Dr. Wilfred Machage

All parliamentary appearances

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• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: (b) The road is prioritized under the District Roads Committee (DRC) work plans for this Financial Year 2008/2009. A tender for improvement and maintenance of the road has been December 11, 2008 PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES 4061 awarded and a contractor is already on site. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am very aware, and also not happy, that members of the public have problems when using this road, especially during the rainy season. My Ministry is as concerned as the hon. Member. For that reason, a tender for improvement of the damaged sections to the tune of about Kshs1.82 million has been awarded to the North Rift Construction Company. I expect the work to be finished in the next two weeks. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, my Ministry is currently looking at all the roads in this country and prioritizing the ones that we need to take urgent measures on in terms of bitumen in the next one to two years. I believe this road will be one of them. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: (a) I am aware that some district roads offices lack adequate manpower to effectively execute projects within their jurisdictions. This has been caused by the freeze on recruitment of staff since 1990, through the Civil Service Reform Programme, and subsequent creation of new districts, as you know. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: (b) I am also not aware that the said understaffing has seriously hampered implementation of road maintenance projects at district and constituency levels. However, there are instances where the workload has necessitated enhanced supervisory capacity. This has been met through outsourcing of private supervisory and management capacity and the work is done well. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: (c) The Ministry is undergoing reforms and restructuring process which has led to the creation of three road authorities; the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA), the Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) and the Kenya National Highways Authority (KENHA). The new authorities, which are autonomous, will manage the road projects countrywide. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: The Government does not have immediate plans to tarmack Kambimiwa-Koykoy-Kaptama Road (D285) and Koykoy-Gitwamba Road (E320) and Kipsongo-Kinyoro-Kissawai Road (D286). However, the mentioned roads, which are currently gravelled and earth surfaced, are in motorable condition and have continued to be maintained using funds channelled through the District Roads Committee (DRC) by Kenya Roads Board (KRB). In addition, my Ministry is tarmacking Kaptama- Kapsokwony-Sirisia Road which, once completed, will improve the security of Mt. Elgon region. view
• 11 Dec 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I was limited by the funds available. However, the good news is that, on the said road that is being tarmacked, I am using over Kshs2.6 billion. I think that is appreciable. I will consider the road that the hon. Member wants tarmacked at a later time when funds are available. view