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.
2 May 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. I request that we go section by section because I think in his amendment, he is trying to delete all the definitions. I support the goat and camel milk, but I have a challenge with the definition of “producer” not “fish milk”. There is no fish milk. So, if we go step by step, that would make sense to me so that I can support goat and camel milk. I can also learn how camel milk tastes. If we go that way, I have a chance to oppose him, move my amendment and try ...
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2 May 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. You will have to give us new terminology because earlier, as we moved, we would say as per the Order Paper. Now, it is no longer Order Paper, but digital Order Paper.
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2 May 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move: THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended in the proposed amendments to the Dairy Industry Act, (Cap 336) ― (a) in the proposed amendments to Section 3― (i) by deleting the proposed amendment to the definition of “producer”; (ii) by inserting the following new definition in proper alphabetical sequence— “importer“ means a person who buys and brings any dairy produce into the country for commercial purposes.
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2 May 2019 in National Assembly:
I wish to move my amendments to Section 3, the definition and interpretation section of the Dairy Industry Act. If you notice what is being introduced, currently, the provision says a producer means a person who produces, processes, manufactures, prepares or treats dairy produce. But the amendment seeks to introduce the word “import”, meaning a producer will be a person who imports. How can an importer be a producer?
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2 May 2019 in National Assembly:
I am sure the Dairy Industry Act has provisions that cautions our farmers who produce. When you give those benefits to an importer as a producer, we are disadvantaging the very poor farmer with one or two dairy cows against a person with millions of shillings to import and we will be killing our industry.
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2 May 2019 in National Assembly:
So, I oppose the introduction of the word “import” and further, I will move a new section and definition for importer. So, afterwards, if we want to give benefits, we can give them specific ones, but not allege that an importer is a producer.
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2 May 2019 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady, I beg to move.
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2 May 2019 in National Assembly:
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2 May 2019 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you look at the e-paper, it shows my proposed amendment. It states: THAT, the Schedule to the Bill be amended in the proposed amendments to the Dairy Industry Act, (Cap 336) ― (a) in the proposed amendments to Section 3― (i) by deleting the proposed amendment to the definition of “producer”.
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2 May 2019 in National Assembly:
So, we are deleting the proposed amendment to producer and inserting the following new definition in proper alphabetical sequence. If we delete what is proposed, it means we go back to what is in the parent Act. Then, I am suggesting that we then give a new definition to importer to mean a person who buys and brings any dairy produce into the country for commercial purposes.
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