Hon. Franklin Bett

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware that the Thika-Kamwangi Flyover is, indeed, in need of repair. (b) My Ministry has procured a contractor for periodic maintenance of the said road and works are expected to begin in August, 2010. view
• 15 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: (c) As stated above, my Ministry has already procured a contract for the periodic maintenance of the road. In addition, the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) will be allocating further funds for routine maintenance of that road. view
• 15 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that road will cost me Kshs1.1 billion. The works will involve rehabilitation and re-carpetting. Those are the works that have been tendered and are being assigned to a contractor, Kabuito Construction Company. The construction will start in August and it will go on for a period of 24 months. view
• 15 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you will agree with me that, that is a very wise question that requires a lot of time to reply. But, suffice to say, we are putting in place a road sector investment programme which will be indicating - year by year for 20 years - which roads are supposed to be given attention across the country. view
• 15 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I share the sentiments by the hon. Member. Our roads are extremely important for agricultural produce and other developmental issues. That is not a closed door. We will continue working with the contractor with the money that we have allocated that road. When the need arises to vote in more money for that job to be well done, we will do so. view
• 15 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, all machines and other man made facilities experience wear and tear. With that kind of wear and tear on the roads, we, therefore, expect potholes. Potholes occur as a result of the age of the road. It is just like any other ageing equipment which would have some shortfalls. We are also launching a road maintenance manual and we are going to be very strict. We have now prepared a maintenance manual which will be used by every contractor when they are repairing our roads. I am not allowing repairs to be done haphazardly. Therefore, I ... view
• 15 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the maintenance manual which I have indicated, will give us a road map or a schedule on when to repair a road after it is constructed. We have a programme that will ensure that our roads are maintained on time. I totally agree that in the past, we had left our roads to be used without any maintenance and that has increased deterioration of those roads. That will be a thing of the past and when we launch maintenance manual very soon. view
• 15 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is my determination to make sure that our roads are properly constructed. Any contractor, whom I will find doing a shoddy job, I will have no business doing any business with him. I am not discriminating against any person at all. I will only be going by the quality of the work as prescribed in the contract. I hope the House will support me because in the not too distant future, I am bringing an amendment to the Engineers Act, which will be stressing on discipline and professionalism. My colleague, the Minister for Public Works ... view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, first of all, I want to apologize for coming late. view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The construction of the above mentioned section of the road from Kanunga Junction, which is commonly known as Ndaka-ini, through Gituru and Kiruga up to Gichagini was financed under addendum No.1 of an ongoing contract for the construction of Thika-Gatura-Kiarutara-Matara-Gakoe and Gatanga-Ndaka-ini-Kimandi roads. The addendum was for Kshs186,319,446, which mainly catered for additional works on the existing contract. This included asphalting of the road shoulders and junctions as well as costs related to variation of prices. The balance of Kshs30, 844,411 was used on the construction of Ndaka-ini-Gichagi-ini Road section, which ... view