Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

All parliamentary appearances

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• 21 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: I find the President of Rwanda very progressive sometimes in the sense that people in Rwanda are now learning French, Kiswahili and English. Why are they doing that? They are doing that so that we can embrace our Pan Africanism. One of the things that I wish to see change in our country is to compel every school to teach French and English. The medium of instructions in our school is mother tongue. I do not know whom I can communicate with in Luo or Kisuba in Zimbabwe where I am married. We need to have progressive minds because these ... view
• 21 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I was a Member of the Pan African Parliament (PAP). I can say how I get disappointed with our African ways of doing things. For the five years I was in the PAP, we debated about giving it legislative power. Otherwise, it is basically a talk show now. This kind of Constitution would then find its way to the PAP where we would be setting standards and harmonising laws from an African perspective. Unfortunately, I do not know who bewitched us in Africa that we must waste time in everything. We want to do work that ... view
• 21 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: 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
• 21 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: I know the Chairman mentioned why Senegal is the capital of the African Civil Aviation Commission. I am lucky to have travelled to Senegal. I am glad that in my many travels in Africa, especially because of the language barrier, Senegal is one of the countries that I travelled to very recently. My perception about some of those countries from a few that I have travelled to in West Africa was that I was expecting some dingy place. Senegal is one of Africa’s best kept secret. So, I am not shocked why it is the headquarters of the African Civil ... view
• 21 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: I was joking yesterday when I was doing a pre-recorded programme on NTV. I told them that people are talking about some money that was found in a safe. I said that we always joke in Parliament about gold being in those safes. When I went back in my house, I was shocked that the gold is real. I thought it was propaganda in Parliament. The Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has a lot of work to do. view
• 21 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to urge that we depoliticise the issue of corruption. For those who, indeed, are found to be corrupt, let us not jump to our tribes. Someone has written online that one of the guys who was found in Barclays Bank, Queensway Branch comes from where my mother comes from. They went to the same school. Somebody told me online that this guy is being targeted because he is a Luo who has some money. He is not my tribe. My tribe is not corruption. If you are corrupt, carry your own cross. ... view
• 21 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I support the Motion. view
• 20 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to contribute. I wish to support the Motion. I want to inform the Member who has just spoken that Governor Joho has a serious CV and he is still continuing with his education. view
• 20 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: I also want to correct what Hon. Machogu said about Prof. Magoha being an associate professor. He is not an associate professor. I am the associate professor because I associate with professors. I also want to correct the notion by Hon. Junet. I do not know what he said about the UON. I want to tell him that we went to the UON. The other universities were Moi University and Egerton University. We went to the UON. Even the Speaker went to the UON. I wanted to encourage Members to know that when we say that, it is an issue ... view
• 20 Mar 2019 in National Assembly: I do not wish to be informed. Thank you. Prof. Magoha is a very confident person. Let us not confuse confidence with arrogance. We should be seeing more of that based on academic performance, but not the thievery that has become the hallmark of this country. People are proud because they can steal and get away with it. Let us see our young people getting away with some traits because of academic performance. I view