Millie first thought about becoming Mbita MP at age 13. The graduate of University of Nairobi School of Law has worked as a lawyer and women and children rights activist. The CRADLE is one of the MP’s dream come true. She founded the organization that promotes the rights of children since 1997. Millie has received the YWCA Democracy Award and the Eve woman of the year for human rights and gender. Her political tipping point came when she served as a delegate at the Bomas of Kenya, during the constitutional drafting process. ODM party nominated her to Parliament 2008 and she clinched the Mbita seat in the 2013 election.
18 May 2022 in National Assembly:
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18 May 2022 in National Assembly:
I am sorry, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. This is the clause that I had said I had dropped yesterday, but I think I dropped it at the wrong time. The Committee has actually provided a much broader approach. I was seeking to have counties establish a child facility for children in need of care and protection, but the Committee has given a broader perspective, which is even better. Therefore, I drop my amendment.
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18 May 2022 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I wish to drop this based on the amendments I dropped yesterday.
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18 May 2022 in National Assembly:
If they are relating to children in conflict with the law, I am dropping all of them; the whole new Part.
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18 May 2022 in National Assembly:
Which page, if you do not mind?
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18 May 2022 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I confirm that I am dropping all those amendments.
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18 May 2022 in National Assembly:
On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman.
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18 May 2022 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I am not opposing what the Leader of Majority Party is saying. I can see that he has become a bit jittery. I am just wondering, for the purpose of logical flow, I am privy to the fact that his amendment follows another.
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18 May 2022 in National Assembly:
Okay, thank you.
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18 May 2022 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, the Bill be amended in clause 2 – (a) by deleting the definition of the term “abandoned” and substituting therefor the following new definition - “abandoned” in relation to a child means a child - (a) who has been deserted by the parent, guardian or caregiver; or, (b) whose parent, guardian or caregiver has willfully failed to make contact with the child for a period of more than six months. However, I have a further amendment - that, instead of providing for six months, it should be for a year to ...
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