Joshua Ngugi Toro

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 251 to 260 of 405.

• 17 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, about two weeks ago, that section of the road was graded because it was very bad. So, at the moment, it is motorable. We will continue grading that road and making it motorable until we advertise for the construction to upgrade that road to October 17, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2941 bitumen standards. I would also like the hon. Member to bear with us for that oversight. We should have catered for it in this financial year. view
• 17 Oct 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, to the best of my knowledge, that section was graded about one and a half weeks ago. Unless the hon. Member has not been there for the last two weeks, I do not know--- view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) My Ministry will honour the promise made by the Government in early 2005 to bituminize Mate Road, which is commonly known us Ena-Ishiara-Meru Road. Already, the design has been completed for bitumenization. We are going to advertise next month for construction work. (b) My Ministry has ensured that there is equitable allocation of funds for road works in the country. The fuel levy funds are distributed on a prorata basis as per the Kenya Roads Board Act. view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. Due to budgetary constraints, my Ministry did not make any provision in the current financial year's Budget to re-carpet the Rodi Kopany-Karungu Road. However, the road will be designed in preparation for rehabilitation during the 2007/2008 Financial Year. view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we have procurement rules and regulations which we have to go by. Therefore, we cannot have any shortcuts. What is important for the hon. Member to note is that there is already a budgetary provision of Kshs121 million for the construction of that road during this financial year. The design of the road has already been completed and that last allocation for that road was for the design consultant who was doing that work at a cost of about Kshs33 million. So, as soon as we abide by all the procurement regulations and without any delay, ... view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the question of equitability depends on how one looks at it. It is not possible for my Ministry to have road programmes in every constituency in the country. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not aware that there are some officers in the Ministry of Finance who are altering budgetary provisions for the Ministry. view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I said that it depends on how one looks at it. The hon. Member of Kajiado Central will be a beneficiary of donor funding and other people might complain that they were not considered for donor funding. However, the point is that once donors have committed themselves to do certain roads, there is no way we can allocate total finance for those roads. What we do is to only allocate the budgetary support, that is, the Government component. However, 90 per cent of the money is from the donors. The only thing we can do is ... view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, last financial year, we used Kshs4.5 million to do some repair works on that road. When the hon. Member says what the President said, that the road will be done, he did not say that it will be done in the last Financial Year or this financial year. If he listened to my answer, I said it will be done in the Financial Year 2007/2008, but the President never gave the timeframe. So, the President's directive will still be obeyed, but in the next financial year. view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, before this financial year's Vote, the hon. Member for Tharaka was not happy that this road was not going to be constructed. He was, in fact, complaining that he has been neglected. However, it is now a different story. The hon. Member for Siakago is also a beneficiary. Before that, they would complain that nothing is being done about the roads in their respective constituencies. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it has taken about two years for the design consultants to finish the designs for this road. Now, that we have been able to allocate money for ... view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, nobody is taking Mr. Ogur for a ride because the road will be done. You must bear with me because we cannot do all the roads countrywide in one financial year; it will not be possible. Even the future Government will not be able to do all the development projects within one year. view