Hon. Franklin Bett

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• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I would like hon. Keynan to now comment for us on this particular issue, because he was--- view
• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. Murram, which is equal to gravel, is procured in the open market. The prices are, therefore, controlled by market forces. The prices, therefore, depend on the relations between the owner of the land where murram is produced and the user of that murram. Consequently, my Ministry has no role at all on the murram that is being used in the rural areas. view
• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I can see what the hon. Member is saying. Your advice to him is worth following. He should direct the Question to the relevant ministry. Indeed, it was a difficult Question for me. I, for one moment, thought, maybe, there should be Murram Regulatory Commission like Electricity Regulatory Commission when he asked the Question. But I think he may wish to redirect the Question to the relevant ministry. view
• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to apologize for coming late. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Traffic congestion in urban centres is caused by a multiplicity of factors, and requires the participation of many players. With regard to this, my Ministry has undertaken the following measures geared at curbing the congestion in Nakuru CBD area:- (i) We have completed the dualling of Lanet–Njoro turnoff, which is a length of 16.5 kilometers. view
• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: (ii) We are rehabilitating various roads in the Town of Nakuru. view
• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: (iii) We are re-designing some junctions and notably, the junction next to Hotel Kunste; that is the junction of A104 and B5 – that is the road leading to Subukia – and we will be doing an interchange as soon as the consultancy is finalized. Also, we are doing a consultancy to do another interchange at Njoro Turnoff; that is, A104 and C57. We are also installing various road signs and, here, my plea to the members of the public is; let us respect our road signs. They are useful to us and they will help us. Mr. Temporary Deputy ... view
• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the road running parallel to A104, that is the Oginga Odinga Road, is currently under rehabilitation and the contractor is China Road and Bridge Corporation. That road measures 4.5 kilometers but already, 3.2 kilometers has been done. Kanu Street is amongst those roads that will be looked after, soon after the KURA finishes its exercise on which roads to rehabilitate in Nakuru Town. view
• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to assure this House that appropriate road signs are placed by the contractors. It is only our behaviour as drivers and, particularly the PSV drivers, who seemingly do not abide by those instructions on our roads. There are also police who are manning them and I want to take note of what the hon. Member has said. However, yesterday, there was again the issue of fuel and people were queuing all over the place. So, I do not think it was only the issue of the roads. I think there was also a ... view
• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am aware of that problem and specific instructions have been given to the Kenya National Highways Authority (KENHA). I also want to inform the hon. Member that we have finally received an agreement with our development partner for that road to be bitumenized between Nyamasaria and Kishan through Kibuye. So, that will be done because we have received a letter of no objection from the development partner and, in particular, the World Bank. view
• 4 May 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was not aware he still remembers the nyama choma because he used to take me around Section 58. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is the junction I earlier on mentioned as between A104 and B5. The B5 Road goes to Subukia and A104 is the main highway from Nairobi to Nakuru. We have noted that problem and it is a design problem. I have, therefore, released Kshs78 million for that to be re-designed so that we are able to access Nakuru easily or to exit Nakuru without difficulties. So, that problem has been ... view