Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

All parliamentary appearances

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• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. Just to guide us, I really do not have a problem with what Hon. Kaluma is saying in the last bit of moving the cohabitation from seven to three years or it would even have been better if it was two. However, that is not the issue. I heard when we were starting he indicated that he is going to move his amendment in the form that is approved by the Speaker and Chair. I do not seem to have that. It seems like he is only moving one item out of the whole. ... view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman for giving me this opportunity. First, I request that you protect me from the Kisumu politics. view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, before I speak to the substance, I am confused by the way Hon. Kaluma has moved this amendment. I want Members to be very clear. Sometimes we are the ones who pass a law and then we do not understand the law that we have passed. 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
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: With your permission, let me just move this one so that I am clear. Under the Marriage Act 2014 of the Laws of Kenya, you can marry in four different ways: You can go to the Office of the Attorney General or church, you can marry under Islamic law, you can marry under customary law, under Hindu law and you can also marry under cohabitation. I want to explain to you. It is said in the interpretation, Section 2 of the Marriage Act that cohabitation means to live in an arrangement with an unmarried couple where the unmarried couple lives ... view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. The reason I came this afternoon is because of this Bill. I know many of us have concentrated on the issue of the seven and three years. What we have done in effect, is that we have dropped Clause 3 of the amendment by Hon. Kaluma and retained Clauses 1 and 2. Clauses 1 and 2 define a spouse as per the Marriage Act which includes people who are cohabiting and that we have left to the courts to determine the number of years. So, we have actually given ... view
• 8 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: But there is one significant thing that I regret we did not pass. Sometimes in our excitement we forget very useful things. The main reason I was here is to talk about Clause 29(c) of the original Act that Hon. Kaluma dropped. It refers to where the deceased was a woman and her husband was being maintained by her, immediately prior to the date of her death. This was favourable to our men. Why must we talk about equality as women but when it is equality to the men we oppose? I am shocked that it is men opposing equality ... view
• 7 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I support. In supporting, I want to say that this is a noble idea which is long overdue. I just hope I am wrong that it has not been brought because of Mwende Mwinzi that we harassed on the Floor of this House. Even if it has, it is a good reason. It articulates and ensures professionalism in the foreign service. One of the things I like is that it also goes beyond the issues that we know ordinarily for foreign missions and it ensures that we look out ... view
• 7 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: across ethnic lines were very happy with this specific ambassador and this is what this Bill seeks to do, to ensure that kind of professionalism. I will not say which other station we went to, but we were Luo, Kalenjin and Kikuyu and the ambassador in that area did not realise. I think they only realised one of the two ethnic communities and started, in our presence, badmouthing the third ethnic community in my presence. It was extremely embarrassing for us. So, when you have professionalism infused even for the political appointments, then we will be doing the country proud. ... view
• 7 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: The reason I am saying this is because it is the women who tend to be affected much more. You saw the case of Mwende here that was quite big. On the academy, it is a very good idea, but we have not included that the academy should have the face of Kenya. I would also want to say that I will also be bringing an amendment in the Schedule that whenever a vacancy is created, it should not be because a person has absented themselves without permission of the chair. That is high school orientation where you say, Mr./Madam ... view
• 7 Jul 2021 in National Assembly: Finally, I want to encourage Nominee 001, that when he was speaking, I was very silent and I listened to him. Even though he rigged his position, I listened very carefully to him. He 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