Lee Kinyanjui

All parliamentary appearances

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• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is indeed unfortunate. As we all know, the collapse of a bridge is a great inconvenience because one has to cover a long distance, so that he can get to the same place, which would probably be only a short distance away if one were to cross the bridge. I also want to share my Ministry’s frustration with the House that a good number of bridges have collapsed in that area because of overloaded trucks carrying relief food. A bridge may have been designed to carry 20 tons but you find that a truck ... view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the rains have been going on for quite some time. As soon as we got the report that those sections had been cut out, we sent a technical team to bring us a detailed report on exactly what needs to be done. As I said, it was not possible for us to come up with the exact figures because, other than the sections that the hon. Member has mentioned, there are many other areas which were equally affected, which also require our intervention. So, I want to assure the hon. Member that we will indeed ... view
• 13 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) The contract was awarded on 23rd June, 2011 and the works commenced on 3rd October, 2011. (b) The scope of works on the section includes side clearance of 3.3 kilometers from Mutarakwa; processing of formation, 300 metres from Mutarakwa; establishment of contractor’s camp and Resident Engineer’s office at Mutarakwa; construction of an asphalt concrete processing plant in Mutarakwa; and the preparation of sub-grade to view
• 13 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to agree with the hon. Member that the contractor is way behind schedule and I have already instituted mechanisms to ensure that we give him a notice so that he speeds up the work. More importantly is the fact that we do not have enough contractors to do all our works. This is largely because we have an expanded budget and to get contractors across is a big problem. The contractor in question has about three or four jobs and he is lagging behind in three jobs. We will be giving him a warning ... view
• 13 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with the hon. Member, but the story regarding this particular road is long. Initially, the contract had been awarded to Kundan Singh and he was not able to do the work as per specifications and at some point, we were forced to terminate the contracts. We advertised it and Victory Construction Company won the tender. However, it is not possible to split it further because we have already signed the contract and it has specific terms. We may not be able to change that halfway. I want to assure the hon. Member that we ... view
• 13 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, having heard the concerns from the hon. Member, I wish to assure him that we will be sending our team of engineers to inspect and confirm what he has said and to take the necessary action to ensure that we restore confidence in the public and that usage of the section in question is restored. view
• 13 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, even before the request came, I had already offered to send a team to inspect this road. I think all we can do is to inform the hon. Member the time and the day we will be going there so that he joins us and then we could address all the concerns jointly. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) My Ministry has not yet upgraded R34 to bitumen standard because of budgetary constraints. (b)We have, however, initiated plans to upgrade the section from Wang’uru to the junction with the Road E628 to bitumen standard under the Roads 2000 Programme in the Financial Year 2012/2013. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we have already started the preparatory work and as I have indicated, this is being done under the Government of Kenya and the Government of France, the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), in a programme sponsored jointly called the Roads 2000 Programme. We expect to have completed the procurement process and all the other preparatory arrangements by December 2012 and, therefore, early 2013 we should have the project started. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true that once the road has been constructed under the AFD or under the Roads 2000 Programme, it is left to the Ministry. More importantly, we have the Roads Maintenance Levy that this House agreed to divide equally among all the constituencies. This money is meant for the maintenance of these roads including those that were previously developed under the Roads 2000. So, once the road has been upgraded under the Roads 2000, the maintenance of the same goes back to the Ministry. view