Hon. Franklin Bett

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you will appreciate that I volunteered information earlier on which my good friend, the honorable Member, Dr. Khalwale is asking for. I want to confirm that we have discussed with the development partners and they have agreed to partner with us for that road to be reconstructed afresh. I believe that the construction will begin when my good friend and I will still be in Parliament. view
• 11 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will make every effort to tour as many roads as I can. I want to tell hon. Chanzu that not long ago, I was on that road and, for that reason, we confirmed the money we are putting aside for that road. We will try as much as possible knowing that we are minding 170,000 kilometers of our roads across the country. We will try our best. view
• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to profusely apologize to the Chair and the House for coming late. I came late because of the matter that is affecting us on the Mombasa-Nairobi Highway, more particularly at Voi. However, I beg to reply. (a) My Ministry, through the Kenya National Highways Authority, has set aside Kshs45 million and Kshs10 million, respectively, for routine maintenance of the Machakos-Katumani and Machakos-Kangundo Roads in this financial year. The procurement process for the above roads has started and the works are expected to commence in three months. The three months is the period we ... view
• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, most of our roads were built 20 years ago. The traffic volume on our roads was not that high and the bridges were narrower those days. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as we plan to reconstruct or rehabilitate these roads, we also take into account the need to give the people a wider bridge. So, as I said, we will look for funds to recarpet or rebuild that road. At that time, we will give the people of that section of the road a wider bridge. I want to assure the hon. Member that we ... view
• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this is a very good question. We have just concluded drafting our report on road sector investment programme. It is a work plan. It is a road map where we will be placing roads per five years. These are specific roads. They will be funded in terms of priority, based on the returns from that particular section of the road. That will take into consideration the traffic. We will also consider the economic viability of that area. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, this will also help us in sourcing for funds because we will be ... view
• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am able to work with each Member of Parliament. I want to ask each Member of Parliament to be in touch with the regional manager in that area because that is beginning to work with us. view
• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know which part of Githurai. But we are currently doing Thika-Nairobi Road. If it is a road which is connecting to the road we are doing, I will get more information on that road. view
• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have just finished with stakeholders contributing to the draft document. The next move is to request the Departmental Committee on Transport, Public Works and Housing to organise a meeting with my Ministry to consider the draft. After that, the document will be complete and each Member of Parliament will get a copy of it. view
• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: I want to thank the Member for asking that question. We have already advertised for reconstruction of the Voi-Mwatate-Wudanyi road. That was done three weeks ago. view
• 10 Nov 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to express ignorance to what the word “seriously” means because we have communicated with the relevant authorities to maintain law and order. I have said that I placed an advertisement three weeks ago and I cannot flout the Procurement and Disposal Act. I have to go through it. I have already said that there is money for patching potholes and we started procuring for a contractor to do that before this incident. If there is somebody who knows what we are doing and wants to go ahead and claim credit as to why ... view