Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

All parliamentary appearances

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• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I wish to support this Bill, and in supporting it I would wish to indicate that a lot of what the Bill does is codify what is already in practice in the courts of law. It is a good thing because we can be speaking from a point of authority. This Bill seeks to ensure there is order, efficiency, effectiveness and timeliness in delivery of justice. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, a lot of the things that the Bill speaks to are about ranking - who comes first and who ... view
• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I just thought he wanted to speak; if he wants to speak, he should be given priority. We do not take the issue of ranking seriously. As lawyers, we take issues of ranking seriously. In parliamentary practice in other countries, ranking is taken seriously but we do not take it seriously here. We should take it seriously because this is what the courts are trying to--- One of the things that this Bill seeks to do is give effect to Article 165of the Constitution, which is a good thing. Before I joined Parliament, I worked with ... view
• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: and the Sexual Offences Act. It, therefore, means that if you have victims who are not able to address the courts directly, they will be able to use an intermediary to help them in the process. The other issue I would like to speak to is mediation. I am glad that the Member who has spoken ahead of me made a reference to the Njuri Ncheke council of elders. One time we visited the Njuri Ncheke council of elders, and part of the work I used to do in ICJ was to work on an access to justice program in ... view
• 7 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: I support. view
• 6 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for this opportunity to support this Bill. In supporting the Bill, I am very glad for I have seen on the Order Paper that a couple of Bills that are similar, or related, are coming at the same time. I am glad we are bringing this at the same time that we are also bringing the Small Claims Court Bill. The reason I am particularly happy is because I have worked on issues of access to justice for very many years. Actually, in the last Parliament we brought, through the late Hon. Mutula Kilonzo, ... view
• 6 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: In Mbita, it is only recently that a mobile court was established. We are looking forward to a more permanent court. For a long time the people of Mbita had to travel all the way to Homa Bay to access a court. I know before I came to Parliament, I did a lot of lobbying to ensure we had a court closer. view
• 6 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: One of the things that I want to speak to is that this Bill is very positive, especially on the issue of enhancing the pecuniary jurisdiction of magistrates. I have indicated that for many people it is going to mean shortening of distances. view
• 6 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: The other issue that I am very happy about is that it has addressed the issue of custody and a lot of family law related issues. As a person who has worked in this sector for very long, I know that access to justice, especially for women has been a challenge. Many times women who are ordinarily because of the nurturing and caring roles, charged with care of children by society, are the ones who tend to seek maintenance for children in case of separation. When they have to do that most of them give up when they look at ... view
• 6 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: repealed African Christian and Marriage Divorce Act. However, as the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs has said, customary laws have still been imported to the Marriage Act. Part of the imported customary laws actually provide for discriminatory practices against women. This is unconstitutional yet it is the same constitution that also recognises those customary rights. view
• 6 Oct 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, to the extent that they are repugnant to constitutional standards, then they are not applicable. I would like to say that sometimes--- view