Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

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• 5 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, the other concern for me is Clause 22(2) that states that the National Hospital Insurance Fund covers both inpatient and outpatient. That is proposed to be deleted. I wish the Mover was here to clarify. Does it, therefore, mean that we are not covering inpatient or do we want to leave it vague? If it is left vague, it will be problematic. 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
• 5 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: The amendment in Clause 17(3) that deletes areas covered by the NHIF is not good. If you look at the current Act, it states that the areas that are currently covered include drugs, laboratory tests, diagnostic services, surgical, dental, medical procedures, equipment, physiotherapy care, doctors’ fees and boarding costs. The Bill proposes to give that mandate to the Cabinet Secretary to make regulations on what areas to cover. We are putting our faith in the wrong place. The reason I say so is that the Cabinet Secretary may as well widen the area of coverage. At the same time, the ... view
• 3 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. It is ‘ geza geza’ and not ‘ sega sega’ . You know this is a brand Millie and ‘geza geza’ . 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
• 3 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I just want to say that contrary to what Members are saying here, I do not think we should make this Bill an Islamic Bill. The moment a Bill comes to the Floor of this House and the House is seized of it, it is a Bill of the National Assembly. We should refrain from making it look like when Members support it, they do so because they are Muslims and those who oppose it do so because they are not Muslims. view
• 3 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: I have listened to Hon. Chris Wamalwa very clearly. Even some of the points of order raised were premature because he was raising concerns that we should listen to instead of hounding him. I just want to say that I support but even in doing so, I have issues that I want to raise. The Wakf Act has been there before but what this Bill is seeking to do is to expand the scope and when it is doing so, we must test it against constitutionality. In testing it against constitutionality, the guiding principle is that the Constitution only allows ... view
• 3 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I just want to say that my fellow Christians should not behave as though they have never read the Bible. The Bible is very clear about giving. So, let us also not talk like this is something so new that we have never seen or heard of. I respect my good friend and brother, Hon. Duale, but I can assure him that I am not changing my faith any time soon because he has brought the Waqf Bill. I can tell him there are more than 30 provisions in the Bible that talk about giving. I ... view
• 3 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Having said that, I want to say that even as much as I support the Bill, because I think to a great extent it meets the constitutional standards of personal law, I would be concerned about certain aspects that I think are going beyond. I will be bringing amendments. Because they are very many, I may not mention all of them. So, I will pick just a few. Let me wear my glasses. The Bill basically sets a structure for Muslims to endow property or cash to a religious, charitable or benevolent purpose in accordance with the Islamic law. I ... view
• 3 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: In Clause 4, is there a specific Islamic law relating to waqf that can be re-stated here in law so that lawyers do not go digging in case of disputes? Those are issues we need to sort out here. Otherwise we will have a problem when these matters go to court. I also want to indicate that I used to practise in the Kadhi’s Court representing women. So, I know what I am talking about. The proviso in Clause 4 makes any property subject to a waqf and only property intended and declared as such should be included but the ... view
• 3 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. With utmost due respect to the Bench, I have noted with concern that there is a growing practice. There are Members who are given too much leeway to be completely out of order. Even earlier on, there were Members who came to this House, including the Hon. Member who is speaking, donning party colours. I have been here for three terms, but I have never seen such abhorrent behaviour. This is the National Assembly. As much as you want to have them as The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information ... view
• 3 Aug 2021 in National Assembly: very able competitors, we agreed that you can raise those issues procedurally before this House. We cannot give that leeway on a matter that has been raised and dealt with. I am sure he was listening. You are giving him so much leeway to interrupt when we are dealing with serious issues of the Wakf Commission. I am concerned about the leeway that we are giving some parties in this House. I am very concerned. If we continue like this, I will come here donning orange and dance on the Floor because we can also be crazy. So, if he ... view