Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

All parliamentary appearances

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• 6 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: You have not responded to me! view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I would like the Assistant Minister to clarify in respect of the last statement he has made; that they are making attempts at ensuring quality control. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, in a lot of areas like Mbita-Homabay Road – which I have asked the Assistant Minister about before – it is taking unduly long and we are concerned, even about the quality standards and all the Assistant Minister is saying is that they intend to do certain things. What I would like to know is; what structures are you putting in place to ensure that there is a system of ensuring there is quality control so that some of the areas where we have never seen tarmac, we do not just use them for a month ... view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: My brother here is telling me that tarmac is only for Kenya; it is not for areas where I come from. Kwani Mbita sio Kenya? Can we know when he will provide those standards for places like Mbita? view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, thank you for giving me this opportunity. I want to start off by thanking Mr. Chachu for bringing this Bill. It is, indeed, timely because as a country we have been faced with the challenges relating to drought, the most obvious one, of course, being the issue of food security. We know that over the years this country has faced poverty as a consequence of that and one of the major reasons has been the poor response to drought management or a not very effective drought management system in the country. So I want to thank ... view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: I want to indicate that because drought is designed by deviation from the normal rainfall, it can happen in all rainfall regions and it also can occur in this country in every region. The frequency of severity may vary from place to place but it affects everywhere. The challenge that we are facing as a country is that the approach we have taken is to look at it at very region specific manner and that is why even though I thank the Government for looking at the Ministry of State for Development of Northern Kenya and other Arid Lands and ... view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: very many places. Where I come from in Mbita, Homa Bay County, it is affected even though you would not qualify it as one of those areas. view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: We also know that management of drought is a very complex issue and, therefore, it is important that this Authority is given legal clothing to look at it in the complex manner and deal with it in its complexities. I am very happy that even in the Bill you notice that the hon. Member, in terms of the membership and expertise, he is calling for people with expertise in environmental law and environmental management and so I am, indeed, very happy. This Authority, once it is set up, should look at the way the world is moving because of globalization. ... view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, for example, Kenya that has always been the best in Olympics is now dragging behind because we do not want to put energies in what we are best at. One of the best things that God gave this country is land. If you travel all over this country, there is vast expanse of land, whether it is fertile or not, it is there. If you look at places like Israel, we can change this country with effective management. I would like to encourage this Authority that when it is set up, it must learn to specialize. ... view
• 5 Sep 2012 in National Assembly: the development of roads and in fisheries. One of the ways that you can do this is by diversifying. Let us think outside the box. We never change unless we learn as a country to be innovators. The world is now run by innovators. Let us not just think that we will do things the same way that we have done them before and hope to bring change in this country. We must innovate. Therefore, innovation will lay largely in the way we handle, for instance, Clause 5(c). How we learn to integrate and diversify. view