Millicent Omanga

All parliamentary appearances

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• 4 May 2021 in Senate: Thank you, Madam Temporary Speaker. I would say today that I am perturbed, distressed, agitated and pained that we are debating issues, which are not a priority to Kenyans. It is not a priority to my people. It saddens my heart that my people are dying of COVID-19 because of lack of oxygen in hospitals and lack of ICU beds. They are unable to pay hospital bills. We do not have enough vaccines to vaccinate our people. Kenyans especially in my county, Nairobi City County, are being evicted. We saw the eviction in Ruai the other day. We saw evictions ... view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: Kenyans especially those in hospitality industry have lost jobs. Kenyans do not have jobs and cannot sustain their families anymore. No one is talking about it. We are now discussing how the political class is going to share seats at the high table; who will be Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Cabinet Secretaries, but we are not talking about Kenyans who elected us. My heart is heavy. view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: Nevertheless, now that I have to painfully contribute to this, it is not a popular initiative. We saw how the process started. When the ‘Handshake’ cum BBI started, it was the Executive and the Cabinet Secretaries (CSs) who were going round to market it, which gave birth to a constitutional amendment. It is not a people initiative, but an Executive initiative. view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: That is why when this Bill went to people for signatures, it was the Executive who blackmailed people. I have my people who were in the Kazi kwa Vijana programme, who were forced to sign it so that they could continue being employed. The chiefs were using that to get people to give their signatures. The Principal Secretaries and the CSs were intimidating people to sign those documents. view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: When it went to the county assemblies, you saw Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs) being bribed. They were given car grants and money tokens after voting, while the nominated Members were threatened. Some of them are in court. We have the example of Baringo County MCAs who were given a party position. view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: This is a constitutional amendment that should be people-driven. Every Kenyan has a right to make their decision. Why would nominated Members be threatened, and if they vote otherwise, they are expelled from the party? That is what is going on. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate. view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: As a nominated Member of this House, I know that today because I am against this Bill, I will be called. I have always been threatened, but I must stand for the truth. I know that after my submissions today, it may never be the same again because I am against this Bill. view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: We saw the MCAs pass this document without even doing public participation. Siaya County Assembly was the first to pass this Bill. They were given the document in the morning and passed it in the afternoon without even reading it. To date, they do not even know its contents. They passed it without public participation. view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: On the gender issues, we may say, yes, we have attained the two-thirds gender rule, but why would we have women in the National Assembly nominated and not elected? I agree that we should have the 47 women in the Senate, but also retain the 47 in the National Assembly. We know the kind of intimidation nominated Members go through. Imagine over 100 nominated Members in the National Assembly who cannot make an independent decision because they have to toe the party line. You cannot stand with the people because you have to toe the line with the Executive like ... view
• 4 May 2021 in Senate: On Judiciary, Clause 43 proposes to amend Article 172(1), where the security of tenure for the judges is lost. What do we mean? We know the importance of the judges having security of tenure. This offers security to ensure the office holders cannot be victimized for exercising their powers, functions and duties. If this clause is removed we can be sure that the judges will be working in fear. They will be manipulated and victimized for making independent decisions. As a House, we have come from far. We are where we are because of the Judiciary. If Clause 172(2) as ... view