Dr. Wilfred Machage

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1611 to 1620 of 2209.

• 4 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I have allocated Kshs4.5 million for Kathimani- Katangi Road, which is in Yatta Constituency. I know that this road is in a deplorable condition. For the Road 511, I have not allocated any money this financial year. However, I have requested the Exchequer to allocate Kshs2.2 billion for the purposes of repair of all roads that were destroyed by the El-Nino . I hope this request will be granted and that this road is considered in this programme. view
• 4 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, to the contrary, my Ministry has given a big window to the hon. Members to be involved, previously in the District Roads Committees and now through the Constituency Roads Committees. view
• 4 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the hon. Member’s observation could be right, because this is what is happening on the ground. I cannot defend myself against an anomaly that might have been propagated previously by other decision makers. But I have said that I am in the process of compiling a list on prioritization of the roads that will be bituminized for every hon. Member to see and respond to. view
• 4 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, you will accept that, that is a completely different Question from what I was asked today. If he wants to make that a substantive Question, then I will answer it. But he knows that roads classes A, B and C are roads that are classified under certain service deliveries. Roads classes A are international roads, which connect different countries; Roads class B connect different provinces and Roads class C connect districts. We have had many districts created very recently and this requires that we change even the classification of some of these roads. The criteria include the ... view
• 4 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, on a light note, yes, these roads will be considered among others in this country. view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) Construction of the Kibwezi-Kitui Road, otherwise referred to as B7, has not been delayed. Nevertheless, my Ministry has earmarked the road for upgrading to bitumen standards under the proposed Kibwezi-Kitui-Mwingi-Isiolo Road corridor which is currently under design for upgrading to bitumen standards. (b) The construction is expected to commence once a detailed design is finalized and funds have been allocated for the project’s implementation. view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am usually a very serious person. I only talk about what I have confirmed on the ground. The consultancy contract, feasibility study, environmental social impact assessment and other preliminary and detailed engineering design and tender documents which are ongoing have been awarded at Kshs150 million. We actually have a report that was given to the Ministry in January. We are in the second phase of the same report. I wish to request the Member to take it from me and rest assured that we have already started spending Government money on this project. The Member should ... view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I expect the completion of the design works in six months time. view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the first batch of the US$2 million that has already been used for the design works, whose first phase was completed in January, was given to us courtesy of the World Bank. Right now, we are negotiating with the same bank and other financiers for the purposes of constructing the same road which is 422 kilometers long. We are sure that we will implement this project this time. The Member should bear with me that I was not the Minister for Roads in 1968, 1974 and in the many other years that he has mentioned. This time, ... view
• 2 Mar 2010 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, it is also true that Ministers keep on being changed. May I assure the House that my Ministry is serious about completing this project. All factors notwithstanding, we intend, at least, to complete this project before the end of this year. view