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.
6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I wanted to limit the persons that are co-opted, but I withdraw and retain, Clause 54(1)(e), which is on child rights, by adding the words “specializing on child rights” after the words “civil society organizations,” so that you do not open it up to every civil society organization.
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6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, hon. Koech has indicated that he has provided for special interest groups. I can live with that because then if you do not have civil society, you can have people loosely who deal with special interests but my interest is children.
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6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir. Again, it was the issue of co-option but I wish to withdraw.
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6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, again, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 56 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (g)- “(h) protect human rights of and promote the best interest of the child” This is to provide for the protection of the best interest of the child and to promote their human rights.
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6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I beg to move:- THAT, Clause 59 of the Bill be amended by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (d)- “(e) human rights and student welfare committee”. This will provide that one of the committees that will be formed by the board of management is a human rights and student welfare committee.
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6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, as much as I would really love to support the Motion, I am really not persuaded. If you look at what is in Order No.11, there is Basic Education Bill, Election (Amendment) Bill, Political Parties (Amendment) Bill, Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Bill, Crop Bill, Kenya Agricultural Research Bill and Memorandum from His Excellency the President on the Finance Bill.
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6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly:
Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, if this first Bill is anything to go by, unless we are not being serious, really we are going to do any justice to these Bills. So, I am not persuaded to support the Motion.
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6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I support.
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6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I want to support that amendment together with the further amendment because we have moved from focusing because normally, there is a notion that when you talk about nomadic in this country, it only talks about pastoralists but we also come from nomadic areas where the nomadic tendencies is that of people moving from one island to the other. Therefore, so that we are not in any doubts removing “grazing” to take into account people who are not grazing but are moving after fish.
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6 Dec 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Temporary Deputy Chairman, Sir, I just wish to draw the attention of the Chair that under (g), he needs to move a further amendment about marginalized and nomadic education. This is because we had already passed such an amendment.
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