Lee Kinyanjui

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• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I have indicated, as we await the discussions between the governments of Kenya and China, we awarded a contract of Kshs20,491,000 to M/s Continental Inn Company. The scope of the work was bush clearing, culverts and drainage works, grading and gravelling and portholes repair. We expect that as we continue to pursue this particular financing from the Chinese Government, this money will be able to restore this road to motorable condition and ensure that communication and transport within this section of the road continues unhampered. view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am aware that the Question you are prosecuting is specific to this road, but now I see that the hon. Members want to merge the two Questions. But I think what is important, and I really want to state this for a fact, is that even before we start making new roads, if we do not maintain the roads that are already in existence, then we will start new roads and by the time we come back, the old infrastructure will already be lost. Our biggest asset in this country is our road network. view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the hon. Member’s disappointment but I am also happy to note that he is in the Committee that also oversees transport and roads. Our request for more funding sometimes has not been very successful. Therefore, I hope he will be a voice in the Committee so that we can get more funding. view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I was only encouraging the hon. Member to continue doing the good job in the committee and also to probably tell him that if we were to tarmack all the roads in Kenya, it would cost close to a trillion. Therefore, even with the Kshs120 billion, we still cannot do all the roads. But in the meantime, I want to say that a section of this road and this is Kitui-Mwingi to Kandui and from Mwingi to Munguu has already been financed by the Government of Kenya under the Development Vote and this contract has ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I really want to be very clear that if the hon. Members want us to leave the already existing roads and go and put up new roads, then that will not work. The road between Nyahururu and Nyeri is an old road. All we are doing is to restore it to a condition that is motorable. As I have said, we are going to put a lot of money when we come to the LAPSET. Do we want to leave that road and go and do other new roads? We must maintain our old roads, even ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I doubt that it is fair for us to go back to a Question that had already been concluded and a satisfactory answer given. Therefore, I beg that--- view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I indicated that we have an affirmative action and we will be tabling here a Roads Sector Investment Programme that clearly indicates the areas where we would want to put our efforts. In that Roads Sector Investment Programme, you will realize that much of our attention is now shifting towards the LAPSET Corridor. I am sure that when we get there, the hon. Members will appreciate. But in the meantime, as I have said, our policy is to ensure that the roads that have already been constructed are maintained to a motorable condition even before we ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to give an undertaking that if we are given all the money that we require, we will ensure that every part of this country has a tarmac road, as the hon. Member has said. But, at another level, the Roads Sector Investment Programme has all the issues that the hon. Members are actually asking. I think it will be important for us to table it here, so that we can also benefit from the inputs coming from the hon. Members. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, lastly, I know that the issue of Ijara versus other ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I hope that some of the hon. Members here have had the opportunity to travel outside Nairobi. The road connecting Ethiopia and Kenya, for many years, was the only link that was missing in the entire Cairo to Cape Town. But we now only have 120 kilometres that are remaining. Talk to the hon. Members from that section of the country and you will find that it is true. I think what we need to appreciate is that more than any other time, now Kenyans believe that roads can be built. Before, even if you asked, ... view
• 20 Jun 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am sure you agree with me that there is no point of order there. However, allow me to say that the road that is in question, which is the subject of this debate even as we proceed with the contract, we will ensure that the road is restored to a motorable condition and that the great farmers from that area will not be disadvantaged. Lastly, the reason why this road has deteriorated very fast is because when they want to transport their agricultural produce to Mombasa and the trucks want to escape the Gilgil Weighbridge ... view