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.
24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I wanted to know whether his amendment is touching on a further amendment I wanted to make. I have no problem if he is adding lay people because my proposed amendment was to delete the Law Society of Kenya (LSK), which is restrictive. Sometimes when you give LSK the mandate, they will appoint lawyers who may not necessarily be interested in that. However, when you give room to lay persons, then it will cover the area of concern. It is okay if he is adding and giving room for more people to come in. ...
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24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
I wanted to intervene before you put the Question.
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24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
Sorry, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I did not know that I have the microphone here. This might need a referral because we have passed the Clause. I noticed Clause 20---
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24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
Yes, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, but I have noticed an error. I know we have been at this for a long time. We are human so sometimes errors 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.
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24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
can pass. I noticed that Clause 20 still has the words “in-vitro fertilisation.” We can do that through either miscellaneous amendments or---
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24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
Just to use the consistent language that we have adopted, which is “assisted reproduction.”
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24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
What we have done is that we have adopted the terminology “assisted reproductive technology” instead of “in-vitro fertilisation”, which is one aspect of assisted reproductive.
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24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
Yes, but we have already passed that.
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24 Feb 2016 in National Assembly:
I agree. I know we have some clauses which we do not have amendments but just for cleaning up so that we do not have to get through the process of re- cleaning in future.
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