Simeon Nyachae

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• 18 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to July 18, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2129 move that Mr. Speaker do now leave the Chair. This will enable me to introduce debate on Vote 13, Ministry of Roads and Public Works. The Ministry's mission statement is to achieve excellence in roads, buildings and other public works to support socio-economic needs and aspirations of our people. Our mission is to facilitate provision and maintenance of quality infrastructure, mainly roads, buildings and other public works so as to promote and sustain socio-economic development. The core functions and responsibilities of the Ministry of Roads and Public Works ... view
• 18 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. The KRB is a statutory body charged with the responsibility of administration of funds derived from the Roads Maintenance Levy Fund, and other funds that may accrue to it. The Board operates under the Kenya Roads Board Act. To be able to accomplish its responsibilities, my Ministry has been pursuing the following strategic objectives: facilitation of adequate provision of physical infrastructure through policy formulation, research design, supervision and regulation of standards to facilitate development and maintenance of infrastructure throughout the country, provision of operational logistics, manpower development and technical support in roads construction and maintenance, ... view
• 18 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, having outlined the above reforms which we intend to continue with this financial year, allow me to present my Ministry's budget proposals for 2006/2007 Financial Year to this august House. I will begin with the Recurrent Expenditure. Under Vote R13, my Ministry has been allocated a gross provision of Kshs13,304,933,107. Out of this amount, Kshs11,407,500 is in form of Appropriation-in-Aid (AIA) which is to be collected and distributed by the KRB while a sum of Kshs134,783,017 is made up of other local AIA leaving a net expenditure of Kshs1,762,650,090 being the amount to be sourced ... view
• 13 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am not in a position to promise funds for tarmacking the road but I can continue promising that we will maintain that road to motorable standards continuously because it is an important road. However, for now, there are no funds to offer a contract for tarmacking this road. view
• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that the construction project for Katito-Awasi Road E220 and E1121 which started in February, 2005 is ongoing but has not stalled. (b) The project had been programmed to be completed by 15th August, 2006, but owing to delays and slow work progress, it will not be possible. However, the contractor has been instructed to submit a revised work programme which will indicate when the project will be completed. (c) The total contract sum is Kshs136,741,728. To date, the total amount that has been paid to the contractor is ... view
• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member is right to seek clarification on the work programme. Many hon. Members will realise that completing work within a laid down programme in the country, particularly where we have the indigenous contractors is a major problem. We are left with the alternative of cancelling the contracts but that is not the ideal way of going about the problem. This is because if we do that, we will "kill" all the indigenous contractors since none of them seems to be completing the work in time. As a Minister in charge of roads, I will ... view
• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we are willing to upgrade many roads to bitumen standards. However, that is not our first priority. Sixty per cent of our gravelled roads are in very bad condition. So, we have to make those roads motorable first before we think of upgrading them to bitumen standards because this will consume a lot of money. So, let us improve all the roads first before we start upgrading them to bitumen standards. That is my approach to this matter. However, that does not mean that we are not considering upgrading some of those roads to bitumen standards. ... view
• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am not aware that gravelling of Murukan-Dikirr-Chebunyo Road was stopped. I would like to clarify that there was no programme to gravel the said road. Therefore, to say that gravelling of the road has stopped is news to me. (b) I would like to point out that the project did not stall because it had not been initiated in the first place. (c) Murukan-Dikirr-Chebunyo Road falls under the Trans Mara and Bomet districts' Roads Committees' (DRCs) work-plans for the 2006/2007 Financial Year. The Trans Mara DRC, under which the longest ... view
• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I agree with the hon. Member that this is an important road for the people of Transmara and parts of Bomet District. It is a marketing road for milk and maize. Therefore, it is being given special attention by the two District Roads Committees alongside my Ministry. We are now making available another sum of Kshs1.4 million to improve its condition so that it is passable even when we have heavy rains. We are not ignoring the importance of the road and we will look after it. view
• 12 Jul 2006 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not know the figures off-head, but I have given the hon. Member the figure. He should go and check on the ground to find out whether the job is being done. Mr. Bett should trust what I have said since he was my personal assistant for a long time and we worked together very well. July 12, 2006 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 2029 view