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.
28 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
Order, hon. Minister! This is not Second Reading.
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28 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
Hon. Members, I will take only two more hon. Members who have probably not spoken for some time.
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28 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
Hon. Minister, you are reminded this is not the Second Reading.
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28 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Ruto, that is not in order. Mr. Minister I presume you have finished.
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28 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
Next Order!
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28 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
Chairman, Departmental Committee on Health, you were on the Floor. You have a balance of 20 minutes. Please, proceed.
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28 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I happen to have sat with hon. Mbuvi earlier and when the rules were being given, he was dressed exactly the way he was dressed. So, if the rules apply, really, they should apply later. That is because he was not aware of the rules.
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27 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. I will try. I would like to request a Ministerial Statement from the Minister for Fisheries Development in relation to the crisis in the fishing industry, especially in Nyanza Province, affecting mainly Mbita and Gwasi constituencies. In the Statement, I would like to ask the Minister to clarify what he is doing to ensure that fishermen are not exploited by middlemen, who have caused the price of fish to fall tremendously, thereby causing fishermen to down their tools yesterday in a strike. I would like the Minister to also explain to the House how much ...
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27 Jun 2012 in National Assembly:
Finally, I would like the Minister to explain what the Government intends to do to lift the ban on Omena fishing given that Uganda and Tanzania do not have this ban every year and it only affects Kenyans, especially vulnerable women and children as communities that rely only on Omena fishing. Mr. Speaker, I had forgotten one issue. What measures are in place to subsidize fishing in the same manner that the Government now and again subsidizes agriculture through various incentives such as provision seed and fertilizer?
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