Japhet M. Kareke Mbiuki

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- THAT, this House adopts the Report of the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives on the ratification of the East African Protocol, and on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures, laid on the Table of the House today Wednesday, 22nd June, 2016. view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this important Bill. This Bill is critical under the current constitutional dispensation. During the old constitutional dispensation, it was the preserve of the national Government to ensure that roads are maintained across the entire county. Under the new Constitution, we have two levels of Government; namely, the national Government and the county governments. In the end, we have been having serious clashes and blame games between the two levels of government because even as leaders, we cannot differentiate which roads fall under the national Government and which ones ... view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Authority, which will be the preserve of the national Government and another authority to take care of the county roads. Hon. Speaker, sometimes early this year in January, the national Government did the classification of roads. Classes “A”, “B” and “C” are the preserve of the national Government. Class “D” downwards to unclassified roads will be maintained by the county governments. This has helped to cure some of the ambiguities and blame games which we have witnessed since the promulgation of the new Constitution. view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: I would urge the Government to ensure that once this Bill is enacted into an Act, we should have the entire country benefitting from the roads sector because roads have been extremely emotive and have been used for political patronage. During the last regime, in the larger Meru District, we used to have roads done only in Meru County. A road could start from Tharaka Nithi County to Meru County. However, immediately it reaches the border between Meru County and Tharaka Nithi County, it could wane and Tharaka Nithi would be disadvantaged. view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Under the current Jubilee Government, Tharaka Nithi County has benefitted greatly under the improved roads infrastructure. Now, we have a tarmac road in Chuka Town and other access roads which are being tarmacked. As residents of Maara Constituency whom I represent in this House, we are still looking upon the promise which was made by the Jubilee Government to ensure that the Chogoria-Weru Road is tarmacked. We had an occasion when the Deputy President and the other top leadership of this country visited the area and promised that under the Roads Annuity Programme, those roads will be done. But as ... view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: However, even under the low volume sealed roads, it is yet not very clear which part of the country is going to benefit. Many Members of Parliament (MPs) have been moving from one office to another. They have been moving from the Office of the President, offices of Cabinet Secretaries (CSs), Permanent Secretaries (PSs) and Director-General of Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) to ensure that our constituencies benefit from those important road programmes. I would like to urge that we have an orderly way such that if there is 10,000 kilometers which will be done under the roads programme, we ... view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, we need to have standardization when it comes to the maintenance of roads. We need law and order. We need to ensure that those roads are done as per the specific standards. We also need to ensure that the contractors--- view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. We need a commission to investigate and ensure that whatever is happening here does not recur again. Hon. Speaker, we need standardization when it comes to road construction in this country. Roads play a critical role in the development agenda of this country. As leaders, we have realized that what we sanction a lot and what it means to our people is good roads. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: The most critical part of this Bill is to remove ambiguity and the clashes that have been there between the two levels of Government. They will be cured once and for all. I urge my colleagues in this House to ensure that whatever roads are classified under the national Government become a preserve of the national Government to ensure that they are constructed. Let us not bite more than we can swallow for the national and secondary roads. Those are the roads that link one county or urban center to another. Let us also develop some good programmes to ensure ... view
• 8 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table:- Report on the Petition by the Dairy Farmers on the establishment of the strategic reserve of the long life and powered milk by the Strategic Reserve Trust Fund to cushion milk farmers. view