Lee Kinyanjui

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1131 to 1140 of 1318.

• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to confirm at this moment that the contractor has the capacity to complete the works. Indeed, he has done other works before. The problem arising is that the cost of the project was based on estimates which were given by engineers who designed the road. However, they did not include the actual earthwork that had been discovered since the contractor started the work on this road. I want to assure this House that the contractor has the capacity because he was actually evaluated at the time of awarding the contract. view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I wish to remind the hon. Member that he is, indeed, a Member of the District Roads Committee. We have been trying to impose on the Committees to try as much as possible to ensure that as soon as the Government releases the funds, the procurement is done immediately before the end of the financial year. view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the procurement is done at two levels. We have procurement for projects that is done at the Ministry level. We also have procurement for contracts done at district level. At the district level, the procurement is done through the District Procurement Officer, together with the District Roads Engineer. It is at that point that I have said that hon. Members have a right to ensure that projects that are relevant are completed within the particular period given. However, I must appreciate that there has been laxity sometimes when projects delay more than actually necessary. I want to ... view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I wish to clarify that the time originally given for this contract was in line with the Bill of Quantities (BQ) as given by the consultant when he did the design work. However, when we got on the ground, we discovered that there is a lot of earthwork that had not been originally envisaged. Therefore, going by the earlier BQs, the project would be through by now. view
• 24 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the answer is not provided here, but I will endeavour to give him the exact date. view
• 18 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 18 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: The Ministry will provide Kshs800,000 during the current financial year for the maintenance of Thua Bridge. This is the amount estimated to be adequate for emergency repairs and maintenance of the existing bridge. view
• 18 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: The Ministry will also construct a drift downstream of the existing bridge at a cost of Kshs13 million in the Financial Year 2009/2010 to be used by vehicles weighing over 15 tonnes. view
• 18 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to acknowledge, indeed, that the Minister visited the area on Monday this week. We require adequate time to assess what we can do in terms of the replacement or the repair of the bridge. We will give the bridge priority and get back to the hon. Member. view
• 18 Feb 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I agree with the hon. Member that, indeed, his constituency is one of the few constituencies with very many bridges partly because of the terrain in the general Kisii region. My Ministry has been regularly maintaining the bridges. Despite that, some are still in a deplorable condition. We will send a team there to conduct a thorough assessment of what is required to be done. Then the Ministry can source for the necessary funds. view