Robert Mbui

All parliamentary appearances

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• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Kenya’s development is through Mombasa Road. That is where most of our imports come through. Mombasa Road has only two lanes. One lane is going to Mombasa and another one is coming to Nairobi. However, from Nairobi to Thika, there are six lanes going towards Thika and six lanes coming towards Nairobi. Basically, I do not think we are doing development, in terms of what can help the economy of this nation. We are doing politics in development. This is something we need to work strongly against. This Bill will help us achieve or solve some of those problems because ... view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Recently, there was a court case which was brought against KeRRA by the county governments. They were proposing that KeRRA should not undertake the construction of roads. They look at KeRRA as a national Government authority. It is important to classify and make a law that distinguishes between the roads they can construct and the ones that can be constructed by the national Government. Recently, the county governments had gone to the court again to fight the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NGCDF). What are they fighting? I suspect it is because if you go to the counties, you will ... view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: In Machakos County, there was a full page advert put in all the dailies showing the roads that the county government would construct and deal with. I was shocked when His Excellency the President came to the region. I was surprised because all those roads are national Government roads. So, I asked myself a question. If those roads were constructed, and the President did not come to tell us, what would have happened to the money that the county government was proposing to spend on those roads? This is an excellent Bill. It will seal the loopholes that the governors ... view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: I also constructed a 15-kilometre road through KeRRA. We were doing bush clearing, gravel patching and grading. Where the road began, the governor put a sign board. Where the road ended, he put another one. In the middle, he built culverts worth about Kshs30,000, Kshs40,000 and Kshs50,000. When you look at the advertisement which has the photograph of the youthful Governor of Machakos County, it does not say that he is doing gravel patching. It just says “culverts” but our people do not read. They look at the photograph. So, they know the Governor has done the road. Basically, we ... view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, this Bill deals with standards and designs of road construction. I brought a Petition in the morning talking about a road that was not done well and not completed and, therefore, it is eroding currently. In our county, there is a road that every Kenyan has talked about. It has been on social media and on television. Many photographs of that road have been 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
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: taken from every angle. It is from Kithimani to Makutano Ma Mwala, Machakos County. Incidentally, it broke two records. The first one is that it had the most number of contractors on a single road. There were 11 contractors doing 33 kilometres. I think each was doing three kilometres. The second record it broke is that it was the fastest road to be done. It was done in three months. But there are three other records that nobody is talking about. The first record which is not stated is that it is the poorest designed road in Kenya. It is ... view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: The worst record is this: I think it has the thinnest layer of tarmac than any road in the world. In fact, a drizzle will wash away part of that road. That has been perpetuated in some of our areas. In Kathiani Constituency, in Mitaboni Market, a road was done. It drizzled and the tarmac was washed away. They painted the tarmac on the road. As a nation, we need to ensure that the standards of the roads that are done in our country are high. view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: On the issue of the construction of roads, I want to talk about the proposal that has been mentioned by many Members. We were told that the current regime will do 10,000 kilometres. But here in Parliament, we passed that every year we will do 20,000 kilometres. It is three years down the road, but not a single road has been done in Kathiani. I believe that if we go on like this, probably, there will be no single kilometre of tarmac up to the end of the term. I wonder what I will tell the people and yet, I ... view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Finally, when roads are done, let us ensure there is a proper maintenance budget. If you do a good road and you do not put money aside for maintenance, obviously, there will be a problem in the future. When we put up good roads, we should maintain them and ensure we have expanded the road network in the nation and this country will go far. If we do that and if what I have said is taken seriously by the regime in power, I am sure Kenya will develop and probably hit the double digit. view
• 22 Jun 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity. view