Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

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• 24 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. view
• 24 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I will try to do as directed. Let me first thank you for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this Bill. From the outset, I want to say that I support this very good Bill. The main aim of this Bill is to enhance the core principles of governance, which include transparency, accountability, prudent utilisation of public resources, public participation and inclusion of disadvantaged groups in the economy, with the ultimate aim being poverty alleviation. It comes at a good time, especially when we are dealing with the issue of devolved government; which is a ... view
• 24 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, as you know there have been a lot of misconceptions, especially in relation to CDF funds. That is why I am really happy that this Bill has come at this time. I have heard and seen the public discussing this issue of CDF. I see people saying that for the first time Members of Parliament will not have any money to dip their hands into. A lot of people do not realise that there is a CDF national board and a committee at the local level. There is also a whole Act that regulates how CDF ... view
• 24 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. I want to thank you for noting that you are taking it up with the Liaison Committee. One of the things that is of concern to me is that in the past, I have known in the House that whenever we have put contributions and suggestions of Members by way of procedure, when we raise concerns, we do not have to bring individual amendments. However, because I have seen that the chairs of committees do not take that role seriously, we are forced to bring individual amendments, as I am going to be forced ... view
• 24 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: area. He did not persuade me especially on the issue of benchmarking, and more so on prices. Those of us who are managing CDF know that we have average costs, for instance, in terms of development of classrooms, depending on topography and transportation costs. However, the cost of a classroom can never go beyond Kshs1 million yet we know that in county government tendering, constructing a classroom can cost up to Kshs14 million. That is why it is important to provide for benchmarking and standardising costs for different goods and services. Of course, I know that we must be doing ... view
• 24 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the balancing does not have to take into account all tribes at once. It is a debate we have had at length in the National Cohesion and Integration Act. In the Constitutional Implementation Oversight Committee (CIOC) where I was the Vice Chairperson in the last Parliament, we agreed that in constitutional appointments or those of other bodies, you look at them as a whole. 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
• 24 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: I will give you an example of the Kurias. If you look at them as a whole, and supposing we said we are taking into account regional balancing and positions are given consistently to one tribe in Migori, we would have taken regional balancing into account when you look at the commissions or committees as a whole. It is something that cannot be satisfied at once but one which we must be conscious of all the time as a country in order to take into account minority interests. That is one way of redressing the minority issues. I am the ... view
• 18 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I know I have a tie, but I am the same one. I wanted to bring to your attention that we were negotiating with the Mover if he could, please, bring a further amendment to the one on former Vice President and Deputy Presidents. If we are being very practical and thinking in terms of posterity, I cannot go to a function say, with hon. Kalonzo Musyoka, and then I am given more recognition than him. It has got nothing to do with the fact that he is in CORD. It has to do ... view
• 18 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. My point of order stems from the contribution by hon. Mwaura. If you noticed, there was a bit of confusion. Hon. Mwaura is referring to the amendment by the Committee as per the Order Paper. The confusion is arising because the person holding brief for the Chair of the Committee purported to move an amendment improperly. Therefore we are actually debating two different provisions. view
• 18 Feb 2015 in National Assembly: Can we be very clear because I know that hon. Mwaura is supporting what is in the Order Paper, but is not supporting hon. Lentoimaga’s amendment. Please clarify. view