Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

All parliamentary appearances

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• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: I agree with hon. Githae when he said that there are many people who are taking advantage of people suffering from cancer and offering them all manner of things in the name of treatment. Nonetheless, as a country, we must invest in further research, especially on traditional herbs. We have a lot of traditional herbs with curative qualities but we leave it to people from outside the country to come in, take those properties and come back and sell them to us after giving them some fancy names. Our grandfathers and our forefathers used those herbs, and they were cured. ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, in the course of one of my LLMs, I did a thesis on plant genetic resources – Intellectual Property Rights in Plant GeneticResources . This is one of the areas that the Government has least invested in. As a country, we need to invest in this area. I want to be very brief and just indicate that this is a noble initiative. In the last one month alone, three friends of mine were diagnosed with cancer. Therefore, cancer is a major concern for the country. So, we must deal with it urgently. With those few ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, Sir. view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: But I have not spoken today! view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: You know my problem. view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, first of all, I want to congratulate the Prime Minister for a very comprehensive answer. I also want to thank the Prime Minister for coming personally to respond to issues of the youth, especially after people were concerned that he needs to come personally. He is a person who does not fear challenge and I want to thank him. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the clarification is; from the information we were given before, there were 14 budget lines that were considered ineligible. Today, the Prime Minister has come and shown that nine of them were cleared. There were ... view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am equal to the task and I will read the World Bank letter. “Expenditure that do not accord with those provisions are ineligible for World Bank financing more particularly ineligibility--- view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, yes, I would like to be informed by Mr. Mbadi. view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I am a very good student of the Speaker! view
• 2 Nov 2011 in National Assembly: Thank you Mr. Speaker, Sir. view