Dr. Wilfred Machage

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1331 to 1340 of 2209.

• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: That is okay. view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Yes, I am very much aware. My Ministry through the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has completed the design of the road for upgrading to bitumen standards and is now sourcing for funds to tarmac the same road. (b) However, my Ministry has not been able to tarmac roads in Chepalungu, as a result of budgetary constraints. view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I am aware that there have been several promises to tarmac roads in Chepalungu, Kuria, Migori and other areas but somehow the money is not enough to tarmac all of them. You have to start somewhere and end somewhere hence Thika Road had to be tarmacked first. view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, hon Members should not ask me how the choice was made. I may not be able to promise the hon. Member when I will commence the tarmacking of this road because of financial constraints. view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) My Ministry, through the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) has set aside Kshs240 million for tarmacking the Iten-Kapsowar Road, otherwise referred to as Road D329. (b) The contractor delayed in commencing due to a discrepancy on the survey data, but the issue has now been sorted out and the works are progressing. view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the construction has been divided into two phases. The first phase is Iten-Burugar which is 12 kilometres, otherwise, referred to as Phase 1. It is going to be completed by April, 2013. Its cost is estimated to be Kshs656,510,497. We have given the first phase of financing and we will finance as we continue. view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, indeed, I am also equally disturbed by some contractors who do not give us value for our money. Unfortunately, most of them are own local contractors. Whereas we are trying to encourage the local citizens to get the jobs for contracting on our roads, I will not accept shoddy work on any of our roads. In fact, we have shortlisted a few of these contractors who are doing shoddy works on our roads and we will terminate their services immediately. That is what we will do. Let them stand warned. view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, whereas we are looking at all our roads with the purposes of improving them, I will request that the Member prioritizes that road through the Constituency Roads Committee where he is the patron. view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, whereas it might be an oversight on my part, but he is the Member of Parliament of that area, and he still has that obligation if he thinks it is necessary to give it priority. But I have taken his sentiments. view
• 19 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I thought that is a completely different Question from what I have been asked this morning. However, I have noted that concern. A presidential directive is important and it must be adhered to. I will find out why that directive was not followed and why the contractor assembled equipment for the President to see he was already on site. view