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"content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, on Question No.74, dualling Rironi all the way up to Malaba, when the Cabinet first announced, you told the country that is exactly the project you are going to do, but now, in the House, you have shifted goalposts. You are saying you will stop at Mau Summit so as to allow you to now go to Maai Mahiu and hopefully Narok. Are you doing this, Cabinet Secretary, so as to once again lock out Western Kenya from this modern process? My last question is on Question No.73 about the Kapsabet-Chavakali Road. This road reaches Chepsonoi, goes to Chavakali, Shinyalu and Kakamega. The President announced two months ago while at Shinyalu Market, that he is putting money on this road, Chepsonoi-Shinyalu-Kakamega. Can you confirm that this project is on and when the construction will start?"
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
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"content": " Hon. CS, please proceed."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Davis Chirchir",
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"content": " I think the concessioning of a bridge is subject to an investor being able to get return on investment; as to whether the road can return on the investment at a rate that is attractive to be able to build the road. At the moment, the traffic between Rironi-Nakuru - and I think we have moved all the way to Mau Summit - is where we have gotten interest from the investors. Mau- Summit, Eldoret, all the way to the border, PS Kiptoo has just come back from China, and the Asian Investment and Infrastructure Bank has expressed interest. So, we are working on that section of the road and albeit it may not have the kind of traffic to attract investment, we will put Government funding through this Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank, which has been discussed and agreed on and we will be working to finalize that. Just to remind you that this is the Northern Corridor. I hosted the Council of Ministers for the Northern Transit Transport Corridor in Kenya last Friday and I would like to remind you that Kenya is an anchor state with the advantage of Mombasa Port service in Uganda, Kigali, all the way to DRC and South Sudan. It is in our interest to open the corridors so that we do the transit trade and take advantage of competitive opportunity as a country while we service those countries. It is in our interest to build that corridor to complete at the border. As I said, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is working with us on that section of the road. With respect to this road from Kapsabet going all the way to Chepsonoi and to Kakamega, again, we can have a discussion outside here. It is funded. I believe tenders have just closed or they are closing tomorrow. It was re-tendered. We will award and quickly start building that road to bitumen standard. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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"speaker_name": "Hon. Davis Chirchir",
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"content": "So, I confirm, funds are available. It has been designed and tendered. Unfortunately, the first tender had a challenge and it was re-tendered. We will seek to award this time round and get a contractor and start building that road. Thank you. I appreciate coming to give clarity on any areas on the road infrastructure for this country."
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"speaker_name": "Sen. Veronica Maina",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. CS. We will now go to Question No.088. Senator for the Tharaka Nithi County, please proceed."
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"content": "Question No. 088"
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"content": "CRITERIA USED BY KENYA ROADS BOARD TO DETERMINE ALLOCATION OF ROADS MAINTENANCE LEVY FUND TO COUNTIES"
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"content": "Madam Temporary Speaker, I beg to ask the Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport the following Question- (a) What criteria does the Kenya Roads Board (KRB) use to determine the allocation of the Roads Maintenance Levy Fund (RMLF) to each county? (b) Could the Cabinet Secretary explain the significant reduction in the RMLF allocation in Tharaka Nithi County from Kshs111 million in the financial year 2023/2024 to Kshs70 million in the Financial Year 2024/2025?"
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"content": " Hon. CS, please proceed."
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"content": " I actually thought we had finished, but let me go through this very quickly. (a) The Road Maintenance Levy is allocated in accordance with the criteria provided in the Kenya Roads Board Act, 1999 Section 6. From 2015-2016, 2020-2021, the road maintenance levy was allocated to the roads agencies, as tabulated in that table; 40 per cent to Kenya National Highway Authority (KENHA), 21.8 per cent to Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA) and Kenya Urban had 10.2 per cent. County governments had 15 per cent. There was allocation which was special for emergencies and for disasters and which sat in the Cabinet Secretary’s office was at 10 percent, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) was at one percent and two percent for Kenya Roads Board (KRB), totaling 100 percent. Madam Temporary Speaker, effective July, 2021, the conditional RMLF allocation to counties was discontinued by the National Treasury including this allocation as part of the equitable share of revenue to counties. The 15 percent Road Maintenance Levy Fund allocation to counties therefore reverted to KeRRA and KURA because the RMLF is a conditional grant and a levy for maintaining roads. It can only be useful for roads. The County Government's Additional Allocation Bill, 2024 proposed to allocate Kshs10,5 billion from RMLF to the 47 counties in the Financial Year 2024/2025. A formula for determining the quantum allocation to each of the 47 counties was therefore The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate."
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