Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: is because we have also faced that challenge. So, is it something that they could consider doing? Thank you. view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I think what Hon. Junet Mohamed has raised is a very serious issue. Even though I would not be calling for the punishment of the Hon. Member, I think it is good that the House be informed. I see this as a case of reverse psychology; a case of misinformation; and, another case which I will explain later. On the issue of reverse psychology, it always happens that you want to make others feel bad when you feel inadequate. That is when you, yourself, are inadequate. I speak very good English and I have no apology. ... view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: We are willing to teach him English. If he cannot speak English, we can also teach him Kiswahili. Though my Kiswahili is bad, we can teach him. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: So, I encourage that Member to feel free and come to the House. You do not have to be comfortable speaking English. You can speak Kiswahili. That is why we have two languages that you can speak on the Floor of this House. As Hon. Junet says, our core role is legislative. If you do not come to this House, how sure would you be that matters concerning your constituency have been addressed by the Budget, for instance? I sit hawk-eyed in this House during the budget-making process to make sure that part of the national Budget goes to Suba ... view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: It means when a strong man steps on your mother’s smoking pipe, you turn to your mother and say, “Mum, why are you putting your pipe in the wrong place?” There is a strong man stepping on his mother’s pipe. Let him face the strong man. He should not look at the mother and ask why her smoking pipe is in the wrong place. It is not us who are stepping on his mother’s smoking pipe. Let him deal with the matter. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I thank you for giving me the opportunity. I thank the Departmental Committee on Health for this Report. I also do support the recommendations of the Committee. I wish to indicate that Article 43 of our Constitution affirms the right to the highest attainable standard of health which is also provided in conventions that we have ratified. Kenya is also a signatory to the Abuja Declaration that calls on member States to commit 15 per cent of their respective budgets to health. We have not yet attained that, which is one of the reasons ... view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am considering bringing a special legislation speaking to that. My constituency needs very special consideration because of the high mortality rate and the low life expectancy. If you have a life expectancy at 37 years, it means that most people in my constituency expect to die by 37 years. Out of the more than 23 people who will be buried this weekend, majority are very young people. Hon. Pukose has said that referral hospitals are overstretched, in poor state and with very little funding. They are still overstretched because people from dispensaries and other lower ... view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: calling upon our governors to hasten and ensure that we reduce distances to healthcare services. Ideally, we should reduce it to almost one kilometre, so that nobody walks more than that distance. Perhaps one of the mistakes we did when we were devolving was to devolve the health function 100 per cent. We should have left some facilities to the National Government- Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF). Within the short time that we were given during the transition period, I was able to construct a few health facilities. Some of them are not complete because we handed them over to the ... view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: Some of the challenges facing referral hospitals are governance issues, funding issues and corruption, which we must talk about. Even in some of the referral hospitals which are being run well, there are issues of corruption and governance that are affecting the way the places are operating. Unless we are serious as a country and address them urgently, we will not move far. view
• 27 Jun 2019 in National Assembly: For lack of time, I want to speak very briefly about some of the things that Members have talked about. If you see the reports in our newspapers, you will find that there is always a young person who has committed suicide or killed another young person because of hopelessness, helplessness and frustration that many young people face. Sometimes we find misplaced reactions like the one we saw very recently with another Member of Parliament. The issues that he was raising were very valid, but he raised them wrongly. Sometimes there is misplaced aggression when we do not know how ... view