Lee Kinyanjui

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 661 to 670 of 1318.

• 30 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I seek that you make a very clear and final ruling on this matter because you know the Standing Orders--- Actually, the Order Paper is available online almost a day before we come to this House. It is expected that if a Member is not available, that he or she would inform the Chair and that we would equally be informed. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this Question is very important to the people of Thika Road and Garden Estate but we cannot proceed with it because of the hon. Member not ... view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) My Ministry is responding in the following ways to ease the traffic jam in Nairobi City: (i) Increasing the traffic capacity of the major arterial roads by adding extra lanes. This includes the recent widening of the road from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to Nyayo Stadium; the ongoing addition of a second carriageway on the road between Athi River and JKIA; and the ongoing expansion of Thika – Nairobi Highway, which also includes construction of interchanges at various intersections for grade separation of traffic. (ii) Construction of bypasses so that ... view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my Ministry came up with the Nairobi Urban Transport Master Plan that was conducted by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in 2006 and identified the existence of missing links in the city transport network, especially within the CBD and its immediate environs. The missing links were identified as follows:- Accra Road extension which joins River Road to Ngara Road; Mpaka Road in Westlands; ML36 and 730 on the upper parts of Nairobi; Muratina Road on General Waruinge Street to Juja Road; Milimani Road to Ralphe Bunche Road and State House Road; Likoni Road extension, that is, Enterprise ... view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to concur with the hon. Member that we have serious congestion challenges in the points that he has indicated. My Ministry is working very closely with other donor agencies and more so, the Japanese Government, with an aim of expanding Jogoo Road and Outering Road. For Outering Road we have already advertised for the designs. As soon as we have the designs complete, we will be looking for financing of those particular roads. Mr. Speaker, Sir, it must also be noted that in all the areas that the hon. Member has cited we are actually ... view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is true that roads are just one aspect of the solution towards reducing the congestion that we have in the city. If we are to have any long lasting solution, we must involve all other stakeholders. I want to assure the hon. Member that all other Ministries concerned, including the Ministry of Nairobi Metropolitan Development, Ministry of Transport, the police department and all others, are involved in this exercise. The Ministry of Transport in particular has been trying to look at the possibility of reducing the 14 seater matatu and increasing the capacity. This is one ... view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the World Bank did not withdraw from the Nairobi Urban Toll Road. It actually withdrew from financing the consortium that had won. This means that if any other consortium whose record had no problem had won the tender, we would not have had a problem. So, the World Bank has no problem with the Ministry, but the consortium as was constituted. The World Bank had been involved in the project from procurement to the last stage. Therefore, the allegations by the hon. Member about senior staff of my Ministry or any other Government body having had an ... view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is because of the integrity issues raised regarding the consortium which had actually won the Nairobi Urban Toll Road Project. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I do agree with the hon. Member that it takes much longer for people to commute from their residences to their places of work. This has been of great concern in terms of productivity. Many will agree that the management of traffic by the Kenya Police sometimes has been a major solution. We hope that in the short term we will be able to use their services before we come up with a master plan on how we can be able to reduce traffic jams and completely eliminate the time wastage that occurs on our roads. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: I want to agree with the hon. Member that we need to extend those services to all possible areas to ensure that we minimize the time that is wasted on traffic jams. I also want to assure the hon. Member that in all conceivable junctions and roundabouts we actually have Traffic Policemen from morning to evening when we have traffic jams. They ensure that whenever there is an accident which sometimes is caused by the traffic jam, it is sorted out within the shortest time possible. view
• 23 Mar 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I want to agree with the hon. Member that we have long term plans for Outering Road and Ngong Road. The two roads have actually been identified for funding by the Japanese Government. Before the disaster we had in Japan, we were supposed to go and do the final signing of the agreement for those two particular roads. I am sure that as soon as the situation normalizes, we will be able to continue with the process and those two roads will be included in our programme. view