Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

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• 17 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. Let me take this opportunity to thank the Committee for that very good amendment. For those who are not usually here, when some Members bring Bills and people amend they get offended. However, the essence of this stage is to strengthen the Bill. I am the proposer and I am very happy with the amendments that have been brought by the Committee. Like this one, it enhances cost effectiveness, ensures accessibility and removes the penalization of motherhood. People make it look like when you want to be a mother, it should be a punitive ... view
• 17 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for your ruling. However, I just request the House leadership to reconsider that position. The reason is not in relation to this vote, but we may have critical votes coming ahead. Since technology is different from manual voting, you can make a mistake and it becomes very difficult because you cannot correct. Can we find a system where if I touch something accidentally or by poor eyesight, I can equally indicate what my position is the way Hon. Rozaah Buyu has done especially as we are going towards elections. We can cost people’s seats just ... view
• 17 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: I support. view
• 17 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Sometimes that one vote makes the difference. view
• 17 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. Let me also take this opportunity to thank the Committee. This is again a very strong and good amendment. They are providing a framework which is higher than the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Right, African Commission on Human Rights and the Abuja Declaration. This is because what we normally do is to provide for loss without budget. The Committee is proposing a strong budgetary allocation by the counties so that we can hold them accountable. I think these are excellent amendments and I thank the Committee. view
• 17 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to second the Bill. In seconding the Bill, I want to indicate that I have noted the issue that the Members have raised about public participation. Raising public participation is very key, because it is important for the public to be involved. However, I thank you for your guidance, because we will be giving a Report as a committee soon, which will indicate a report on public participation. However, we must note the urgency of the Bill in unlocking the revenue to the counties. The committee will bring amendments where the rubber meets ... view
• 17 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: care. So, the urgent release of these funds will be beneficial to both men and women, especially women and children. In addition, Kshs6.4 billion from the World Bank will be used to support national agriculture and rural inclusive growth project. With the challenges we are facing with climate change, this will be very significant, especially for rural communities. Kshs7.8 billion will be dedicated to climate smart agriculture project. This is also very significant, as I had said, especially in terms of climate change that is affecting agricultural productivity and for us, a country that relies on rainfall agriculture. This is ... view
• 17 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Point of order. view
• 17 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairlady. This is in response to what Hon. Chris Wamalwa has raised. This will go throughout the entire Bill. I had proposed “an Authority” and the Committee has removed “an Authority” and replaced it with “a Directorate”. What will happen is that wherever there is the The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor. view
• 17 Nov 2021 in National Assembly: mention of the word “Authority”, it will be replaced by the word “Directorate”. So, in legislative drafting, we have to go through them one by one. If it were a computer, we would command it to look for the word “Authority” and replace with the word “Directorate” hence make changes in the whole document. We cannot do that, but we already understand. We are saving on time and that is why you see we are not even commenting, but just agreeing. view