Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

All parliamentary appearances

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• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Chairlady. I would like to encourage hon. Irungu if he could adopt what the Chair is saying. If you look at the import of what he is suggesting by deleting “may” and putting “shall”, it means that every victim of crime – and victims of crime here include victims of hit and run of accidents, victims of rape and victims of all manner of crimes--- Every time you are a victim and the matter is in court, you must give a victim impact statement. That will actually slow down the process. We are saying that let the ... view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: However, I agree with the second amendment. This is so that we do not make victims give impact statements and then the courts do not consider what they have said. I agree with the second bit but I would like to persuade him to leave it at “may”. view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairlady, I am sorry. I think I am losing track of where we are because the amendment that we were dealing with was an inclusion and which in the Order Paper is on pages 372, 373 and 374 and that is inclusion of 10(a). view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Yes, that is okay. view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Chairlady. The amendments that are being proposed by the Chair are in order. That is because some of the things he is taking into account are that our criminal justice system is always only punitive. So, what we are trying to introduce in the African setup is that sometimes we are not only looking for punitive but restorative means, so that the person is placed as near as possible to where they were before. So, the Chairman is very positive and has also classified vulnerable victims such as children and persons with disability. So, I support. view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: ( Question, that the words to be inserted be inserted, view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Chairlady. I strongly support what hon. Kang’ata is suggesting. I know I have seen him speaking at length about this, 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
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: and the reason I know he is speaking at length is that, should we pass this, I know many lawyers may challenge this because many of us have a mind-frame of the positivists where we believe that the law should be done the way we inherited it from the white man. What most people will tell you is this: With the Commonwealth system, we do not know that. But I am a natural. I come from the natural law school where I believe the law is made for man and not man for the law. If you are making the ... view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Chairlady, I think what the hon. Chair is worried about, just for your information, is cured by the provision subject to the provision of the evidence Act unless you dropped (b). If it is subject to the evidence Act, then it means even when you have a magistrate dealing with the matter, they will not hear the evidence of the victim at the tail end. It has to follow the process of evidence giving. The evidence giving is not at the tail end. If we close out the victim unless they have an advocate, then it would also be ... view
• 27 Aug 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I just wanted to inform hon. Members that this is a Bill which has constitutional timelines. If we do not pass this Bill today, then any Member of the public can go to court and urge that this Parliament be sent home. I am saying this to encourage hon. Members to stay a little more, so that we finish with it. That is actually why it has been prioritised. So, even as hon. Members leave, I would like them to have that information. view