Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

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• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I want to thank the hon. Minister for bringing these amendments. In thanking the hon. Minister, I want to indicate that I congratulate her for doing a very good balance. The amendments respond to some issues that I had raised in my thesis several years ago when I was a university student. I see that the Minister has tried a delicate balancing between breeders’ rights and the rights of farmers and rights of communities on the other hand. Because of the advent of biotechnology there has been a lot of increased interest in plant genetic resources ... view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: I agreed to be informed, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 15 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I agreed to be informed because hon. Wetangula is, indeed, my senior learned friend. You can see that his information is useful. Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, I am raising this point, taking into account what is happening in the South African region. We put a lot of emphasis on breeders’ rights without knowing the implications of doing so. I will give an example. Whenever I went to visit my grandmother upcountry, I noticed that she used to put some maize cob on her kitchen roof. I just thought that it was her clever way of doing ... view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. Actually, I also wanted to congratulate the Minister because we have been on his neck for these constitutional Bills. However, my concern is also just similar to the one raised by my colleague; that we must make sure that even though we are trying to do these ones in haste, we do not make the mistakes that we have made in the past when we are rushing constitutional Bills. view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would therefore want to urge the Minister--- That is because every time we have intervened, those are the issues that we have raised. We do not want to be rushed with issues that will create a problem for this country later. That is because hon. Members are very busy. Indeed, the Minister has indicated that he knows that the Committees that are dealing with these Bills will be retreating this weekend. I sit in the Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs that will be dealing with one of these Bills, but I am not ... view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Yes. Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for mentioning my official names. Indeed, my middle name is Grace and that is why I am favoured by the Lord because “Grace” means “grace”; that is the Grace of the Lord. “Akoth” means that I was born when it was raining and that means that I bring blessings. “Mr. Mabona”, of course, that is obvious. I want to stand in support of this Bill. In supporting this Bill, I want to join hands with the Members who acknowledge that we had a difficult situation in 2007 because we did not have ... view
• 9 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Unfortunately after that, the cock did not die. After the elections, the cock came out even much stronger. I remember that evening we went back home and we ate and were peaceful despite not supporting the cock. So, the reason that we had a problem last time was not just because of transition. So, if you look at it in terms of transition alone, there is a problem. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I have said it before and I want to say it publicly, that as a country we made a mistake in the way we treated Moi. It ... view
• 8 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. The Minister is not very audible. Also, I notice that your intervention button takes a little long. view
• 8 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. view