Chris Obure

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 631 to 640 of 1088.

• 3 Dec 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said earlier, I am responding on behalf of my Committee on Energy, Roads and Transportation. view
• 3 Dec 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have been told that this question was substantially responded to here, but instructions were issued that the supplementary questions which required clarification be responded to today. view
• 3 Dec 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to respond as follows:- (a)The Ministry wishes to state that Victory Construction Company, from the date of commencement of works to the time of substantial completion, took four years and seven months to construct and not 11 years as alleged by Sen. Musila. I wish to confirm that the road project was substantially completed on 14th December, 2009 following the award of the contract on 14th December, 2004. (b) The Ministry is not aware that at the time of completion, parts of the roads were already peeling off. (c) I want to clarify that, again, ... view
• 3 Dec 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the other question was raised by Sen. Ndiema. I believe that he is around. Again, it relates to the same contractor. He wanted to know how many projects Victory Construction Company completed within the last five years and how much money has been paid to them. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to confirm that Victory Construction Company has up to date completed two road projects. One of them is the road from Laikipia Airbase to Mt. Kenya Safari Lodge. It was given at a contract sum of Kshs815 million. The second road is the Kitui-Kangonde Road, at ... view
• 3 Dec 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my understanding is that an agreement has been reached after Victory Construction Company has completed about 29 or so kilometres. A decision has been taken following agreement of all the parties that a fresh contract should The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate now be awarded to complete the balance of the work up to Tawa. So that process of tendering is underway. That is my understanding. view
• 3 Dec 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, in fact, on this particular matter, the contractor has already done about 29 kilometres out the 43 kilometres that he was required to do. An agreement has been reached to vary the works and all the parties have agreed to it. Therefore, the remaining 14 kilometres will be done under Phase 2 of that project under a different agreement. So, an agreement has been reached and the process of contract award is really underway already. view
• 3 Dec 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as you know, there was confusion regarding responsibility over roads. Some contractors actually slowed down because they had not been paid. I understand that this is one of those cases. But I am now told that after the Government released funds, the contractor has been paid. My understanding is that he was expected to resume work on 25th September, to complete the balance of the 4.6 kilometres that the hon. Senator is talking about. So, my understanding is that after he had been paid, he was expected to go back. I will just confirm whether or not ... view
• 3 Dec 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was not aware that he had not gone back. So, I will go and check from the Ministry why he has not gone back. view
• 3 Dec 2013 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I had three other Statements, but the hon. Senators who had raised the questions are not even in the House. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate view
• 3 Dec 2013 in Senate: Actually, Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have those attachments; but they are contained in the responses to other questions raised by Sen. Abdirahman and Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale. That information is all here. That is why I was saying that I am prepared to answer the Questions by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale, Sen. Abdirahman and Sen. Kagwe, during which period I will take the opportunity to lay the attachments on the Table. I do not know what I should do now in their absence. view