Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

All parliamentary appearances

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• 30 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: The balance will be eight minutes? view
• 30 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I beg to move that the Victim Protection Bill be read a Second Time. view
• 30 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, in moving this Bill, I want to say that I must have woken up on the right side, and I must have been led by God because this Bill synchronizes very well with the Bill that we have just dealt with. We have just dealt with a Bill on counselors, psychologists and psychotherapists. I am talking on the issue of victimization. Before I brought this Bill, I had appeared before several committees. I had appeared before the Committee on Budget and Appropriations and the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. view
• 30 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, there is a general misunderstanding about what this Bill is about. This Bill has nothing to do with domestic violence, sexual offences or women; it has to do with anyone and everyone who has been a victim of crime in this country. It has to do with the victims of the Westgate Mall attack. It has to do with the hon. Member who was harmed, the hon. Member for Kamukunji Constituency, in a terrorist attack. It has to do with every member of the public who has been a victim of muggings, thuggery, carjacking et cetera ... view
• 30 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: If you look at the long title of this Bill, it provides that it is for an Act of Parliament to give effect to Article 59 of the Constitution; to provide for the protection of victims of crime and abuse of power and provide them with better information and support services. It is to provide for reparation and compensation to victims, and to provide special protection to vulnerable victims and for connected purposes. view
• 30 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, if you look at our Constitution and penal laws, there is a lot of emphasis on the accused person. There are a lot of articles that say that an accused person shall have a right to counsel, to be heard and there is a plethora of rights of accused persons. I am not saying that we should take them away, neither am I saying we should minimize them, especially since I come from a human rights background. But there is a very big silence on victims of crime. Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, this is what this ... view
• 30 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: 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
• 30 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 30 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: On a point of order, hon. Deputy Speaker. view
• 30 Apr 2014 in National Assembly: Thank you, hon. Deputy Speaker. I am standing under Standing Orders. I want to say that these systems are not working. I had already pressed the button, but it goes off and comes back. So, I will be going back when probably I was the first person to press. It is not fair. In fact, my colleague has left because she has moved from every place trying and it is not working. So, I am here. I just want to notify the Chair that there is a fault with our system. view