Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

Parties & Coalitions

Born

1966

Email

odhiambomillie@yahoo.co.uk

Telephone

0721207518

Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

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.

All parliamentary appearances

Entries 3011 to 3020 of 6553.

  • 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I notice that Hon. Nyikal has a similar proposal and he has advised me, as a medical doctor, that the language used--- I thought what obtains in the Bill sounded a little crude, but he told me however crude it is, it is the biological term. I was trying to be a bit more elegant. So, I think we will adopt his amendment, which captures the biological aspects. view
  • 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: I withdraw my proposed amendment. I will support the amendment by Dr. Nyikal. view
  • 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, if you look at the first part of the proposed amendment by the Member for Seme, he is using the word “couple”, where I am using the word “parties to a marriage”. We are proposing interpretation which adopts both “couple” and “parties to a marriage”. So, I do not have a problem with that. But I do not know how we are going to go about it because we have agreed on it. I do not know whether I will move a further amendment. The second bit of my amendment was to delete all the wordings, ... view
  • 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, the argument on the issue of age is very persuasive. Because of desperation, sometimes, people may agree to be surrogate mothers because of the monetary aspect. Even though we are proposing to outlaw it in the Bill, we know that, sometimes, people tend to disobey the law when they are desperate. I urge my good friend Dr. Nyikal to propose a further amendment to increase it to 25 years. At the same time, my further amendment is on what the Member for Likuyani is suggesting; that we use the term “assisted reproductive process” as opposed to ... view
  • 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 32 (1) be further amended by deleting the word “eighteen” and substituting therefor with the word “twenty-five”. view
  • 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, the Bill be amended in Clause 32 – (a) in sub-clause (1) by deleting the words “any two persons, male and female, have an embryo or sperm and eggs of the two persons, male and female placed or artificially inseminated in her for purposes of surrogate motherhood” and substituting therefor the words “parties to a marriage, undergo a process of assisted reproduction as a surrogate mother”, and, Clause 32 (1) will then read “A woman of eighteen years or more may, at the request of a couple, consent to a process ... view
  • 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I am proposing a further amendment to Clause 32(1). It reads:- THAT, a woman of 25 years or more may, at the request of a couple, consents to a process of assisted reproduction for purposes of surrogate motherhood. view
  • 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: 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: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, the Bill be amended in Clause 32- (b) in sub-section (2) by deleting the words “on behalf of the two persons” and substituting therefor the words “on behalf of the parties to a marriage”. view
  • 9 Mar 2016 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:- THAT, the Bill be amended by deleting Clause 33 and substituting thereof the following new clause- 33. (1) Parties to a marriage wishing to enter into a surrogacy agreement with any woman must sign a surrogacy agreement in a prescribed form before the process is undertaken. (2) The form shall indicate the names of the parties to the marriage as the parents of the child to be born through assisted reproductive process. (3) The entry in the form shall be conclusive proof of parentage of the child and shall be used for ... view

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