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

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  • 23 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: One of the other issues which I will also be looking at is the architecture of the Bill. The Mover of the Bill said it has gone through a lot of public participation, which is true. However, because the process started very early, you can see a lot of issues that did not take into account the fact that we now have a new Constitution with a devolved system of governance. Fisheries are very heavily devolved. If you look at the architecture of the Bill, it still follows the architecture of the old Constitution. As a Committee, we have proposed ... view
  • 23 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I am very grateful. If we do not amend the definition of the words ‘barter trade’, then some people may continue exploiting women in the fishing industry. One of the other issues of concern to fishermen who extract omena is that we have excluded light from the fishing Bill. There is no way you can fish omena without light. In the Committee, we agreed that, because of the thought process that looked at ocean fishing and not inland fishing, we did not think about omena fishermen. We will be looking into those amendments. Because ... view
  • 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. Hon. Nicholas Ngikor from Turkana East Constituency has said that he wants to oppose. It is good to hear his views. view
  • 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Speaker. Hon. Nicholas Ngikor from Turkana East Constituency has said that he wants to oppose. It is good to hear his views. view
  • 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I had to give the hon. Member time because it is good to hear all views, so that we can address the concerns of all Members, especially at the Committee of the whole House Stage. view
  • 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I had to give the hon. Member time because it is good to hear all views, so that we can address the concerns of all Members, especially at the Committee of the whole House Stage. view
  • 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I want to thank all the Members for supporting the Bill. I also thank the ones who have opposed because by opposing they are actually enriching the Bill, and giving us the opportunity to look at issues of concern in the Bill. view
  • 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I want to thank all the Members for supporting the Bill. I also thank the ones who have opposed because by opposing they are actually enriching the Bill, and giving us the opportunity to look at issues of concern in the Bill. view
  • 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I have listened to the Departmental Committee on Health. I am glad that Members of the Departmental Committee on Health who were originally reluctant, are coming round and agreeing with us, especially after we explained the concerns that they were raising. 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
  • 22 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I have listened to the Departmental Committee on Health. I am glad that Members of the Departmental Committee on Health who were originally reluctant, are coming round and agreeing with us, especially after we explained the concerns that they were raising. 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

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