Lee Kinyanjui

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The footbridge erected at Castle area was placed at that location due to the large population of pedestrians crossing from one side to the other side. The area has been provided with an underpass pedestrian crossing. (b) My Ministry has noted that majority of pedestrians are not utilizing the safe pedestrian crossing provided including the underpass in Witeithie. The footbridge at the Castle Brewery cannot be relocated since this will deny a large population at this location a safe crossing given the nearest pedestrian crossing will be at the Thika overpass. ... view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member has shared the photos with me and, indeed, immediately, next to the road, there is a population that is visible. However, we are not talking about the people who live right next to the road. We are talking about populations across the road on the other side. Therefore, to say that the plot immediately after the bridge is empty and, therefore, it is an indication that there is no population is inaccurate. view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the reason I said that is because of section “b” of the Question where the Member had asked us to shift that bridge to Witeithie area. That is not what we want to do because as we construct roads, we do not just construct them for now. We appreciate the future developments within that area. There was an oversight because where we have an underpass, where people currently cross - the bus stop for the public service vehicles is about 200 meters away--- Therefore, when people alight, they find it difficult to walk 200 meters, across ... view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are already doing the estimates. However, it is good to remember that this road was recently completed and it is currently under what we call the “defect liability period”. So, we do not need to set any money aside because the vote for this project is still on. All we need to do is to utilize it within the existing vote. I do not think that this is a project by itself as it were. It is within the larger Thika Road Project and, therefore, it will be done. view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not able to give the exact time, day or hour. But I want to undertake that within this financial year, we will ensure we are able to do that because as I said, the contract is already ongoing. But even more critically, as we wait for that to be done, we want to urge the residents of Witeithie Centre and all view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I did not say that we will do it in the next financial year; I said we will do it within this financial year. view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Secondly, this is not a defect. A defect means that something has been constructed and is inappropriate. So, this is not within the 10 per cent that the hon. Member is talking about. view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: I think this must be taken very seriously. If it takes me to walk a 100 metres to be able to be safe and to be there tomorrow and not to be at the Spinal Injury Hospital, I would rather walk the 100 metres. We are saying this because even in areas, where we have already constructed structures, the number of accidents is extremely high. So, I think it would be--- view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: The responsibility is ours and we have put a signage of all over, and hope that will not be taken away any time soon. Even more importantly, we have view
• 5 Dec 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think I have already said it all. I want to emphasize here that it is not just a question of moving a bridge from point “A” to point “B”. You first need to design because specifications are very different. If there is any land to be acquired on either side to ensure there is footage that can be done. But if the hon. Member is concerned about road accidents, I want to assure him that we are even more concerned about road accidents than he is. All I have said is that within this financial ... view