Dr. Wilfred Machage

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 1911 to 1920 of 2209.

• 26 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) I confirm that Mosoriot-Chepterwai Road was advertised for tender on 25th October, 2007. My Ministry received three bids and the lowest evaluated was at a cost of Kshs2,490,007,607 compared to the engineer's estimate of Kshs1,726,499,659. That was well above the engineer's estimate and, therefore, no tender was awarded. (b) No tender was awarded for construction of this road as the prices submitted were well above the engineer's estimates. The Ministry is reviewing the implementation of the project in view of the increasing construction costs caused by the escalating prices of petroleum products. view
• 26 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: No, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I have only one answer. The last bit that he wants me to mention is that I have already allocated Kshs100 million for the purpose of construction of that road this year. view
• 26 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, we are very much aware that this is one of the roads that caught the attention of His Excellency the President and he did mention that it should be constructed. The Ministry is planning to re-tender the works for the road, with a reduced scope as from December this year. view
• 26 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, every hon. Member is free to visit my office, or any office in the Ministry, for any further questions to be clarified on his or her area. There is a continuous assessment and re-allocation of funds according to need. We may not have a very static programme. Sometimes we work on roads that need emergency management, and that may not appear in our programmes. view
• 26 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, if you look at the Budget statement that every hon. Member received, all that information is in black and white. So, I only invite questions for clarification, because hon. Members already have those documents in the book cabinet. view
• 26 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, that is new information to me. I will investigate and if that is so, I will not hesitate to use that money to make that road better. view
• 26 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) For the short-term measures, my Ministry has set aside Kshs19,565,000 in this financial year for patching up of potholes. (b) Site rehabilitation of the road is in process. The road will be considered for rehabilitation once the Timboroa-Mau Sammit Road, which is currently being constructed, is completed and fully open to traffic. view
• 26 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, the valuation of the proposal for the consultants for this road has actually been completed, and recommendations have been communicated to the Ministry's tender committee for the adjudication and award of consultancy of the design of this road for better rehabilitation thereafter. For now, as a short-term measure, I am allocating slightly over Kshs19 million for this purpose, but we are thinking of a better build-up of that road; that is why the money that he has seen is allocated for that purpose. view
• 26 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am aware of the magnitude of the potholes problem on that road. I believe from my technical advice that the Kshs19 million that I have allocated will be quite adequate for that purpose. I have also assured the hon. Member that I am also doing a design for a later build-up of the road to better bituminisation. That is good news to him. That is why there is that money allocated for that purpose. view
• 25 Nov 2008 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to reply. (a) For the short-term measures, my Ministry has set aside Kshs19,565,000 in this financial year for patching up of potholes. (b) Site rehabilitation of the road is in process. The road will be considered for rehabilitation once the Timboroa-Mau Sammit Road, which is currently being constructed, is completed and fully open to traffic. view