Chris Obure

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 961 to 970 of 1088.

• 19 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The following is a breakdown of both classified and untarmacked roads in Borabu District. We do not have any Class A roads in Borabu District; we have 12 kilometres of Class B roads, that is paved to bitumen standard roads; we have 21.5 kilometres of gravel roads of C classification; we have 29 kilometres of Class D gravel standard; we have 10 kilometres of Class E gravel standard; We have 17.2 kilometres of earth roads, Class E; we also have 54.4 kilometres of roads under the settlement roads classification and then ... view
• 19 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is a mammoth assignment! I have a map here of Borabu District showing all the roads I have mentioned. view
• 19 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will table it. view
• 19 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we talked about 12 kilometres of Class “B” Road constructed up to bitumen standard, that is Keroka–Sotik Road. A large section of the road between Metamaywa and Chebilat is in Borabu District. The Borabu section actually covers the 12 kilometres I mentioned. We talked of Class D Roads, here we are referring to Ikonge-Chebilat section in Borabu District. We talked of Class B Road, this is Kijauri to Raitigo. Again, we talked of Class D between Getare and Mokomoni. We talked of another Class E Road; it is the road through Chepng’ombe Estate. Another Class E, ... view
• 19 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, going back specifically to North Eastern Province where the hon. Member wants us to classify roads, I referred earlier to the question of the recent reforms, we now have the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA) which will be operating in the region. We are also going through these reforms to establish the Constituency Roads Committees to replace the District Roads Committees (DRC). I feel that is an area where hon. Members of Parliament who operate their own constituencies, can influence the kind of work they want carried out on these roads. I do not want to ... view
• 19 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not say that Getare- Mokomoni Road is 29 kilometres long. Again, I will lay the schedule on the Table of this House, so that the hon. Member can scrutinize it further. This map shows the classified roads in Borabu District. view
• 19 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: I believe that the answer I have given is fairly comprehensive; I suggest the hon. Member for North Mugirango examines the list which I have laid on the Table. view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Mr. Bett, the Minister for Roads and the two Assistant Ministers in the Ministry are also out of the country on official business. Therefore the Minister requested me to stand in for him. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with your permission, I beg to reply. view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is one Road Inspector in Nyando District. The Ministry of Roads is not in a position to post technical officers to any district since the responsibility for development and maintenance of roads has now been transferred to the new Roads Authorities in line with the ongoing reforms in the road sector. In this connection, the Ministry of Roads has already deployed all technical staff that were previously attached to the roads department to these new authorities. The authorities are in the process of setting up their structures and operations in various regions. Therefore, I would ... view
• 18 Nov 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the roads inspectors and other technical staff in the Ministry will actually work with the local residents to examine the state of roads, report on the condition of the roads to the appropriate authorities, so that maintenance can then be undertaken. view