Joshua Ngugi Toro

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: August 2, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2517 MEASURES TO MAKE TELEPHONE CALLS AFFORDABLE view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not know who is isolating that area, but it is definitely not the Ministry of Roads and Public Works. In the morning when answering another Question, I said that we should be given time to do proper design so that we can end up with durable roads. This road was done less than ten years ago, in 1996, and it deteriorated within five years because of what I said in the morning; poor design and workmanship. This time round, we are trying to do a proper job so that roads can last for even 15 ... view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, definitely, Mr. Ojode is agitated. Whether he is agitated or not, there will be no money this financial year, as I have said. view
• 2 Aug 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the President directed the Ministry to do various roads, countrywide. While preparing our budget, we went to the Minister for Finance and discussed the roads that the President directed that they be rehabilitated or reconstructed countrywide. However, the Minister could not give us money required to start work on all those roads in the current financial year. That is why some of those roads, like the one in question, has been budgeted for in the next financial year. view
• 27 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that the Kisii-Kilgoris Road is currently not motorable. However, I am aware that the road is in very poor condition. In this regard, my Ministry has taken the necessary steps to rehabilitate the road. The rehabilitation works will commence at the beginning of November this year. (b) I am aware that Kshs50 million which was supposed to be utilised for the roads rehabilitation was not spent. The money was never used because the contract documents were not ready by the end of the last financial year. Therefore, ... view
• 27 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this year, we are very serious. If I have to give any apologies, I would give apologies to Mr. Manoti because I promised him last year that we would start doing this road using Kshs50 million. However, the design that was being done internally in the Ministry took a bit longer. Now that the design is complete, this road was advertised on 19th July, 2006, and we are currently in the procurement process. I am sure that by November, the tender will have been awarded and the contractor will be in place. view
• 27 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not get the question properly. view
• 27 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I will know the estimated cost once the contractors have presented their bids. Since they have not presented their bids, it is not possible to say how much it is going to cost. So, I cannot preempt the cost of the road. view
• 27 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are addressing the issue of stalled road projects. I know there is a road in Mr. Karaba's Constituency that was started over 10 years ago but which has stalled. We have to look at this case afresh because the design that was applied at that time is no longer applicable. view
• 27 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, Kshs182 million is the budgetary provision for this financial year. We have taken into account that by the time the contractor is mobilised to start construction and given that the certificates will come at the end of the financial year, the contractor might not be able to spend more than Kshs182 million in this financial year. However, if we find that the contractor who has been contracted is hardworking, his certificates are honoured and that by the time we come to Supplementary Estimates we see that he has exhausted Kshs182 million, we will do the necessary ... view