Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

All parliamentary appearances

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• 29 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me the opportunity to support. I commend the Committee for the good work that it has done. It could be that the challenge we face as a House is to make sure that we put punitive measures for different ministries that are not implementing the work of this House. The opportunity to serve in the 10th Parliament, may be because of the way the Parliament was configured, showed me that it was easier to hold the cabinet secretaries (CS) accountable. Members would refuse to engage with their own issues on the Floor ... view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I sit in the Budget and Appropriations Committee and I support. Let me take this opportunity to thank the Executive for sorting out the impasse that we had in the Senate. I come from the legal persuasion which is the natural school of thought where I believe the law was made for man and not man for the law. Sometimes we may have to make political decisions over mathematical ones. I know there are people who are not happy with that decision. But I know, for example, when we went to ... view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: On fiscal responsibility and accountability, I consider it a double-edged sword. It might be a good thing to deny governors that are actually corrupt and are misusing money for counties, but the money is not theirs. What we need to do is to hold those governors accountable but each county needs to get their due resources. So, where we are at fault, we should not punish the general populace for the guilt of governors. I agree with Hon. Duale when he says that we are not focusing on the national cake and that we are actually focusing on very little ... view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. It is very difficult to speak after such eloquent Swahili noting that Swahili is The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: not my mouth. Having said that, let me take the opportunity to support the recommendations by the Committee for the following reasons. One, definitely because of the gender balance which is a reason that we are here and maybe those who are not very happy with the advisory would be happy to know that there is an order from the court to suspend temporarily the advisory. I would also want to say that from what the Committee has presented, those who have been picked have competence and the only challenge is that they have their work cut out for them. ... view
• 24 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: The other issue that will be big for her will be the Political Parties Primary Bill. I know there is a draft that the office had brought. This is one of the laws that will be very instrumental in levelling the plain field especially from a gender perspective because a lot of women fall from the side not because they are not strong, but because political parties’ primaries are skewed in favour of men. Because of that, we are hoping that the Political Parties Primaries Bill will be one of the things that will be on the agenda so that ... view
• 22 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. From the outset, I agree with the decision of the Hon. Chief Justice. I speak as a lawyer and as someone who comes from a gender activism background. There is nothing wrong with being a gender activist. We are all activists for our constituents. I am an activist of Suba North, of fishermen and of gender. I have no apologies for that. Parliament has done its bit. We have brought several Bills before this House many times in the past. Parliament has expressed itself. Parliament does not have to express itself ... view
• 22 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: in this matter. The matter has now gone to the President who will either decide to dissolve Parliament or not, because there is that lapse in the Constitution about timelines, he can choose to dillydally. If he wanted to help Parliament, for instance, he can choose to dillydally. Let us be very serious in the way we deal with this issue as a Parliament. The reason is that we will deal with the matter legally. The Chief Justice has also dealt with the matter legally. However, there is also politics. Once it has gone to the President, none of us ... view
• 22 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: (Suba North, ODM) (Off-record) view
• 17 Sep 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for getting my name right. As you have said, it is Hon. Akoth Geza Geza. My name is also Mrembowa Suba which is the one you have forgotten. view