Dr. Wilfred Machage

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1261 to 1270 of 2209.

• 27 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, before I answer that, and on a light touch, once Mr. Olago once referred to me as an interesting creature. I wonder why he did not do that today to my fellow Assistant Minister. However, I give my sympathies to be in that position. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I do not love to see bad roads in this country. Take it from me. I feel very depressed when I hear Members complain about having deplorable bad roads. I will attempt to visit that place and see what is going on. view
• 27 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is exactly what I have said in so many words. view
• 27 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, although it is quite a different question, it is quite relevant to our situation. Yes, I have heard your request. Let me remind you that on the request on the Belle Vue pedestrian path, the Mombasa Road is view
• 27 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as Mr. Nyamai was asking his question, we had Chirau which means King; Chirau Mwakwere who is actually disturbing me here. Can he repeat the question? view
• 27 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I actually requested that he repeats his question. view
• 27 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, that is exactly the duty of the Ministry of Roads. Not only will I visit the place, but I will also attempt to look for funds if necessary, depending on what I will have seen. Now I am aware that, as per the Member’s complaint in the House, there is a problem in Tassia Road. I will do exactly that. view
• 22 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I am aware that Lemook and Cheptarit bridges are in need of maintenance works. (b) My Ministry, through the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA), will request the Constituency Roads Committee to prioritize maintenance of the two bridges in their work plan in order to facilitate urgent repair works as follows:- (i) Reinstatement of missing marker posts and guardrails. (ii) Clearing of side drains on the adjoining road to prevent accumulation of silt on the bridge deck. (iii) Construction of the approach slabs on each side of the bridges to ease differential settlement ... view
• 22 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, a consultant, Maya and Partners were engaged in 2008 to carry out a detailed engineering design of Mosoriot-Chepterit-Kapkatembu- Kipkaren Road otherwise referred to as D289, 297 and D288 with a view of improving them to bitumen standard and the two bridges were part of his design. Phase I of the project which entails upgrading to bitumen standard the Mosoriot-Kaiboi Road, otherwise referred to as D289 totalling 22 kilometres has already commenced. The construction of these two bridges will be done in Phase II of the upgrading to bitumen standard of Kaiboi-Cheptarwai-Kipkaren Road, otherwise referred to as D297 ... view
• 22 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the total cost for the repair of these bridges is Kshs3 million and that is why I requested the hon. Member to prioritise these bridges through his committee so that we can do it as an emergency. view
• 22 Nov 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I also request the hon. Member though his committee to fast track that request to my office as he has put it on the Floor of the House so that I may consider it. view