Joshua Ngugi Toro

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 121 to 130 of 405.

• 11 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. I cannot hand over the temporary camp buildings at Kimngorom Trading Centre that were put up by China Road and Bridges Construction Corporation during the construction of the Emining-Saos Road in 2002 as they are the property of the construction company and not my Ministry. view
• 11 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the construction company is still operating in Kenya and they have not yet left. The era of taking over people's property by force is over. view
• 11 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is a totally different Question. However, it is not only the international construction companies that put up camps. Even local construction companies also put up camps and the agreement is usually that it is the property of the construction company. They are at liberty to remove the entire camp once they finish construction. However, if the camp is left intact and it does not belong to the Ministry, we do not interfere with it. It is up to the community of the area concerned, if they want to make use for the camp, to negotiate with ... view
• 11 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, everything is contained in the contract document and the ownership of the camp is usually the construction company. So, once they finish, they are at liberty to remove the entire camp. If they live it intact, maybe, it is because of some future consideration which they might put to use. Take the example of Put Sarajevo which is constructing a certain road from Thika to Gacharage. They left their camp intact and they are back in that area doing another construction. They are using the old camp. So, it is the choice of the company whether they ... view
• 11 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I understood him very well. I think the problem is that he never understood the English I used in replying. view
• 11 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I fail to understand the question. At the time of erecting the construction camp, the community had to approve it first. No contractor would go and erect a camp site out of the blues without approval from some authority. It could either have been the county council or the land was a roadside which belongs to the Ministry of Roads and Public Works. However, I would appreciate if I were told that a certain organisation, within the community, wrote to the construction company asking them to donate the camp site to them and the company refused. We ... view
• 11 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. I rise to support this Motion, and also congratulate Ms. Abdalla for bringing this Motion, which seeks to create an Authority to deal with drug abuse. I totally agree with her that the National Agency for the Campaign Against Drug Abuse (NACADA), which has no legal authority although it is supposed to deal with drug abuse, has not been able to succeed in many ways. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, when we talk about drug abuse, some people might think that it may be the preserve of the poor. That is because when ... view
• 10 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there is no different answer! That is why he has not been given a different one. The answer is still the one that we gave last time. I have got some supplementary information to enable me explain what is missing in the answer that he has received. So, could I go ahead and answer the Question? view
• 10 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware of the existence of an International Highway Code and, therefore, erecting bumps on classified roads does not contravene any code. (b) Most bumps on Class "A", "B", and "C" roads have been erected as a result of public outcry due to continued road safety concerns. Removal of those bumps is not in the interest of the overriding safety of Kenyans, in the absence of tangible statistical evidence that they pose a danger to motorists and damage to motor vehicles. (c) My Ministry will continue to ensure that ... view
• 10 Apr 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, you are right. The Question does not talk about "national". It talks about the contravention of the "International Highway Code". It is good to answer a Question the way it has been asked. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, bumps are not mentioned in any national or international highway code anywhere in the world. So, it is not prohibited anywhere. Everything has to do with how you manage traffic on our roads. Class "A", "B" and "C" roads are our highway roads and they have to be managed properly. The management of those roads depends on how our ... view