4 Dec 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will not go on record as saying that. I will only go on record saying that the road reserve that is there and documented will be used for the road construction. It may be 30 meters that the Member so wishes, more or less, as long as it is a road reserve.
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4 Dec 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will compensate any acquisition of land that is beyond the road reserve so drawn on the ground by the surveyors.
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4 Dec 2012 in National Assembly:
No, Mr. Speaker, Sir.
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27 Nov 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that the estate developer of Tassia Estate did not develop the roads as required and, therefore, the roads in the estate are in a poor state. (b) The Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) has no budgetary provision for development of city estate roads. The funds available are being applied towards routine maintenance of the roads to ensure that they are motorable.
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27 Nov 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am the Assistant Minister for roads and I have said I am aware. Indeed, in the eastern part of Nairobi, I have 63 projects, whose cost totals to slightly over Kshs116 million. If the Member is interested, I can give him the list to look at any time he wishes.
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27 Nov 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, is the hon. Member for Rangwe really listening to me? I also gave a simple answer. There is no money allocated for those roads.
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27 Nov 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am aware that these roads have a problem. I have not denied that fact. I am very much aware. However, I have no funds for them now.
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27 Nov 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the Government in which I will serve will repair these roads.
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27 Nov 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, maybe, some little information is required for the hon. Members to know how roads are managed. Estate roads should have been developed by the estate developer to adoptive standards and then handed over to the City Council of Nairobi for routine maintenance; I underline “City Council of Nairobi”. However, most City roads were not developed to adoptive standards and others have never been developed at all. That is the reason they are in that deplorable condition. Routine maintenance is also being considered by my Ministry, especially on request, and when funds are available. I have ...
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27 Nov 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, is it your order that I reply to a fellow Assistant Minister? I will be slightly out of order!
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