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.
12 May 2022 in National Assembly:
Hon. Chairman, I beg to move:
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12 May 2022 in National Assembly:
THAT, Clause 81 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new subsection immediately after subsection (7)-
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12 May 2022 in National Assembly:
(7A) Any person aggrieved by the decision to deregister a rehabilitation school under subsection (6) and (7) may appeal to the High Court within thirty days. That is a good governance and human rights standard, that whenever a person is aggrieved, he should appeal.
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12 May 2022 in National Assembly:
And Grace. Hon. Chairman, I beg to move:
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12 May 2022 in National Assembly:
THAT, Clause 92 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following paragraph immediately after paragraph (d)— (da) academic qualifications for persons to be employed in children’s institutions; This amendment seeks to include, as part of the regulations that should put, academic qualifications for persons to be employed in children’s institutions.
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12 May 2022 in National Assembly:
No, it is not covered. I am a lawyer by training, and so, my qualification is LLM, but I can receive further training. There is nothing stopping me from receiving further training. So, when it says under (e) the training and remuneration of persons, it could mean that before you get in, you are trained specifically on that, The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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12 May 2022 in National Assembly:
but what is your qualification before you are trained on children’s issues? What is happening is that we have a lot of quacks that work in this sector. There should be some minimum qualifications for people working so that we do not get people who are not qualified working in this sector. We should say, for instance, that, if you want to work as a counsellor, what your qualifications are. We know a lot of people who claim they are counsellors, but they just know how to talk to their neighbours, but that does not make them counsellors. In my ...
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12 May 2022 in National Assembly:
All those names. Thank you, Hon. Chairman. I beg to move: That, Clause 97 of the Bill be amended be deleting the words “or any conduct contrary to decency or morality” and substituting therefor the words “of a sexual nature”. The amendment seeks to replace the words “decency or morality” with the words “of a sexual nature” so that it will be that way in any proceedings relating to an offence against or by a child, or any conduct of a sexual nature. If you look at the wording of the Sexual Offences Act, which repealed quite a number of ...
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12 May 2022 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Chairman. I beg to move: That, Clause 98 of the Bill be amended— (a) in sub-section (2) by— (i) inserting the words “or where the child is intersex” immediately after the words “has a disability” appearing in paragraph (b); (ii) deleting paragraph (g) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph— (g) the customs and practices of the community to which the child belongs and the need to ensure that the child easily integrates while not subjected to harmful cultural practices; (b) in sub-section (8) by deleting the word “one” and substituting therefor the word “five”.
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