Judith Achieng Sijeny

All parliamentary appearances

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• 19 Nov 2015 in Senate: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I also welcome our colleagues. They are members of committees on delegated legislation from the various counties. They came with their respective chairpersons and other Members. They are from Tharaka-Nithi, Siaya, Kilifi, Meru, Embu and Bungoma counties. We had very fruitful deliberations. As the Vice Chairperson, I want to report that my Chairperson, Sen. Sang, sent his apologies because he is currently at The Hague. However, we were able to share experiences and have learnt a lot from each other. We have heard their various challenges which I have promised to forward to the entire Senate, ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I need some clarification because the statement that was sought earlier on and I have a response to, was on the status of the construction of the Kakamega-Webuye Road and not as it appears on the Order Paper: “Status of the Construction of the Roads in Kakamega County.” The statement was on a specific road. view
• 18 Nov 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my statement reads, “Status of the construction of Kakameg-Webuye Road.” view
• 18 Nov 2015 in Senate: Most obliged. view
• 18 Nov 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the statement was sought by Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale on the status of the re-construction of Kakamega-Webuye Road. He requested to know:- (1) When the construction works officially started and when the project was supposed to be completed; (2)What percentage of the works has been completed to date, and how much money the contractor has been paid so far; (3)What the original budgeted cost of the project was. (4)The reason for the delay in the completion and to indicate when the project will be completed; The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in Senate: The funds for the construction are still available; it is a World Bank funded programme. On the issue of the annuity programme, I wish to reply that the Government has given the commitment to increase the penetration of the paved road network through construction of an additional 10,000 kilometres within the five years during the Jubilee Government tenure. There is an ongoing process of covering 3,100 kilometres, which will be done targeting low volume roads predominantly in the rural areas. The Ministry, through the Kenya Rural Roads Development (KRRD), has already initiated the 3,700 kilometres in batches and that shall ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to assure Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale that, indeed, the Government is very serious with this road. It had set aside Kshs2.5 billion and the project is well funded by the World Bank. Therefore, the money is available. We have interrogated this project together with the Committee. The construction of roads in the entire country is done in good faith. To the best of our knowledge, there is no conspiracy to do shoddy works in Western Kenya or any other part of the country. Some sections of this road-Kisumu-Kakamega and Webuye- Kitale - have been done and ... view
• 18 Nov 2015 in Senate: Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, thank you for giving me this opportunity to comment on this Bill. I wish to commend and thank Sen. Hassan for The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 10 Nov 2015 in Senate: Sorry, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I was consulting. Perhaps, I could find out what it was. I am not aware. We could move on to the next one. I will come back after consulting. DECLINING PROFITS IN THE TEA INDUSTRY view
• 10 Nov 2015 in Senate: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we communicated to the relevant Cabinet Secretary about Sen. (Dr.) Khalwale’s request on the road to Kakamega, of allocating at least Kshs5 million to repair the road--- view