Maina Kamanda

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 261 to 270 of 496.

• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you hon. Speaker. Hon. Baiya rose on the floor of this House to seek a Statement regarding the status of Uplands - Githunguri- Ruiru Road, C65. In his Statement, he sought the following question:- (a) Reason for the delay in the construction of the road. view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: (b) When the reconstruction works are expected to commence I want to answer as follows:- The delay in the construction of the road has been caused by lack of budgetary allocations. Secondly, the road has been placed on the priority list of the project to be undertaken through annuity program in the next Financial Year 2014/2015. However, the Ministry, through Kenya National Highways Authority, awarded a contract on March 2014 for Kshs5.5 million to make the road motorable. At the moment, the work is going on. view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to add to what hon. Baiya has said that this is a very important road like other roads in the country. I want to assure the Member that the design of this road has already been undertaken and Kshs16 million has been paid for this purpose. They are not giving a lot of money for maintenance because they are going to award tender. The annuity money is being negotiated by the Treasury. As we speak, they have received about Kshs3 billion. This road is one of the roads that will benefit from ... view
• 2 Jul 2014 in National Assembly: On hon. Kombe’s question, the matter of the 20 kilometre per constituency is not easy. As a Committee, we met with the Cabinet Secretary, National Treasury on this matter. They are looking at the matter with a view to increase budgetary allocation for the Ministry. Maybe we can start with the constituencies which have no tarmac next year. That is when it comes to the 20-kilometre tarmac programme. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, before I respond to this Statement, I need your guidance. That is because you are giving us conflicting instructions as Chairpersons of Committees. I need to respond to what my friend Mbadi has just said, that we are supposed to bring a report when answering a question. I remember that the ruling given earlier by the Speaker was that we are supposed to invite the Member who sought the Statement to appear before the Committee. When we come here, we are supposed to read the Statement as it is given by the Cabinet Secretary. That is because ... view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, before I respond to this Statement, I need your guidance. That is because you are giving us conflicting instructions as Chairpersons of Committees. I need to respond to what my friend Mbadi has just said, that we are supposed to bring a report when answering a question. I remember that the ruling given earlier by the Speaker was that we are supposed to invite the Member who sought the Statement to appear before the Committee. When we come here, we are supposed to read the Statement as it is given by the Cabinet Secretary. That is because ... view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the other one is:- (b) What emergency measures have been put in place by the Ministry to repair and improve the roads to motorable conditions, especially during the rainy season, since some part of the road is cut off at Kiambuya and Magunga and between Magunga and Kigwa Market? I beg to answer as follows:- (a) The Minister has programmed to upgrade the Mbita-Sindo-Magunga Road, D210 to bitumen standards. Towards this end, feasibility studies and a detailed engineer design has been carried out on that road in readiness for upgrading to bitumen standards. The Kaguta-Nyambira Road which ... view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, the other one is:- (b) What emergency measures have been put in place by the Ministry to repair and improve the roads to motorable conditions, especially during the rainy season, since some part of the road is cut off at Kiambuya and Magunga and between Magunga and Kigwa Market? I beg to answer as follows:- (a) The Minister has programmed to upgrade the Mbita-Sindo-Magunga Road, D210 to bitumen standards. Towards this end, feasibility studies and a detailed engineer design has been carried out on that road in readiness for upgrading to bitumen standards. The Kaguta-Nyambira Road which ... view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, Deputy Speaker. I want to assure hon. Mbadi that we are going to put a lot of pressure on this. The entire length of that road initially was not tendered because the money required at that time was Kshs10 billion, which the Government was not able to fund. With negotiations that are going on, it will all be put together with what hon. Millie Odhiambo has said. On hon. Limo’s issue, I want to say that some designs are being changed. They have, in fact, taken long to be implemented. The Ministry normally changes the design to the ... view
• 25 Jun 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, Deputy Speaker. I want to assure hon. Mbadi that we are going to put a lot of pressure on this. The entire length of that road initially was not tendered because the money required at that time was Kshs10 billion, which the Government was not able to fund. With negotiations that are going on, it will all be put together with what hon. Millie Odhiambo has said. On hon. Limo’s issue, I want to say that some designs are being changed. They have, in fact, taken long to be implemented. The Ministry normally changes the design to the ... view