Joshua Ngugi Toro

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 391 to 400 of 405.

• 25 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the road has been re-designed. As opposed to previous times when contractors would go on site and commence work even before the design has been done, we now do the design first before the contractor goes to the ground. I can assure the hon. Member that the design for this road has been done, and that the road will sustain the 40-tonne lorries he has talked about. The issue is really not the 40-tonne lorries he has talked about, but rather the axle load legally allowed on the road. The design limit is per axle load and ... view
• 25 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member should have declared his interest because he is a transporter. Maybe his lorries have been carrying more than eight tonnes per axle and he is a witness to that. However, the Ministry has taken measures--- view
• 25 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I said that the hon. Member should have declared his interest because he is a transporter. That is a fact! view
• 25 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if his lorries pass the weighbridges carrying loads of over eight tonnes per axle, then that could be a case in point. However, the measures that the Ministry is taking--- view
• 25 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was answering the hon. Member's question. The Ministry has already decided to put up weighbridges for vehicles in motion. At the static weighbridges, the gross weight of the vehicles will be determined first. Vehicles which will be found to be overloaded will be taken to the weighbridges and those that will be found to be underweight will not be taken to the weigh bridges in order to save time for the transporters. view
• 25 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we will have either a static or mobile weighbridge on this road, so that lorries coming from Tanzania can be axle-weighed to ensure that we do not have excess axle weight on that road. Unless we do that, we will not be able to safeguard the road that the hon. Member is talking about. The Ministry is procuring 16 mobile weighbridges at the moment and I am sure that some of them will be put along the new roads, so that the roads are not damaged as we complete them. I am sure one of the weighbridges ... view
• 19 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I wish to confirm that the Ministry has received a total of 216 pieces of road maintenance and construction equipment through a loan from the Government of the Republic of Korea. (b) The equipment will be managed under the Mechanical and Transport Fund and will be located strategically at the 16 regional centres countrywide in order to benefit all the districts as per the attached list. The equipment will be available for hire at a fee to all roads agencies, district roads committees and constituencies development committees. The proposed regional offices ... view
• 19 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, some of the equipment has arrived, while the rest is still in high seas. Out of a total of 144 dump-plucks, we have received 89 of them and 55 dump- plucks have not yet arrived. We also have received all the 18 loaders and 11 forty-tonne tractors which are prime movers. We have not received any of the forty-ton rowbade trailers, although 11 of them are in the high-seas. Out of 16 excavators, four, each with a capacity of 31 to 38 tonnes, have been received, but 12 of them are still in the high seas. ... view
• 19 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, since this new equipment arrived last month, the Chief Mechanical and Transport Engineer will have to work out new rates that will be used for hiring. It is not possible, at the moment, to give you the hire rates for all the equipment because every equipment has got its own hire rate. I can assure hon. Members that the rates that will be worked out by the Chief Mechanical and Transport Engineer will be reasonable. Most likely they will be below the market value that you will get from the private companies. view
• 19 Apr 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, retrenchment of drivers and operators has been going on over the years. We are recruiting new drivers and plant operators, but they have not been deployed yet. According to the list that I have read out, some of the equipment will go to the distilling units, besides what will go to the regions. We will have to train them first so that they will be able to operate the new equipment which is very expensive. view