Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

All parliamentary appearances

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• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to speak. I also take this opportunity to wish Members of the House a happy new year. I have been in Parliament for a number of years and 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
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: this is the first time I have had a wonderful recess because of the “handshake”. I was not looking behind my back or in front to see who I can deal with. There is nobody to deal with. Contrary to what a lot of people think, it is one of those rare moments for politicians and a very wonderful one when there is no war. Even us, we also love peace. I only wish that the recess could have been extended a little more because we rarely get such wonderful moments. Be that as it may, we have to undertake ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Indeed, before I get into this Bill, it is a tragedy that there are a number of women who are being killed. I hope within this week, we will discuss the women who are dying or disappearing under mysterious circumstances. view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: I support this Bill since it is very timely. We are in a very competitive world and unless we put ourselves in the cutting edge of competition, we will become irrelevant. Countries have become like companies. Unless you compete at an even keel with other companies, which are other countries, we may become irrelevant. Let me give an example of a time we went to Botswana and visited the Botswana Meat Commission. We went there during the 10th Parliament to learn good practices from them. I was amazed at the number of people from different countries that were visiting Botswana ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: This body has a very difficult task ahead. It may look like it is simple, but it is not especially when we are confronted with corruption that encourages people to take shortcuts. I encourage those who will be appointed under this body that if they love this country and want to market it and set standards, then we must make sure that we do away with corruption. I was very shocked recently when I read in the Daily Nation Newspaper that a test had been done on fish from China and they said that the fish contained mercury yet our ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: I encourage the committee that is working on this, for the purpose of intellectual property, to relook at Clause 7 that provides for the board of management of the Service. I know we have one representative of consumer organisations. Because consumers are most affected, I encourage them to add more representatives of consumers because we are the ones who are affected. Secondly, they could add a lawyer who has expertise in intellectual property because this is in the realm of that area. Let them add a lawyer to add value. view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: It is a timely and important Bill and I support it. view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity to speak to the Public Finance Management (Amendment) Bill 2017. I wish to indicate that I support it but with amendments. I indicate that the PFM Act gives effect to Chapter 12 of the Constitution and enhances prudent financial management of public resources. This is one of the pieces of legislation that is supposed to help, especially with our devolved system and to ensure that even as our counties are getting more resources, they should be using the same prudently. However, if you see the period within which the ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: help marginalised areas and those that have hitherto not seen development. We know that if people were to use the resources that are given to them more effectively and efficiently, then we would see progress. What I would want to discourage us from is our excitement to seal those loopholes so that we do not then violate the constitutional standards. So, I just want to urge the Committee that even as they will be sitting down and examining some of these provisions and amendments that are proposed, that they stay true to the constitutional provisions and the principles of devolution ... view
• 13 Feb 2019 in National Assembly: teeth so that it can actually effectively undertake oversight both at the Senate and National Assembly level. I will be proposing other amendments in writing to the respective committees. Otherwise, I support but with amendments. Thank you. view