Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I am speaking as one of the drafters of this Constitution and, coincidentally, my thesis was on this issue. What we are speaking to here--- I know when we were doing the Second Reading, the House did not have time. So, I was not able to speak to it. What we are trying to conserve is knowledge on, for instance, medicinal values on our plants. That is a role of the national Government. If, for instance, an international pharmaceutical company comes to this country and takes Mwarubaini and patents it outside the country and then they come back and sell ... view
• 15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Yes, as an intellectual property. That cannot be a preserve of ordinary folk in the village. I am sure - and I must say this with a lot of respect - that I highly suspect we will have to relook at many Bills that we have done. This is one of the Bills we have done a lot of disservice. Having said that, I oppose. view
• 15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for indulging me. I am very happy that the issue of Migingo Island is before the House this evening. We have been discussing this issue right from the last Parliament. For a very long time, I have not been able to travel to Uganda because in the last Parliament, I waged a personal verbal war 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
• 15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: against the President of Uganda in relation to Migingo Island. I gave him a special name “ musenjini ”. I had withdrawn that name, but if he continues, I will have no choice, but to continue giving him that name because of the acts of atrocities that he is committing. view
• 15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Because we are not taking action as a country, the issue of Migingo Island has made the Ugandan Government even braver. They are now moving beyond Migingo Island to occupy other islands. A week hardly passes before I get a call from the residents of Remba Island in my constituency telling me that they are being harassed by Ugandans. They are arrested and taken to Uganda and all their fish is taken away. They are made to pay fines and taxes to the Ugandan authorities. I have raised this matter on the Floor of this House. It does not matter ... view
• 15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Recently, I watched a video that had gone viral in Uganda. Because Ugandans were so annoyed with their Government for being shot at, they were hitting the police with stones. It reminded me of the Maji Maji Rebellion. If it reaches a point where people from the lake region feel that they are not being protected adequately, they will wage a Maji Maji type of rebellion against the Ugandans. We are capable of taking care of ourselves. view
• 15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I do not want to go at length because I know that the issue of Migingo Island has a lot of interest. I urge this House to do only three things. During the last Parliament, a similar Motion was brought to this House and passed. I remember introducing an amendment to it. Let the Committee on Implementation take up the matter and let the matter be referred to the United Nations (UN). If the Government is not able to deal with it, we have another Government which is the UN. Let it deal with it as a threat to international ... view
• 15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: The ones who have been speaking are not stupid. It is just that they are unfortunate when it comes to thinking. Sometimes the police are unfortunate when it comes to thinking, but they are not stupid. view
• 15 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Yes. They are just unfortunate when it comes to thinking and based on that, with regard to the guns they are taking from governors, they should give them to the people of Migingo, Remba and Ringiti to defend themselves because we can also shoot. 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
• 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. At some point, I would encourage that we do a physical inspection of the Member for Homa Bay Town. I would want to speak to the issue of the bag that the Member is carrying. The Standing Orders say that women Members may carry bags of reasonable sizes. What that presupposes is a bag of the nature that I have and classy handbags that we have like the Michael Kors and other bags. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained ... view