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"speaker_name": "Mr. Nyachae",
"speaker_title": "The Minister for Roads and Public Works",
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"legal_name": "Simeon Nyachae",
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"content": " Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The roads are the main feeder roads linking the constituency to higher class roads; Kapsabet-Eldoret Road, C39, Kapsabet-Turbo Road, C37, and Eldoret-Turbo Road, A104, and Mosoriot-Eldoret Town. They are all earth roads and have sections which are currently not passable either because of damages caused by the ongoing heavy rains being experienced in the North Rift region or drivers are experiencing difficulties to drive because of their formation on higher plasticity and expansive clay soils which becomes unmotorable when exposed to excessive moisture. The current state of roads and plant intervention measures are as follows:- For Mosoriot-Chepterwai Road, D289 and D297, the road is located along the road D289 running from Mosoriot to Kaiboi; Road D297, running from Kaiboi through Chepterwai to Kaptembu and Mosoriot-Kaiboi Road, D287, is 22.3 kilometres earth road surface. The road traverses a rolling terrain has heavy traffic. The traffic mainly consists of tracks carrying maize, timber, construction material and farm tractors. Sections for the road totalling to about two kilometres are currently difficult to drive on because of damages caused by ongoing heavy rains. The bad sections require improvements with low plasticity granular material, preferably hardcore to make the road passable by all types of vehicles at an estimated cost of Kshs2.1 million. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the road has been given priority for routine maintenance in the current financial year. Under the constituency budget for road maintenance, a sum of Kshs2.192 million has been made available. The Ministry will issue the above funds for the emergency repair works and request the Kenya Roads Board (KRB) to issue additional funds for the programmed works. Kaiboi-Chepterwai-Kapkatembu D297, is 26.6 kilometres hard surface road. The road is currently 3976 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES September 18, 2007 passable and it is to receive routine maintenance under the 16 per cent Road Levy. In the current financial year, we have made available Kshs2.3 million. Mr. Speaker, Sir, The Eldoret-Kaptatembu-Kipkaren Road D288, traverses Uasin Gishu and Nandi Districts. A Section of D288 in Nandi North, Road DB Uasin Gishu-Lemook, is 26.3 kilometres gravel earth road which is surface road. It is currently passable and has been given priority for routine maintenance in the current financial year under the 16 per cent Road Levy and Kshs1.9 million has been made available. It is going to receive routine maintenance. In the last financial year, it received Kshs2.7 million. Mr. Speaker, Sir, Road D288 in Uasin Gishu has two sections of the road in Uasin Gishu; D288 Eldoret and Road DB Nandi North. It is 13.9 kilometres earth gravel road and 1.5 kilometres stretch of the above section from Rivatex to UGDB border has been rendered impassable because of the damages caused by the current rains. The section requires embankment reinstatement and gravel- patching using the core low plasticity gravel at an estimated cost of Kshs3.3 million. The road is under Roads 2000 Rehabilitation Contract. The progress of the works has, however, been closed since the commencement of April, 2007 because of the ongoing rains. The Ministry will instruct execution of the emergency repair work under the Roads 2000 Rehabilitation Contract and request KRB to re-imburse the funds from the emergency budget for the Road Class D,E and others for the current financial year. Road D288, DB Nandi-Lemook, DB Lugari-Kipkaren, is 7.2 kilometres earth gravel road, bitumen service road. The road is in good condition and is passable. Lemook-Mosoriot Road, that is in Ndalat-Kapngetich Ndumbeneti Centre and Kwanza-Terige Road is E301. It is 46.4 kilometres earth surface road located entirely in Nandi North District. Sections totalling about 2.3 kilometres have been rendered impassable because of the rains. The sections require spot gravelling of either very low plasticity gravel of the hardcore at an estimated cost of Kshs2.6 million. The road is under Road 2000, Spot Rehabilitation Contract at a contract sum of Kshs9.9 billion. The contract commenced in April, 2007 and was substantially completed in July, 2007 and is currently under defects liability period until it is done. But this cannot be verified fully because of the rains. The Ministry will instruct execution of the emergency repair works under the Roads 2000 Contract and will request KRB to issue funds for the pavement of the additional works from the emergency budget for road class D,E and others for the Financial Year, 2008."
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