Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 2811 to 2820 of 6553.

• 25 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I wish to inform Hon. Alice and the Kenyans who are watching this as we speak, I have just received a text message that Justice Lenaola, who is my former classmate and whom I have nothing personal against, has been nominated to the Supreme Court. So, we can see what progression is. We will wait for donkey years for progression. view
• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. Indeed, I support this Motion as an ardent child rights advocate. This is a policy which I have worked on for many years when I was the Director of The CRADLE, the children’s foundation and when I was representing the Child Welfare Society of Kenya (CWSK) in the Adoption Committee. This is something I have worked on for many years and I am happy that it has finally come. view
• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Currently, I am the Chairperson of the Parliamentary Caucus on Children and the Parliamentarians for Global Action which is a caucus working on human rights and the rule of law. It includes issues of children. I am very passionate about children’s issues. I know that Policy is meant to follow the law. It may appear as though this Policy is late, but it is not too late in the sense that since the Constitution was passed, we must align our law to it. view
• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: This Policy, therefore, provides a framework under the Convention on the Rights of the Child using the four pillars of protection, survival, participation and development. I know under that framework there are many laws which have been passed especially on the issue of child protection. We have the Sexual Offences Act, The Victim Protection Act – which I pushed in this Parliament - and even the Counter Trafficking in Persons Act. All those provide for protection. We also have other laws on survival, participation and development. view
• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: My concern is especially on issues of equality. I have just come back from Mbita and sometimes it is a challenge. I know we provided the Equalisation Fund, but the framework within which it is provided excludes areas like my constituency, and yet if you go there, you will find that it is one of the places that deserve it if children are to be treated equally. If you go to a place like Remba, you will find that the Government declared that it should be one of the places that are considered as extreme hardship areas. Despite that the ... view
• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: They told me when I come here that I should raise this issue because many teachers do not stay there. People are using my constituency as a ground for seeking employment. As soon as people from other areas are employed there, because of how distant it is, they seek for transfers and go away. I think places like my constituency deserve very special attention. I want to speak, specifically to the issue of children protection. I am glad that this law is coming at such a time when we are seeing increasing number of cases of sexual violence against young ... view
• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: I want to speak specifically on the issue of the alleged abuse of girls by Members of County Assembly (MCAs) from Kisii County. I am glad that they were arrested and I want to congratulate the public for being very vigilant and for taking action against errant people who are leaders. These are the people who are supposed to protect children. We know how our criminal justice system works. As we speak now, I have people who want to auction my house. This is because I have refused to pay a court order on a matter where somebody represented a ... view
• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: I am going to follow up this matter. After I leave here I am going to instruct The CRADLE to file a civil case against those MCAs. So, if the bar is too high in criminal proceedings then we must hold them accountable in civil proceedings. They should be disallowed and disqualified from even attempting to ever vie for any public office. This includes 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. view
• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: the guy who was arrested for posting pictures on social media. We must tighten our laws on social media especially those which allow people to abuse children online. I support this Policy, but I want us to be serious as a country on protecting our children. view
• 6 Oct 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view