Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

All parliamentary appearances

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• 24 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: some sort of mob justice to a Report, but the country is looking at us. As Hon. Millie Odhiambo, I do not want us to go through the process of getting on the streets and getting people killed again. Please, let us give the country direction. Let us not throw away the baby with the bath water. I support Hon. Olago Aluoch’s amendments. view
• 16 Aug 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity to speak to this Bill. First of all, I am very happy to be back home. I have been away at the Pan-African Parliament for a while. Last week, I was privileged to observe the elections in Zambia. Even as I support this Bill, I want to say that if there is something that is wonderful and we can emulate from Zambia, not necessarily from the elections, it is the fact that they are largely united along ethnic lines. Issues of elections do not divide them as much as it does ... view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I want to contribute to this Bill. Thank you for giving me this opportunity. view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: As we know, this country is primarily an agricultural country. Other than tourism, the mainstay of this country is agriculture. We live in a competitive world and we must have a competitive edge both locally and abroad. This is why I support this Bill because it provides a framework for structured trading in agricultural commodities. It ensures efficiency, effectiveness and integrity of the process. It also helps address marketing challenges in the sector. Internationally, this is the way to go. As the Departmental Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Cooperatives, we have just recently returned from Italy where we were attending ... view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: I would also want to encourage that we bring an amendment that takes a zebra approach. The zebra approach provides that if the chairperson of the Council is a man, the vice-chairperson is a woman and vice versa. Only today, we have seen the great Mrs. Obama giving a very impressive speech that has raised back the Democratic Party after a lot of bashing. This is the 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
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: direction we are going. That is why the Council must ensure that if the Chair is a man, the Vice- Chair is a woman. This is the direction the entire world is going. With those few remarks, I support. view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill, which I support with amendments. This is one of the very good statutes that were enacted by the 10th Parliament. We have to think very carefully before we bring amendments to it because it gives Parliament the very serious powers of oversight over administration of public finances. I know that the amendments we are bringing are fairly attractive, especially because quite a number of them seem to target the county governments. However, I want us to exercise a lot of caution, so that as ... view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Last week, I was in Uganda speaking to women lawyers. I was training them on our oversight roles. I told them that Kenya has moved significantly on the issue of oversight of roles, especially the Executive. One of the things that I was loading on was principles of public finance, adherence to fiscal discipline, prudent and responsible utilisation of resources, accountability and transparency. That can only be realised if we leave the powers that Parliament has. That is why I am going to support with amendments. I do not support the amendment that is taking away the Parliamentary powers especially ... view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: because devolution came so that we could bring development, equity and equality to areas that had not benefited. As a standard setting institution, we must make sure that this law provides a framework of accountability by the governors. view
• 26 Jul 2016 in National Assembly: Therefore, I want to encourage that we bring an amendment that brings something a kin to the NGCDF Act and the PMCs. If you see the way governors are acting, you will get shocked. Sometimes, I hear contractors working in county governments calling me and asking me to give them a road the way the governor is giving. I have no authority and mandate to give anybody a road as a Member of Parliament, yet governors give roads out like dishing out sweets. Even dishing out sweets is difficult because you have to go to a shop and buy them. ... view