Simeon Nyachae

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• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Is the hon. Member and the Assistant Minister in order to drag the Minister for Roads and Public Works into this matter? The preparation of bumps is recommended by the Traffic Department and the District Roads Committee out there. It is not done by the Minister for Roads and Public Works! Is it in order for them to refer to the Minister? view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) My Ministry will tender to upgrade Kendu-Bay-Mbita Road, Road C19, to bitumen standard in this financial year, 2007/2008. (b) The construction works for the road could not commence as initially envisaged due to the delays in completing the design. Construction of the road will commence in this financial year as the design of the road has now been completed. view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would have wished that the hon. Member, who may have seen the Order Paper, waits until Tuesday, when he will see the amount of money I will have allocated to that road. view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, this work will take more than one financial year, because the road is 42 kilometres long. Mr. Raila was the Minister for Roads and Public Works when the President is alleged to have given the undertaking. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am working on the basis of the report I have from the consultant, who was working on the road. I have no record from the Office of the President, telling me: "This is the undertaking that the President gave". Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, so, maybe, Mr. Raila, and the hon. Member who is connected with ... view
• 18 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me three minutes to finalise my contribution. As a follow-up of my contribution yesterday, I was left with two points to make. In order to support our education system to be more effective and reach our young people, there is need for us to improve the morale of teachers. One of the things that is needed to improve the morale of teachers is housing. It is extremely important that we think seriously on how we are going to build houses for teachers. In some places in the rural areas, teachers are not ... view
• 17 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. The Ministry has set aside Kshs2 million for patching of the potholes on Wote-Katumani Road, Road C99. The works will start immediately Authority to Incur Expenditure (AIE) for the Financial Year 2007/2008 has been issued. The authority is likely to be issued before 30th July, 2007. view
• 17 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, we will be very willing to look at the area of drainage. This is not the issue which was raised but quite clearly, the Question is relevant. I will get my officers to go and inspect the road to find out whether lack of drainage is contributing to the creation of potholes. If that is the case, we will definitely take measures to repair the drainage. view
• 17 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, potholes occur in very many forms. They can 2518 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES July 17, 2007 occur as a result of what the hon. Member mentioned. If there is no drainage and waterlogging remains in the middle of the road, that seeps inside and when vehicles pass over, potholes are created. That is one way it happens. The other depends on the life of the road; that is when it was done. The wearing out of a road starts with potholes. view
• 17 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: If the hon. Member went through the Sessional Paper which was tabled in this House and debated, he will see what we intend to do about most of our roads which are in poor condition. I would not say that all our roads are in poor condition. Roughly, 46 percent of our roads are in poor condition. We are doing what we can depending on the availability of funds, contractors, consultants and enough engineers. All this must go together in order for things to move faster. At the moment if you are asking me how long it will take, I ... view
• 17 Jul 2007 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not see very much difference between this question and the earlier one about the long-term measures that I have responded to. If we are talking about preventing damage to our roads, there are many actions that we need to take. First, we have to review our system of specifications of our roads. We have to ensure that there is some kind of discipline on road usage. You can finish a road today but if you have no control over the axle load, the new road will be damaged tomorrow again. There are so many ... view