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    "id": 629725,
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    "content": "(1) Is the chairperson aware that the road from Kenol to Marua is a vital trade link to Ethiopia and that it is the backbone of the economy of the Mount Kenya Region? (2) Is the chairperson aware that this section of the road has experienced huge traffic build up to the extent that it now takes four hours to reach Nanyuki and three hours to reach Nyeri and the huge traffic volume has led to a lot of accidents? (3) Is the chairperson aware that the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has engaged a consultant to carry out the design for the upgrading of the road to a dual-carriage way to speed up trade and reduce travel time, thereby encouraging business? (4) Why has the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) advertised the dualing of Kenol-Sabasaba-Murang’a Road before embarking on the construction of the Kenol-Makutano-Marua section whose design is ready? (5) When will the Government tender for the upgrading of the Kenol-Makutano- Marua section? (6) When will the Government make the busy Nairobi-Nakuru-Eldoret-Malaba Road a dual-carriage highway, all the way to Busia? Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am aware that the road is a significant link for facilitation of trade and economic integration between Ethiopia and Kenya and social economic development of the sub-regions, in particular, Mount Kenya Region. I am also aware that the road has developed high traffic volumes, which has resulted to traffic jam and, therefore, increased journey times. As for the number of traffic accidents, it has not been established whether the high volume of traffic is the cause for the accidents on the roads sections. However, we have plans to improve the level of service by dualing the road with, at least, two links on each direction. Mr. Speaker, Sir, with the financial assistance from the African Development Bank (ADB), the Ministry engaged the services of Messrs. Aegis International Limited, a consulting engineering firm to undertake feasibility studies and detailed engineering designs for the dualing of the road. The studies have been completed. KeNHA is mandated to manage, develop and maintain national trunk roads. The road from Kenol- Murang’a-Sagana which is C71/C73 is part of KeNHA’s network. There have been concerns on its traffic capacity and pavement, riding quality and as such, KeNHA intends to carry out design studies for the improvement and capacity upgrade of the road. The undertaking of road construction requires mobilisation of huge amounts of funds as compared to the cost of engineering designs. While we solicit for adequate funds for the construction works of the already designed dualing of Kenol-Sagana-Marua Road, which is A2 road, we have earmarked some funds to carry out designs for C71/C73 road. This does not imply that KeNHA has abandoned dualing A2 road and instead prioritized to develop C71/C73 Road. The designs for dualing of Kenol-Sagana-Marua Road are complete and the government is currently soliciting for funds for construction. The ADB has shown interest in funding the construction works and has prioritized this road in its list of project financing. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the feasibility studies for dualing Nairobi-Nakuru-Mau Summit section is ongoing and is nearing completion. The project will be undertaken under Private-Public Partnership Framework. It is expected that the procurement of project The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes"
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