{"count":1608389,"next":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=147729","previous":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/?format=json&page=147727","results":[{"id":1495472,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1495472/?format=json","text_counter":356,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Suba North, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you. I appreciate you, Hon. Speaker, because having served in the House, you understand that Members have needs in the constituencies. I want to ask a question which is similar to what the Member for Gichugu has raised. Mine is a policy issue. When the construction of a road commences and then stops because of lack of funds, resumption of works should not be at the charity of the Cabinet Secretary. It should be a policy in the Ministry that funds must be allocated. Currently, only two or three kilometres of construction remain on the Sindo-Mbita Road. I was there last week. You can spend almost one hour on that road because they messed it up. We cannot delegate the construction to the KURA, but when this young man called Morara wants to attack, he goes to my constituency. He went to Hon. Caroli’s side of Suba, but because Hon. Caroli is still relatively new, he was attacking me and saying, “Hon. Millie, what are you doing?” I am not the one constructing those roads; it is the national Government. We are not allocating money for routine maintenance. What is the Ministry’s policy? If you do not have a policy, can you come up with one for the regular maintenance of roads? This is so that it is not dependent on the charity of a given cabinet secretary, but it is given that funds must be allocated. Even if I wanted to fund the construction of that road, I cannot do anything, yet only a small portion remains that KeRRA can handle."},{"id":1495473,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1495473/?format=json","text_counter":357,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Suba North, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona","speaker":null,"content":"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."},{"id":1495474,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1495474/?format=json","text_counter":358,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Bedzimba. Cabinet Secretary, you will compress all these questions into a policy direction."},{"id":1495475,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1495475/?format=json","text_counter":359,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Kisauni, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. Rashid Bedzimba","speaker":{"id":13383,"legal_name":"Ali Menza Mbogo","slug":"ali-menza-mbogo"},"content":" Ahsante sana, Mhe. Spika, kwa kunipatia fursa ya kuuliza swali la ziada. Je, Waziri ana ufahamu wa barabara katika Eneo Bunge la Kisauni ambayo imeanza Kiembeni kupitia Mwakirunge kwenda Rabai? Mhe. Rais alikuja kuanzisha rasmi ujenzi wa barabara hiyo inayojengwa na KeRRA. Alipoondoka, matingatinga yote yaliondoka yakamfuata. Je, Waziri ana habari hizo? Ana mipango gani ya kuendeleza ujenzi wa barabara hiyo badala ya kumwekea aibu Mhe. Rais?"},{"id":1495476,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1495476/?format=json","text_counter":360,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Hon. Speaker","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"Let us have the answers to those questions."},{"id":1495477,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1495477/?format=json","text_counter":361,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr Davis Chirchir","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport","speaker":null,"content":" Thank you, Hon. Speaker and Hon. Members. Hon. Millie has summarised it very well that we should have a policy framework to deal with roads which have been contracted to ensure that we allocate funds, so that the construction of those roads does not stall, even for purposes of motorability. I want to state that I will work very closely with the House to ensure that when we come up with our budgets, we give priority to ongoing projects, and we do some parity and equitable distribution of resources. With the kind of data that is available on roads, we should be able to do that together. With respect to the challenge that we have had for a long time on pending bills, we have received great support from this House on the Ksh7 additional Road Maintenance Levy (RML) and which I have confirmed that we are fairly advanced in securitising to ensure that we raise Ksh175 billion. This will enable us get all contractors back to work. More importantly, as we do that and because you can have sight of the entire runway on this particular project, we will push the contractors to make the roads motorable. Talking of roads like Sindo-Mbita, I want to confirm to you, Hon. Millie, that that particular road construction works will not stop. We are working on it. We are raising the funds to pay all the contractors. We had a pending bill on that road of about Ksh540 million on certificate issued but there was only an allocation of Ksh270 million. Having paid the full amount, you can see the contractor with a balance of Ksh300 million but I have equally had a meeting with the Civil Engineering Construction Company. It is the same company that did the road from Kwale-Kinango and I can assure you that because of what we are doing on securitisation, many contractors are seeing some hope and we are able to get a number of them back to work. Construction on a road like Sindo-Mbita is on our list. Hon. Members should pick one road out of the many that would have its construction unstopped."},{"id":1495478,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1495478/?format=json","text_counter":362,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr Davis Chirchir","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport","speaker":null,"content":"Hon. Gichumu, with respect to Gichugu, we would like to maintain it. We are seeking to ensure that the contractors make the roads motorable. Traditionally, the contractors should provide a road for users during construction. They cannot construct roads leaving heaps of soil then abandon works because of non-payment and leave the roads unmotorable. It is an agenda. I gave the example of Kinango-Kwale where we made the road using murram. This is so that as they work on the tarmacking albeit the challenge of pending bills and payments, road users cannot face any challenges. Hon. John Mutunga, I confirm that we are going to address the various challenges of the road programmes in the country. We have built a good data base that can help us work together with the House to ensure that we have a very amicable way of allocating funds to ongoing projects and roads across the country with some level of equity. Thank you, Hon. Ruweida and Members for congratulating me. I want to confirm that we will work closely together. Mtangawanda Road to Kizingitini will be tendered next week."},{"id":1495479,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1495479/?format=json","text_counter":363,"type":"scene","speaker_name":"","speaker_title":"","speaker":null,"content":"(Applause)"},{"id":1495480,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1495480/?format=json","text_counter":364,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr Davis Chirchir","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport","speaker":null,"content":"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."},{"id":1495481,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1495481/?format=json","text_counter":365,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Mr Davis Chirchir","speaker_title":"The Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport","speaker":null,"content":"There is a lot of tendering happening next week. I mentioned Tigania West for Hon. John. With respect to the Tharaka Nithi Bridge, we are all concerned and paying a lot of attention to it. We have installed a lot of bumps or humps on the road. We have installed signage and we will continue to improve. We have separated the up-link traffic from the down link traffic. We are in the process of finalising the re-design for the new bridge which is currently ongoing which we will allocate funds. You are aware that the leadership at every level has made commitment to correcting Nithi Bridge. We do not like the name “Killer Bridge”. We should get it back to Nithi Bridge and so we are paying attention to that."}]}