Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

All parliamentary appearances

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• 15 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I know that my good friend, Dr. Shaban, has been on this issue with me like forever. She has been following me and telling me that I need to have my own child. I have promised her I will. Even if I do not have my own, I will adopt because I have been a mother to many children in this country, as the director of Cradle. view
• 15 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, having said that, I have met several women and that is why I am reassuring women in this country that it is not a crime to be childless. Neither are you any less wholesome because you do not have a child. I met women who have cried before me. Many of them are women in the church, especially the ones who have very strong conscience and who are strong believers, who do not want to go through view
• 15 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, having said that, I have met several women and that is why I am reassuring women in this country that it is not a crime to be childless. Neither are you any less wholesome because you do not have a child. I met women who have cried before me. Many of them are women in the church, especially the ones who have very strong conscience and who are strong believers, who do not want to go through view
• 15 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: routes to have children. I have sat with them and they have given me the horrors they have gone through while trying to get assisted reproduction. Many of them have tried three to six times. The average cost as at the time I was talking to them was about Kshs300,000 per session. Some of them have gone up to South Africa. It may cost you up to Kshs1 million to be hospitalised and go through just one process. When it fails, the money is not refunded. You have to go through the entire process all over again. view
• 15 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: routes to have children. I have sat with them and they have given me the horrors they have gone through while trying to get assisted reproduction. Many of them have tried three to six times. The average cost as at the time I was talking to them was about Kshs300,000 per session. Some of them have gone up to South Africa. It may cost you up to Kshs1 million to be hospitalised and go through just one process. When it fails, the money is not refunded. You have to go through the entire process all over again. view
• 15 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: As I have indicated, the courts have gone ahead of us and requested this Parliament, as a matter of urgency, to pass a law on assisted reproduction because a lot of Kenyan women who are not able to have children normally are suffering. view
• 15 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: As I have indicated, the courts have gone ahead of us and requested this Parliament, as a matter of urgency, to pass a law on assisted reproduction because a lot of Kenyan women who are not able to have children normally are suffering. view
• 15 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: When this matter came up, I saw a lot of comments, especially from religious leaders, who are saying that this is against the order of nature. What we have tried to do here is to be sensitive to religious wishes while at the same time looking at the issues which are here with us. I want to actually tell the religious leaders that even if we do not pass this law, the truth is that it is not unlawful to undertake assisted reproductive systems in Kenya. Therefore, it will go on. The only challenge is that the courts will be ... view
• 15 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: When this matter came up, I saw a lot of comments, especially from religious leaders, who are saying that this is against the order of nature. What we have tried to do here is to be sensitive to religious wishes while at the same time looking at the issues which are here with us. I want to actually tell the religious leaders that even if we do not pass this law, the truth is that it is not unlawful to undertake assisted reproductive systems in Kenya. Therefore, it will go on. The only challenge is that the courts will be ... view
• 15 Apr 2015 in National Assembly: I was disappointed when only one person showed up when we were passing the Treaty Making and Ratification Act, which was addressing some of the concerns that the church had. We passed it in this House and at the point when we were passing it, I was very sad that they did not appear. This time round, I tell the church and religious leaders, including those that are not Christians, that I am able and willing to sit down with them and discuss their concerns in this Bill. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. ... view