Joshua Ngugi Toro

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 281 to 290 of 405.

• 20 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not see the reason why the hon. Member should say that I am misleading the House when I have stated the correct position. There is no money to upgrade that section of the road to bitumen standard. His Question was not about the sections which have already been tarmacked. The hon. Member is worried about the impassable section of the road. NON-RELEASE OF BODY FOR BURIAL BY KNH view
• 20 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that the road between Maji ya Chumvi and Mombasa is a danger to motorists travelling to and from Mombasa City. However, repairs are already being done under the ongoing contract for rehabilitation of the road so as to maintain the safe passage of traffic, pending completion of the permanent works. Under the ongoing contract for rehabilitation of Maji ya Chumvi-Miritini Road, the Ministry intends to construct an additional fixed weighbridge for the Mombasa bound traffic, as well as reconstructing the existing weighbridge on the Mombasa bound side. ... view
• 20 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in my answer, I mentioned the measures we are taking. Since work is in progress, and those safety measures are being incorporated in the construction document, we can only wait for the contractor to finish what he is doing and also improve on the weighbridge. We cannot move the weighbridge at Mariakani until we have another one operational. This is because during the intervening period when we are installing the weigh-in- motion and the additional weighbridge, overloaded vehicles will not pass on the newly-constructed road. view
• 20 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, under the Northern Corridor Improvement Programme, we will relocate the weighbridges. Also, to ensure that corruption at 2250 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 20, 2006 weighbridges is done away with, we intend to privatise them, so that we do not have two Ministries handling them as it is now. We have officers from the Ministry of Roads and Public Works on the one hand, and the police who fall under the Office of the President, on the other hand. The police are the ones who control the traffic. Therefore, the Office of the President has no total ... view
• 20 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am sorry, I did not get the exact question. view
• 20 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the hon. Member is confusing two roads. The Great North Road that she is talking about passes through Isiolo and Moyale. The other one is the Northern Corridor Road that we have the programme on now. It also involves the road going to Busia. So, the Northern Corridor Programme is still on and the road will go on to Busia. view
• 19 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The tarmacking of Chabera-Chebilat Road will begin once the design is completed. The design work was initially expected to be completed in March, 2007. My Ministry has allocated additional funds for the completion of the above works during the 2006/2007 Financial Year. As July 19, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2169 soon as the design work is completed, the proposals for construction will be made. (b) The design work on the Chabera-Chebilat Road are on-going. The work is programmed to be completed in March next year. The contract for consultancy services for both ... view
• 19 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, when the Question was asked two years ago, we were in the process of identifying a consultant to do the design, and Otieno Odongo Consulting Engineers were commissioned to do it. But, sometimes, the design engineers take longer time than anticipated. That is one of the engineers who is taking longer time to do the design of that particular road. But as I said, if you look at the district Estimates, it is part of the Sotik-Ikonge- Sondu Road that is provided for in the Estimates. view
• 19 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know what question I am supposed to answer because he is just complaining! view
• 19 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, if you look at the Estimates, there are many roads that are going to be constructed in areas where Members of Parliament are not Ministers or Assistant Ministers. The road in question now - Sotik-Ikonge-Sondu Road - falls in an area where no Member of Parliament is a Minister or an Assistant Minister! view