Joshua Ngugi Toro

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 331 to 340 of 405.

• 20 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The average cost of constructing a kilometre of tarmac road in Kenya is between Kshs30 million and Kshs60 million. (b) My Ministry does not have the data showing the cost of construction of roads in our neighbouring countries. view
• 20 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, there are various categories of tarmac roads. Before I confirm whether that amount is reasonable or not, I would like to go through the steps taken when constructing a tarmac road. First, the road is gravelled, then resealed, recarpeted and rehabilitated. Finally, we have the construction and reconstruction--- view
• 20 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do not have that information and so, I am not misleading the House. That is what I said. It depends on how you perceive construction of roads. That is why I talked about gravelling, resealing and re-carpeting. You might bring a figure from a neighbouring country where they did re-sealing and not re-construction and construction. I was talking about re-construction and construction. That is the answer I gave. If I may give an example of what is happening at the moment--- I want to ignore what happened during the time of the KANU Government, in which ... view
• 20 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are re-constructing Mbagathi Road using cement. But that is on a trial basis. We want to have our own local standards for cement-constructed roads. 1432 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 20, 2006 However, so far, we know that cement-constructed roads will cost about three times more than bitumen roads. We asked the contractors for Mai Mahiu-Naivasha Road to tender for cement construction. The cost was so prohibitive that we abandoned the idea. It was costing three times more than bitumen roads! view
• 20 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is not possible to come up with a standard figure for gravelling. That is because all roads are different. Some roads may require construction of new bridges. Drainage systems in some areas are more difficult to deal with than in some other areas. The figures that we have for gravelling range from Kshs2 million to Kshs9 million, depending on the nature of the terrain. Mr. Speaker, Sir, as a Ministry, we are thinking of another way of gravelling our roads. They do not last long. We are exploring new technologies. We want to add some additives ... view
• 20 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the costs are not likely to come down. The cost of petroleum products is totally different from what it used to be three years ago. Bitumen is a by-product of petroleum. It has become more expensive than it was three to four years ago. The bulk of construction equipment use diesel. It is now more expensive than before. So, the cost of construction is not likely to go down. All we can do is to have a prudent management of projects, so that our engineers could do proper supervision. That way, the roads will last their design ... view
• 14 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Silibwet-Tenwek Road was classified in 1970. (b) No family was compensated because the road was already existing and required classification only. view
• 14 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this road did not fall under that category because in 1970 the Ministry of Public Works took over some roads from the local authorities. This particular road was one of them. The road was in existence when the Ministry took it over from the local authority. All that the road required was re-classification. If there were issues of compensation before the Ministry took over the road, then the local authority ought to have addressed that. The road was handed over to the Ministry for classification and there was no commitment by the Ministry to compensate families ... view
• 14 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would not like to comment on what the local authority should do or not do. I said that the Ministry took over the road and classified it. Now, the Ministry can only give compensation if it wishes to make improvements on the road which involve its expansion. However, the history of that road before 1970 is not part of the responsibility of the June 14, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 1318 Ministry of Roads and Public Works. We have no idea how that road came into existence. If the farmers in that area donated a portion of ... view
• 14 Jun 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, 1370 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES June 14, 2006 Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am aware that Ugege and Nzoia Bridges on Road C90 in Ugenya Constituency are too narrow and can only accommodate one vehicle at a time. I am also aware that these two bridges are on a classified road, Road C90. (b) I am not aware that the two bridges are in a deplorable state. Nzoia Bridge was repaired in 2005 at a cost of Kshs1 million, out of an allocation of Kshs1.5 million. The balance of Kshs500,000 was used to upgrade Ugege Bridge, ... view