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. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, 117 of the Bill be amended— (a) in the marginal note by deleting the words “father of child born out of wedlock” and substituting therefor the words “presumptive guardians” (b)in sub clause (2)— (i) by deleting paragraph (g) (ii) in paragraph (h) by deleting the words “or knowing that the was not legally married to the mother of the child”
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12 May 2022 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, one of the first things we are doing or seeking to do is to delete the marginal note which says “financial provision by step parents and father of child born out of wedlock” when actually it relates to presumptive guardians. So I am actually suggesting that we remove the words “father of child born out of wedlock” to replace them with the words “presumptive guardians”.
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12 May 2022 in National Assembly:
I am proposing to amend sub-clause (2) by deleting (g) which is saying that one of the things the court will look at is the financial capacity of any of the child’s siblings. I am not aware of any law that obligates a sibling to take care of a child. For a parent, yes but a sibling may or may not. It is not obligatory. In paragraph (h), I am proposing to delete the words “or knowing that he was not legally married to the mother of the child”. Again, this is in relation to what I have indicated about ...
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12 May 2022 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I actually agree with you. I made reference to what is in the Order Paper as (h) but actually I was referring to (i) which is the same issue on whether the respondent assumes responsibility of the maintenance of the child. So, I move for paragraph (i).
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12 May 2022 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I beg to move my amendment but by providing a further amendment to my own amendment because I think the drafters did not capture. I think it was a lot. This is because I had proposed deletion of sub-clause (1) and giving a new one but what they have done is provide exactly the same one. So, what I am proposing is deletion of the words on the second last paragraph which is on the father of a child born out of wedlock so that we delete the words “or the father of a ...
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12 May 2022 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, maybe you need to clarify this. It is true a Chair can move a new amendment but I can bring an amendment to my amendment. That is actually allowed. This is my amendment. The other one where I let it go is because I was in a different clause. However, this one is the same clause which I am moving a further amendment to my own amendment. That is actually allowed by the Standing Orders. If I have my own amendment, I am allowed to move a further amendment to my own amendment.
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12 May 2022 in National Assembly:
I am actually saying I am moving my amendment with a further amendment to my amendment by deleting the words “or the father of a child born out of wedlock” which is in the Order Paper.
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12 May 2022 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT Clause 125 of the Bill be amended— (a) by deleting sub clause (1) and substituting therefor the following new sub clause— (1) In this Part— “guardian” means a person appointed by will or deed by a parent of a child or by an order of Court to assume parental responsibility over a child on the death of the parent of the child either alone or jointly with the surviving parent of the child, or the father of the child born out of wedlock in accordance with the provisions of this Act; ...
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12 May 2022 in National Assembly:
(b) in sub clause (9) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (a) “(aa) the power to create a Trust Fund for the child in respect to any estate of the child.”
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12 May 2022 in National Assembly:
However, I am moving with a further amendment deleting the words “or the father of a child born out of wedlock” which is appearing in the third and second last sentences or immediately before the words “in accordance with the provisions of this Act”. That is my further amendment to my own amendment.
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