19 Apr 2023 in National Assembly:
is 12.87 kilometres. The 10 kilometres from Migwani Town to Tulia Town have been completed, including some town roads. Therefore, the percentage of physical works completed for this additional section is 29.6 per cent, bringing the total completion of the entire project to 90.5 per cent. The project end of Defect Notification Period (DNP) is on 4th October 2023. However, the contractor has suspended works due to delayed payment of certificates amounting to Ksh1,155,896,907 and delayed land acquisition. The two factors are likely to affect the contract period. However, the Government has provided Ksh150 million in the Financial Year 2023/2024 ...
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19 Apr 2023 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I have not answered the Question. It would be good for good record to proceed and respond to the Question by the Hon. Member. I sympathise with the situation because I think there was an earlier Question that perhaps he did not really ask for the HANSARD, but I have already answered.
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19 Apr 2023 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, I will proceed with Question No. 83 The construction of Mwingi-Slaughter House Road was done as part of the project for the construction of upgrading to bitumen standards of 3.7 kilometres KCB-Slaughter House Road in Mwingi, Kitui County, whose employer was the Department of Slum Upgrading under the State Department of Housing and Urban Development. I wish to state that, the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) was only called upon to provide project oversight role. The Project had 2 lots, that is lot 1 and 2. The Project contract sum was Ksh137,707,776.00 which covered 3.7 kilometers as indicated ...
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19 Apr 2023 in National Assembly:
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19 Apr 2023 in National Assembly:
Hon. Speaker, if you allow me, I will start with the question asked by Hon. Cynthia Muge about what we are doing concerning the roads. This will help in answering all the questions that have been asked. As I had already said, I think I should table the list officially in the House. Once I do that, in the subsequent conversations in the near future, Members will have a reference point of all the contracts in the entire 800 projects. From there, if Hon. Members want to consult with the agency or the Ministry, we are available. Two, I have ...
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19 Apr 2023 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I know a number of questions are almost related. A generic answer would have been: ‘When the money is available’. First, let me delve into the main question on the Expressway by Hon. Mulyungi. The traffic status report of the Expressway since inauguration is indicated below: The total number of vehicles which have used the Expressway from its inception until the end of March 2023 was 12,491,403. The breakdown is as follows: 1. From May-June 2022, the total traffic volume was 1,257, 019 which is an average of 26,188 per day. 2. From July - ...
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19 Apr 2023 in National Assembly:
in time, they had caused a number of accidents due to over-speeding but, since measures have been put in place, we are reviewing the request that has come to my office to allow PSVs to pass through the Expressway. To answer the question related to A8 Road, the road below the Expressway,
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19 Apr 2023 in National Assembly:
I will gladly wind up, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The boda boda motor cycles should not be used on highways. We are not supposed to see them on Kitale-Bungoma Road or Kitale-Eldoret Road, but they are there. We must work with the reality that they are there. We are working on a mechanism of regulation. In the statements I made earlier, you notice I did not focus on the boda boda . I will be coming back with boda boda regulations as a result of the same issue. On the road Hon. Jayne Kihara has mentioned, again, Maela road is a ...
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19 Apr 2023 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. First, I want to thank this august House for giving me an opportunity to be here today to respond to as many questions as it were possible. I know it is not within my purview, but I have suggested…
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19 Apr 2023 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Speaker, I know it is not within my purview, but having served as a Member of Parliament with you in the Senate, I want to suggest – from the experience of the Questions that were sent to us – that Members make good use of this rare opportunity of Cabinet Secretaries appearing before this House by formulating questions in future to cover policy issues, so that they can cut across other than dealing only with one bridge or one road somewhere. The Questions will be answered – like the case of pending bills – as a whole. If, ...
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