Joshua Ngugi Toro

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have no problem with visiting the road myself. However, even if I was to visit the road at the moment--- I am saying that we do not have funds at the moment to repair that road. However, some tender documentation was made to gravel that road because some sections of it had gravel. Since the money was not available, the tender was not advertised. So, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we know about that road and we will do something about it. view
• 24 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not agree with the Member that the conditions are very bad. We decentralised the equipment from the Ministry. As opposed to what was happening before, every time the District Roads Engineers or Provincial Roads Engineers want any type of equipment, they could hire from the decentralised points. That has tremendously improved the repair works on roads countrywide. As opposed to what used to happen before, where a district would be allocated a grader--- Most of the time, those graders were stationary because there was view
• 24 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I said earlier, the next financial year is just around the corner. We will be doing something about this road. Once Parliament passes the Kenya Roads Bill, which was read the First Time yesterday, and we create the necessary authorities; highway, rural and urban roads authorities, what the hon. Members is saying about corruption in the districts will be history. view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Funds amounting to Kshs4,138,097, under the Roads 2000 Programme, have been sent to Nyando District for the improvement of the first five kilometres from Ombeyi towards Chiga. Reshaping of the section used labour-intensive methods and installation of culvert has been completed. A further amount of Kshs416,000 has been issued under the constituency budget for Road Maintenance Levy Fund for the maintenance of the road section not covered by the Roads 2000 Programme. Additional funds amounting to Kshs2,196,000 are to be issued before the end of this financial year for spot-gravelling of dilapidated ... view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I think the hon. Member should have clarified whether the May 16, 2007 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1391 road was wider before the improvement on it began or the same width has been maintained. There is no way we can improve the road under Roads 2000 Programme to make it impossible for two vehicles to pass one another or overtake each other. I find that very hard to believe. view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if that road was better before, I do not see why it was prioritised for improvement. I also do not understand how the improvement now makes it worse than it was before. I still maintain that the improvement, as prioritised by the DRC, is to an extent that the road will be better than it was before. Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know the section of one kilometre the hon. Member is talking about. I talked about the sections we are improving. So, he should specifically tell me which section is in his constituency. view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, as I said in my written answer, work has started and the road is not yet complete. We can only assess the workmanship when the road is finally complete. Since work is still ongoing, I am sure the problem will be rectified. view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The Roads 2000 Programme will cover a total of 44 districts in the country. I beg to table the list of the districts to be covered by the programme and the date of commencement. (b) Arising out of the answer to "a" above, I beg to table a full list of roads, spread in various parts of the country, to be rehabilitated under the Roads 2000 Programme. view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, specifically on the issue of DANIDA in Makueni District, according to the list the programme is indicated to have started in 2006. That is when the programme started. It has already started in Kwale, Kilifi, Malindi, Taita-Taveta and Kitui districts. However, the programme will start in July this year in Makueni and Mwingi districts. So, the date given is when the study of the programme started. Since this programme covers so many districts, work has started in some districts and it will also start in other districts. However, all the districts cannot be covered at the ... view
• 16 May 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the concept of Roads 2000 Programme is labour intensive. Contrary to what some people think, it does not cover full gravelling of roads. It improves roads to make them all-weather. So, we only find the prioritised roads covered under this programme. Some maintenance work has been going on and some sections have been improved. Therefore, the programme targets the other sections of the road that have not been improved. It is not a full-gravel contract with the contractors. It is spot-improvement to make the roads all- weather. view