Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

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• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: , seven stones, rounders, hoola hoop and all those games. It is because we played all those games that some of our brains are very active and alive. The other day I was asking why a lot of young people are committing suicide. It is because we are not enabling children to just be children. They need to be children; they need to play. The games that our children play nowadays are games that encourage children to be very unfriendly. For example, the play station and all games that do not involve interaction with other children. That is why we ... view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for protecting me. view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, indeed, I boast of very many professionals who I went to school with. In this House alone, hon. Augustino Neto went to the same school with me. We also have many Judges and prominent personalities. But since then, when we meet students who go to that school now, we find that most of them drop out of school in Class Eight. Most of them do not go further. Instead of progressing, we are regressing. Some of those are as a direct consequence of policies that were well- intentioned but have gone wrong. I will, therefore, bring ... view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also want to congratulate the Minister for remembering Early Childhood Development (ECD). Indeed, as hon. (Dr). Kosgei says, many of us who benefited from that had an early start in education. You will find children who are joining Standard One with absolutely no knowledge of what is in a school and you expect them to compete at par with the children who have had a head- start of five or six years of education. So, I thank the Minister for making provision for that. view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: I also thank the Minister for integrating Information and Communication Technology (ICT) which takes into account the global world. Now, all our transactions, including this Parliament, are in a new global era with ICT. Indeed, if we leave our children behind, then they cannot compete equally at a global level. view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I also want to congratulate the Minister for taking into account children with special needs. Indeed, for my LLB, I did my thesis on something that touched a little on children with special needs. One of the challenges that we face, as a country, is that there are very few educational centres for children with special needs. view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: I would also like to encourage the hon. Minister, in his definition of the “parents” to take cognizance of the definition that has been used constitutionally; that includes children born out of wedlock. What we are providing right now, may preclude children born out of wedlock, because they did not apply to be born. They were not partakers of their parents’ misdeed, but now that they are here with us, we are under obligation to take care of them. view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, again, I want to encourage the Minister in Clause 8(2) (b) to include human rights as expertise for the qualifications that may be needed for persons who serve in the board. I would also like to encourage the Minister that in the board representation, if you are staying true--- I worked very closely with the Ministry of Education in mainstreaming child rights in the Ministry. I can see that even though there are attempts to mainstream child rights, we are forgetting the issue of child participation. Therefore, whether it is at the county level board or ... view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: “All Members of the County Education Board shall have a minimum qualification of secondary education certificate as may be determined by the Cabinet Secretary from time to time”. Did you mean to say that the Cabinet Secretary shall be determining secondary certificates because that is really a mandate that the Cabinet Secretary does not have? I think it is with the Kenya National Examination Council and not the Cabinet Secretary. view
• 10 Oct 2012 in National Assembly: Again on Clause 29, the Minister provides that: “Every parent whose child is born in Kenya” By providing for every parent whose child is born in Kenya, we are not actually providing for the standards that are set in the Constitution because the Constitution does not just recognize children that are born in Kenya but includes children who are born outside Kenya so long as their parents are Kenyans. So, you should bring that amendment to take into account my child who I shall give birth to outside Kenya. view