice to downscale works at the project citing irregular payment of dues. However, the Ministry states that it is actively engaging the contractor to resume full operations at the project with the undertaking that the 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"
}