Dr. Wilfred Machage

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1351 to 1360 of 2209.

• 29 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, with your indulgence, would I be in order, therefore, to request that the Chair declares that today’s Question has been adequately answered and another Question will be sent to the Ministry? view
• 22 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, as I support the Bill, I would like to say that hon. Members should not play to the public gallery on some demands that are not really possible to be met. The Bill as amended by the Cabinet is adequate for the process of governance of this country. Being over-enthusiastic will make the Act that will be created to be impracticable and difficult to implement. Let us be careful on what amendments we will have on this Bill. Thank you. view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) My Ministry through the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has awarded contract for the design of Chuluni–Mwitika Road, otherwise referred to as C96 with a view of upgrading it to bitumen standards. The final design report is expected towards the end of this month, August, 2012. (b) There is no allocation of funds for tamarcking the road this Financial Year, 2012/2013 because the engineering designs for the road have not been completed. view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it may not be possible to make that commitment until I see the amount involved as per the design and the amounts available for the construction. It is not too long before I get this report. Maybe it will be prudent that the Member waits for me to get the report to be able to answer that question. view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is completely unfair for the hon. Member to make that request. I have answered the Question asked. If he wants to file another Question on that, he could do so. But to bring the same Question to the House, I think is completely out of order. view
• 8 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, as you know, to your knowledge, the Rules and Procedures Committee is currently in the process of amending the Standing Orders. Would I be in order to request the hon. Members who have suggestions to present them to the Clerk, so that they will be considered when we amend our Standing Orders? view
• 8 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) My Ministry has not reduced funding to constituencies as this is clearly governed by the law. Indeed, the figures show that in general, allocations to the constituencies have increased steadily since 2008. (b) The Kenya Roads Board funds allocations is done on the basis of the thresholds and guidelines provided by the Kenya Roads Board Act as amended through the Finance Act of 2009, which provides for 22 per cent of the Roads Maintenance Levy Fund allocation equally to all constituencies and 12 per cent of the Roads Maintenance Levy Fund ... view
• 8 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, prior to 2009/2010, the Roads Maintenance Levy allocation to the constituencies was through the District Roads Committees (DRCs). Both allocations, namely the 16 per cent and 24 per cent equitable portions for these roads, were disbursed directly to the district accounts as planned by the DRCs. Of course, this was amended; hence the current formula. I know there was a little spike in 2010/2011, where constituencies got a total of Kshs34 million. This was because we were lucky that year in that the Kenya Revenue Authority had collected a surplus, and the additional collected was directed ... view
• 8 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, yes, it may appear that the constituencies received the amount that the hon. Member has talked about. However, the truth is that each constituency should by now have received Kshs20,500,000 of the 22 per cent portion and Kshs9,300,000 on the 12 per cent portion. What happened is that the money was less and constituencies received Kshs18 million first. So, the Kshs2 million is either there now or is in the process of being delivered to bring the sum to what I had talked about. So, the situation the hon. Member has indicated does not arise. view
• 8 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, even the Ministry of Roads communicates to the constituencies through the secretaries who are the District Roads Officers. I still take the Member’s concern seriously. I will instruct the Ministry to also make a copy to hon. Members of Parliament so that we are all aware of the dispatch of the funds. However, there are questionnaires that have been submitted to you or to every Member of Parliament through the Kenya Roads Board so that you can give your views on how services are being rendered to you. Please, include that as a complaint. view