18 Sep 2024 in Senate:
Thank you. Madam Temporary Speaker, I would like to share important cross-cutting information affecting the road subsector. The information will likely be used during follow-up discussion and supplementary questions which may---
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18 Sep 2024 in Senate:
Let us try again. Are we okay now?
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18 Sep 2024 in Senate:
Sorry about that, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would request to share some important---
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18 Sep 2024 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker and hon. Members. I was giving background information. The information that I was requesting to share--- It seems we are not getting over it.
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18 Sep 2024 in Senate:
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18 Sep 2024 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker and sorry about that. I would request to share some important cross-cutting information affecting the roads subsector. The information will likely be useful during follow-up discussions, which may arise after the substantive answers given to each road-related Question. The information I will share is broadly categorized into two parts; namely, road maintenance and road development. Allow me to start with road maintenance. The total value of public roads assets countrywide has been established by the road’s subsector investment programme 2023/202---
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18 Sep 2024 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I will respond to all the Questions specifically as they were put before the House this morning. However, I was giving background cross-cutting information so that I may not have to repeat every time for all the Questions. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Director, Hansard and AudioServices, Senate.
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18 Sep 2024 in Senate:
Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I was basically putting the fundamentals that the total value of the public road asset countrywide has been established by the road sector investment programme 2023-2027 to be at Kshs4 trillion today making it one of the biggest public investments in Kenya. This massive investment in the road sector asset which has been built up painstakingly over the years has been diligently maintained, protected and preserved to ensure it preserves the citizens well while achieving maximum service life, Return on Investment (ROI) and value for money. The road maintenance levy fund was established in 1993 ...
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18 Sep 2024 in Senate:
The contributor to the financing gap that is related to the maintenance need of the road network includes anticipated adverse trends in the roughness indices for the road network if the available resources for maintenance do not increase. Roughness index is a technical term used internationally within road sector and is a well-known measure of road condition. Madam Temporary Speaker, because of the above-mentioned funding gap in road maintenance, my Ministry has not been able to perform all the required maintenance. Indeed, in the financial year just ended, the road agencies for the first time ever were forced to suspend ...
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18 Sep 2024 in Senate:
The consequences of the road project funding gap, which have been well noted by Members of this House who are very well informed on the status of road projects in their respective regions, most projects funded under the development vote are progressing much slower than they ought to be and have significant payment arrears, which have built up from the year 2020 or even earlier. While the now nullified Finance Bill, 2024 had put in place substantive measures to begin to remedy the situation, we are fully cognisant of the new realities and are working closely with the National Treasury ...
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