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.
27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, if you look at what is proposed in the Bill it provides that the Commission may co-opt members and yet there is a very clear way in which the members of the Commission are appointed by law. So, I wish the Leader of 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.
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27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly:
Majority Party would give me an ear. Could I please request that the Leader of Majority listens because he is the one who is responding?
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27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly:
Okay, then if I have your authority because he will be taking me back.
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27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly:
Okay, Chair. I even want when they support me they do so knowingly and when they oppose me, they oppose me knowingly.
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27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly:
He is the Mover. However, I wish to state that the reason why I am proposing this amendment is that if you look at the law, it provides a manner of appointing commissioners. What this “co-opt” does is that it provides an unlawful way of appointing commissioners. What ordinarily happens is that if they need expertise then they hire consultants but you do not co-opt commissioners. It is like the Police Commission that we have just dealt with now. You have seen, for us to bring the Inspector-General (IG) and his deputy we had to move an amendment to make ...
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27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly:
He is misleading the House!
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27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I just wanted to clarify to the hon. Member who is well meaning but he misunderstood me. When I say “hire consultants” the consultants cannot be commissioners. I am not saying that they be commissioners. The practice is that when you hire consultants, it is just like what the hon. Member who has spoken before has said, you put terms of reference, like the ones we have just taken for the socio-economic audit of the Constitution. You put terms of reference. You hire specific people for a specified time and for a specified task. When their ...
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27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chair, I beg to move:- THAT Clause 5 be amended by inserting the words “through a public and participatory process” immediately after the word “recommend” appearing in paragraph (b). The essence of this amendment is that this is a very important Bill through which we want to recognize the heroes who have done a lot of good for this country in different sectors; sports, environment and other areas. To receive acceptability, we need to have this through a public and participatory process that could mean something as simple as saying that you ask the public to nominate. ...
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27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I know we will finally get there but this is how we conducted business in the last House. It is not always that we oppose without reason. The Leader of Majority Party has brought to my attention that it is already provided for in Clause 22. I am satisfied, so I drop my amendment.
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27 Feb 2014 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Temporary Deputy Chairman, I wish to drop my amendment to Clause 5 because it is already provided for in Clause 22. My concern is on the element of public participation.
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