Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

All parliamentary appearances

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• 12 May 2022 in National Assembly: (3) No person shall run a child welfare programme that is not in the best interest of the child. (c) by deleting subsection (4) and substituting therefor the following new subsection- view
• 12 May 2022 in National Assembly: (4) The council shall develop regulations on permissible programs to be run by child welfare institutions. (d) by inserting the following new subsections immediately after subsection (4)- view
• 12 May 2022 in National Assembly: (5) Any person or institution who runs a program except as provided under subsection (4) may in the first instance be warn and for subsequent violations, the institution may be deregistered. view
• 12 May 2022 in National Assembly: (6) No action shall be taken against an individual or institution under subsection (5) unless they have been given an opportunity to respond to the allegations against them. view
• 12 May 2022 in National Assembly: (7) Any person aggrieved by the action taken by the Council to deregister an organisation under subsection (5), may appeal to the High Court within a period of thirty days from the date of the deregistration. Hon. Chairman, this goes to some earlier amendment where I was concerned about taking punitive measures for non-compliance with programmes. Hon. Chairman, what I am seeking to do is that the Council should ensure that people undertake programmes that promote the best interest of the child. Where the person does not run a programme that promotes the best interest of the child, the person ... view
• 12 May 2022 in National Assembly: For example, I may want to run a programme in Tharaka Nithi as we did at some point and somebody does not like my faith and so they tell me: “No, here in Tharaka Nithi we do not want programmes on girls. We want programmes on boys.” So, if you refuse then I need to have a chance to explain why I must run that programme and if you are being dictatorial, then I need to have an appeal process, but not criminalising this. So, it is basically in consonance with the other proposed amendment which we had already even ... view
• 12 May 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, I actually just wanted to clarify to the Chair. If you actually look at my amendment, it is not taking the power from the council, but it says: “No person shall run a child welfare programme that is not in the best interest of the child.” Then in that case, it means that the council can then decide that these and these programmes are not in the best interest of the child, but when you decide and tell the council that they are the ones who will tell you “Run a programme on Female Genital Mutilation” or “Run ... view
• 12 May 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, this reminds me of 1972. I think I was probably in Class one or something. This is really draconian. view
• 12 May 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, I do not remember where I was in 1972. view
• 12 May 2022 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairman, am I worried about my age? I am 55 and very proud of it. I do not hide because for my age, I am very beautiful. view