Lee Kinyanjui

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 971 to 980 of 1318.

• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, my confirmation must be backed by availability of funds for doing the roads. We cannot come here to make declarations and end up not meeting them. So, I want to assure the hon. Member that we will give that road top priority, given the huge tourism and agricultural potential in that region. Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have confirmed to the hon. Member that we will prioritize the roads. I do not know what more I can say to him at this particular stage. Secondly, I have said that the site that was opened recently is a tourism site and we appreciate that. The Roads Sector Investment Programme that you are seeing is prioritizing areas in terms of productivity. This is both agricultural and tourism. I want to assure the Member that we will prioritize that road in the next financial year. view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is the second time I am coming to this House to answer the same Question and the Member has not been in the House. view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I think the hon. Member is contradicting himself. From the onset, he has said that the answer is good. Thereafter, he has said that it is misleading. So, I do not know which one to take, but for now, I will take the first part. The contractor is under the Roads 2000 Programme and he is covering a distance of 5.4 kilometres. The contract was awarded to Lawfords International Limited for a contract sum of Kshs6.6 million. The contract period was 120 days which is four months. The works should have been completed by 31st October, ... view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we do not mind the numerous Questions. However, as the hon. Member may have seen in last year’s Budget, we are trying to devolve the roads funds from this financial year. We will be sending money directly to the constituencies and hon. Members will not come here to ask us Questions. Instead, it will be the other way round. We will disband the district roads committees and come up with the constituency roads committees where the hon. Members will sit. Therefore, it will be upon hon. Members to ensure that the works are, indeed, done. view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I appreciate the question from the hon. Member and I think it is, indeed, a big problem in the country. We want to empower the local contractors because as soon as we award them contracts, they are unable to perform. I remember we have had Questions here where the Ministry has been accused of favouring foreign contractors. However, the issue of quality and timely delivery of service is extremely critical. My Ministry is currently undertaking a programme to build capacity for the local contractors in terms of finance and technical capacity. We believe that we will ... view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with the hon. Member that we have a serious problem with contractors who bid for works, give very impressive records and then we meet in court once we have awarded them the contracts. This trend is, indeed, worrying because a lot of public money is wasted through such court cases. However, we have tightened the noose. We have made the qualification and pre- qualification for contractors more rigorous to ensure that those who get the contract will perform. In addition, we have included the performance bids and the bid bonds to ensure that those ... view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Resident Engineer is the representative of the Ministry with regard to the contract. In a situation where we have a problem, we get early warning signals from the Resident Engineer in terms of the problems that exist. Therefore, the problem cannot be with that engineer. The Resident Engineer raised the red flag early enough and we have communicated with the contractor who, many at times does not comply. So, I would like to state clearly that the resident engineers are not the problem but the contractors. view
• 2 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have indicated that that is the Government of Kenya (GoK) and donor-funded project. It is a partnership programme and I have clearly stated that the Ministry is not happy with the progress done on that road. Consequently, we have issued a termination notice to the contractor. We cannot compel the contractor to complete the road after giving him the termination notice and he does not respond. We will have to re-tender that contract and award it to a more serious contractor. That way, we will ensure that the people of Manyatta have their road in ... view