Hon. Franklin Bett

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• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: (b) The contractor was paid Kshs30,844,411 for the works done on this section. The balance totalling Kshs152,475,035 was used for the payment of the above mentioned additional works and meeting costs occasioned by variation of prices. view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: (c) There are no plans for the contractor to resume work on the site since all the funds under the contract were exhausted. For this reason, the remaining works will need to be tendered afresh. My Ministry will source for funds in order to meet the retender for the remaining works on that section of the road. view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I sympathise with the situation the hon. Member is in. I wish to offer myself to help him get out of that situation. It was the request of the then Member of Parliament for that area that the road be done. Otherwise, the contract was on another road. That is why we were paying for it out of an addendum to the original contract. However, since we have already done two of the six kilometres, I want to give an undertaking that we will find a way of completing the remaining four kilometres so that we ... view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is the intention of my Ministry to provide to the people of this country good motorable roads, be they tarmacked or gravelled. I want to indicate once more that this particular section was being done on the request of the leadership of that area. It was hoped that it would be completed together with the main contract. It was not completed because funds were exhausted. That is why I am giving an undertaking to the hon. Member that I want to find a way of finishing that section of the road, most likely, this financial ... view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to believe that this was done in the spirit of consultation, and in the spirit of appreciating what Members of Parliament requested. I am urging my officers to give attention to Members of Parliament. If you want to change something and my officers do not listen to you, I will be rather hesitant to do that, because I want to involve the leadership as well as the public, so that we can all be together in the construction of our roads. view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am aware of a road that is under construction in the neighbourhood, within a distance not far away from this road. I am going to discuss the matter of this particular road with my officers to see whether we can vary the construction on the ongoing project for the purposes of completing the project that was started earlier on. view
• 8 Jul 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, any time! view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: (a) It has taken long to tarmac the mentioned roads in North Eastern Province because of the extent of works required and the costs involved. view
• 30 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: (b) My Ministry has completed the designs for upgrading of the roads and is now sourcing for funds from development partners. view