Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

All parliamentary appearances

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• 5 Aug 2020 in National Assembly: One of the principles that I support in this Bill is the issue of constitutionality. Hon. Otiende raised the issue of Article 116 (8) which states that we cannot confer direct pecuniary interest until the next elections. If we can translate this to mean that there is direct pecuniary interest that will be conferred to us, we must find wording that cannot confer direct pecuniary interests now. The primary word is “direct”. We will have to say whether there is direct pecuniary interest. If there is no direct pecuniary interest, it can be passed and be effected immediately. There is ... view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity. Sorry, earlier on you caught me off-guard; I did not know what you were taking about. But I am sure it must have been something good; you never say anything bad. I want to thank the Leader of the Majority Party for raising concern about Private Members’ Bills. I have raised the issue several times before. Therefore, I am happy. I have three Bills that have been pending since we first came to Parliament. They are Bills which I actually drafted in the last Parliament, so they are not new. Sometimes ... view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: and process Private Members’ Bills from the Senate. I have given a perfect example that there is a Reproductive Healthcare Bill in the Senate and I also have a Reproductive Healthcare Bill, so I have to withdraw mine because the Senate one has gone ahead. I think it would not be very fair because mine has been pending for quite a while. So, I think we should follow your direction and work with the respective Committees. I just want to say I am happy. view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Sometimes, when you raise a point of order, it is not necessarily that a Member is out of order. I just wanted to know — especially when we are in difficult times like Coronavirus times, there are things that we are usually able to determine without seeking your intervention. Like now, I just wanted to know — because I am not able to see the screen and I am not keen on this current Motion but I am interested in the riparian one — how I can utilise my time given that we have ... view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Yes, I do. view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity. Let me just take this opportunity to also remind the House that it is one year since we lost Hon. Joyce Laboso and Hon. Ken Okoth. We continue to pray that the Lord may comfort their families. While I was sitting here, I also learnt of the loss of a very strong woman who has been fighting for issues of women’s rights and especially on HIV/AIDS called Ms. Inviolata Mbwavi. May her soul rest in peace. Having said that, I support the Report. All politics is local and that ... view
• 30 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: no proper legal framework, you will find that there is a lot of pollution, emission of toxic materials and raw waste that endanger lives. That is why even the cases of cancer have gone high. There is diversion of the natural course of rivers, encroachment into riparian lands and also reclamation in some instances which are not legal. Sometimes people also do things erroneously without information. For instance, I was building a very good facility and I informed my own community where they need to build it, but for them they thought it was more practical to build it by ... view
• 28 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. view
• 28 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. view
• 28 Jul 2020 in National Assembly: At the outset, I want to say that I support this Bill. I am glad that we are taking steps to put our money where the heartbeat of the economy is. If the SMEs contribute to 40 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), then that is actually where the heart of the economy is. The future of the country stopped being in white-collar jobs. I remember even when I was contributing to the parent Act in 2012, I indicated that we must not only see how we can bring a framework Bill that deals with the sector which ... view