Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

All parliamentary appearances

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• 26 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: innovative ways so that you do your work. I do not want to do innovative ways to do my work. I want the Government, in a very straight-forward manner, to facilitate me to do my work. We are not begging or requesting. Every civil servant is facilitated to do their work. So, why should Members of Parliament… We are used to being bashed, but I think Members of Parliament should not take on that attitude that we want to look good. Even at our own expense? Excuse me, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I have never seen a Parliament like this ... view
• 14 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 14 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. Welcome back and congratulations. For a while, I did not notice you are the one. My concern is that before I came to the House, I noticed on the media that there was an on-going conference that began yesterday where all men were to attend. It said that they will attend the conference yesterday, today and tomorrow. When I look around in this House, the majority of the Members present are men. I do not know if I am in the wrong place with Hon. Cecily Mbarire. I do not know whether we were ... view
• 14 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to thank the Chair of the Committee for the proposed amendments. I was just having an informal discussion with the Chair because I generally have a totally different view on the issue of national flags and emblems. view
• 14 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: It is just that today I had a bit of challenge in the morning because of some medical crisis which did not end well. Therefore, I was not able to adorn what I have been adorning the whole week, which is a flag on my head. I was wearing something which in my mother tongue is known as aligisa which is an emblem of leadership. But, the one I was wearing has the Kenyan flag. If you travel to countries like United States of America (USA), people are very proud of their flag. It is a symbol of patriotism, love ... view
• 14 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Unfortunately, in Kenya because of the way we have misused power, people tend to associate the flag with power and authority. That is why you see governors have their county flags and they also want to fly the national flag as a symbol of authority and power. How I wish we would start seeing the flag as a symbol of patriotism and unity so that everybody can fly it! My suggestion is totally outrageous, that everybody should fly the flag because it is something we should be proud about. view
• 14 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: We should be adorning our flag when we come here and making dresses of it, if we love our country. However, I guess the reason why sometimes people do not see this is because of how the symbol of authority associated with the flag has been used. We have seen people who are given authority of the flag misusing and abusing it. That is why even today there is a decision in the court that is holding some officers accountable because they killed baby Pendo, they misused the flag. view
• 14 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: I think this is an example which everybody needs to know, that even when you have that authority, you need to use it to serve the people and not to step on them because when you have that authority it is for a short time. It is donated by the public and we need to start inculcating that in us. For me, I think we are splitting hairs on things we should not, on whether the governors should fly national flag or not. It is either that we should all fly it or not because it is a unifying factor. view
• 14 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I will reserve my comments. I do not want to say whether I support it or not because my ideology about it is outrageous. However, I think that sometimes what is sober is what sounds outrageous. So, I think this is a more sober approach. Let us love our flag and country. view
• 14 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view