Hon. Franklin Bett

All parliamentary appearances

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• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: The length of our classified roads is 160,000 kilometres. Those are the roads which measure nine metres in width. The roads that measure six in metres width and the smaller ones stretch 200,000 kilometres. Put together, we are talking of 360,000 kilometres. All those roads are to be done using the funds allocated to the Ministry. You can see how much we are supposed to do as Ministry. But we will do as much as we can to prioritize the roads. As I have told the House, we are giving due attention to those roads I have already mentioned. view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: At this juncture, I wish to thank the Members of Parliament. The report I have is that the funds allocated to Constituency Roads Committees are currently being utilized to repair our roads. I have no adverse reports from the constituencies. So, I am grateful to my colleagues, Members of Parliament because they are utilizing the funds well. view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I have no complaints against the Member because I know he has arrived late because of traffic jams. We are doing everything possible between me and the Ministry of Transport to ease congestion in the City of Nairobi. view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Otherwise, I had indicated as asked by hon. Nyamai that 58 bridges across the country, together with the bridges that were destroyed following the recent rains will be looked into no new bridges shall be considered until those bridges which were commenced earlier or the bridges that were destroyed recently by rains are fixed. So, we are giving due attention at the moment. view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, subject to the pleasure of the Chair, I would wish to request that we table the list next week. view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that a number of rural roads in Mutomo have been damaged and, indeed, in many parts of the country, due to the recent and ongoing heavy rains. (b) My Ministry, through the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA), has issued Kshs16 million - and I want to assure hon. Members that the remaining Kshs3 million will be sent to their accounts in the course of next week - for roads maintenance. Constituencies Roads Committees, therefore, are requested to prioritize the repair of damaged roads to ensure the greatest benefit to ... view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to repeat that I have noticed that this money is not enough to cover the cost of damages on our roads. That is the reason I have placed a request to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance to give me additional funds in the next financial year on emergency basis to handle such cases. In this view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to confirm to the hon. Member that those instructions were issued a while ago; that the regional managers do brief my office on a regular basis on the conditions of our roads and what is required to repair them so that we may be able to know. I also want to indicate to the House that the long awaited Roads Sector Investment Programme will be tabled before the House before the end of this month to give us a clear picture on the development and maintenance of our roads. It will be a clear beacon ... view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to disabuse the hon. Member of any notion that money was returned to the Treasury in the last Budget. We are going to the next financial year with a huge debt. That does not mean that we had money that was handed back to the Treasury. I want to confirm that part of the money that is allocated to us will go to the attention of these roads which were damaged. view
• 16 Jun 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I confirm that it will be done. Hereafter, I will issue specific instructions for my officers to give me the situation on that road. I will take appropriate action to repair it. view