Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: “If you ask most agricultural scientists to list our natural resources, they will probably answer soil, water and air. Yet, there is a fourth resource that for many years has received scant attention. It is germ-plasm; the natural resource that makes earth unique in so far as we know it in our solar system.” As I have indicated herbal medicine forms part of germ-plasm as a plant genetic resource. Plant genetic resources are very vital for human survival because they are what form the core of food security in the world and they are a source for medicinal plants all ... view
• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, herbal medicines all over the world are derived from herbs and cure diseases that have proved terminal in the past. One of the reasons for supporting herbal medicine is because they are extremely effective when used, are easily available and are cheap. The drugs have a gender dimension. For instance, if you look at contraceptives in the modern world, you will find that they are male oriented and yet in herbal medicines, you have contraceptives both for men and women. Since there are the beneficial values that we have in plant genetic resources, especially in ... view
• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, it is used for constipation, haemorrhoids, worms, oedema, nervous asthma, high blood pressure, abysses, skin disease and it is also used as a coffee substitute. Another example is citrus medica or the common lemon. It can treat cough, bronchitis, digestion problems, scurvy, fever, malaria, ear ache, cold and fainting. Of course, because of lack of time, I am not going to give some of the side effects. The benefits outweigh the side effects. We also have the lemon grass that we normally use to sweeten our tea. It can be used for curing bad breath, ... view
• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, they actually took this plant and patented it in the United States of America (USA), and now if Ethiopians want to use this plant, they view
• 9 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of information, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir. view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, could you protect me from Mr. Mbadi who is intimidating me not to ask a question relating to Abasuba? view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, could the Minister clarify whether the Ministry has developed a list or protocol detailing cultures that are extinct, nearly extinct or those that have been assimilated into other cultures including the gender dimension? I will not mention the Abasuba. view
• 8 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Mr. Speaker, Sir, I will repeat my question. Could the Minister clarify whether the Ministry had developed a system of coding cultures that are either extinct, near extinct or those ones which have been assimilated? view
• 3 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir. I have also had occasion to interrogate the Attorney-General in the Departmental Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs. Is he in order to evade this issue? The same thing he did in that Departmental Committee is the same thing he is doing here. He has referred the matter back to Mr. Imanyara who is not the Attorney-General of Kenya and does not draw salaries every month end as the Attorney-General of Kenya? Is the Attorney-General in order to do that? view
• 3 Dec 2009 in National Assembly: Thank you, Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, for giving me this opportunity. Right from the outset, I would like to support the Motion and congratulate the Minister for Lands for such a good policy. One of the things that has been said is that this land policy is about undertaking a position on the far left of the far right. For me, it is about taking into consideration the interest of the poor and marginalized Kenyans. That is the reason I support this Motion. If taking into account the interest of poor and marginalized Kenyans is a leftist approach, I ... view