Chris Obure

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1011 to 1020 of 1088.

• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am aware that the potential is great and it is possible to improve production and enable farmers to make a meaningful living out of this crop. view
• 17 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, with those few remarks, I support. view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: (a) I am aware that the section between Kiboswa and Kondele along Kisumu-Kakamega Road is in a bad condition. view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: (b) Between January 2003 and now, we have experienced a total of 145 accidents. Out of this number, 31 of them were accidents in which people died; 50 of them were those in which people sustained injuries; 30 of them major injuries and the rest were not injured at all. view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: The condition of the road is not the only factor contributing to the many accidents in the area. We accept that the section has been a black spot since 1984, partly owing to old and poor geometrical standards of road safety. Other causes of accidents include weather conditions, human error, vehicles which are unroadworthy and, of course, speeding. view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: (c) To address this situation, the Ministry of Roads has commissioned a consultant to re-design the whole road, from Kisumu through Webuye to Kitale. The consultant is expected to re-engineer the section between Kisumu and Kiboswa to make it safer. The cost of reconstruction of the road between Kisumu and Kitale is Kshs5.5 billion. This money is not immediately available. As a stop-gap measure, my Ministry has procured two contractors to work on the road pending major works at a later stage. view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: There are two contractors on site right now. One has started from Kisumu and will proceed to Chavakali. The other has started from Chavakali and is right now at Mukumu Mission, proceeding to Webuye. We hope that, after the contractors have completed the assignments that they are working on now, the condition of the road will improve to make it motorable for travellers. view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, yes, I am satisfied. I wanted to emphasize that, that is only a stop-gap measure. We intend to provide funds for this road in the next Budget, so that this road can be constructed to international standards. view
• 20 Jan 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know when Dr. Khalwale travelled on that road, but I have personally spoken with the two contractors this afternoon. I know that one contractor is working between Kisumu and Kondele right now, while the other one is right at Mukumu Mission, working. view