Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

All parliamentary appearances

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• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I would also want to encourage the hon. Member that the same standards we are trying to put in this sector should also apply to the telecommunication providers themselves. For instance, when they are bringing or replacing telecommunication gadgets, they are usually very careless like when they are putting fibre cables, a lot of times, they open up the ground, they leave it and you further endanger the lives of people. You can cause accidents; people can fall and hurt themselves. I am saying this because right outside my house, they have done that and ... view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support. view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Madam Temporary Deputy Speaker, in light of the ruling that was given in court, I do not know Mr. Balala would want to consider withdrawing the statement he has just made. There was a ruling in court that is requiring the Registrar of Political Parties to give information about Members of Parliament and their party affiliations and their party memberships. What Mr. Balala is doing is that, through the HANSARD he is saying that he is not a member of ODM party. Because Mr. Balala is my friend, I would want to encourage him to request that the same be ... view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I wish to support and congratulate hon. Jakoyo Midiwo for bringing this Bill. All of us are consumers of goods and services at any given time. In the spirit that I said before, we should fight the culture of impunity in our lives. That is why even though we pass laws here Kenyans will tell you that there is a way to circumvent them. For instance, the other day, Parliament passed a law stopping harambees, but when you go to the ground, the people tell you that there must be a way to circumvent it. ... view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, having said that, I just want to make certain brief comments in relation to the Bill. Because of time, I will pass written comments to the hon. Member. In the preliminary part where he indicate that the period within which the Bill may come into effect--- It says:- “Upon a date which cannot exceed 90 days from the date of publication.” Sometimes what the Government does, if they are not very keen on implementing the law then they make the 90 days pass and we have a legal crisis like what happened to the Counter ... view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Secondly, the other issue I want to correct you on is the definition of “consumer”. In this Bill you say “consumer” means a person who purchases goods or services. But if you look at even some of the ills you are trying to embrace, if you only talk about a “purchaser,” then you will be excluding a very big category who do not purchase. For example, the young people, children and the elderly who depend on others to purchase. They are consumers who are just users, but not purchasers. They are also affected by wrongful practices. So, please, amend it ... view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, the other thing I want to say in the definition is to congratulate the hon. Member for including definitions on marital status, spouses name and age. This is because what happens a lot of times is that women are excluded when our husbands make transactions that affect children and their spouses. Therefore, it is good that you do not just mention it, but within the body, provide how you protect those spouses against practices that may harm the women and the children as consumers. view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: Again, I want to just comment the hon. Member on the definition of internet agreement, especially in relation to contract law. When you are talking about internet based agreements, you will want them to be binding. We need to provide a slightly higher standard of proof in relation to those internet agreements. I want to laud him where he provided for services to include health, sickness, diet or matters of a similar nature, modeling and talent, including photo shoot. The reason is that if there is one sector that is really exploited is our young girls who get into modeling ... view
• 1 Aug 2012 in National Assembly: With those few remarks, I beg to support. view