Millie first thought about becoming Mbita MP at age 13. The graduate of University of Nairobi School of Law has worked as a lawyer and women and children rights activist. The CRADLE is one of the MP’s dream come true. She founded the organization that promotes the rights of children since 1997. Millie has received the YWCA Democracy Award and the Eve woman of the year for human rights and gender. Her political tipping point came when she served as a delegate at the Bomas of Kenya, during the constitutional drafting process. ODM party nominated her to Parliament 2008 and she clinched the Mbita seat in the 2013 election.
23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly:
Okay, I accept. You can inform me.
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23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly:
Well, it is not too bad because he is raising a significant issue. He is saying that when we give our blood, we donate for free, but then for people who are getting it, they have to pay. Why should they pay when we have given our blood for free? So, I think this body must also take that into account. Thank you, Hon. Sankok, for informing me. I am glad with the person who drafted this Bill. From a governance perspective, they have put in very good standards. They are saying that recruitment should be open, transparent and competitive. ...
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23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly:
I am very happy that you have also included the issue of confidentiality. We are giving responsibilities, rights and duties to the person who is donating. If a person donating blood is HIV Positive, he or she should declare his or her status. It is not only HIV, but also other circumstances where you, probably, need to let the health care facilities understand that you may have a pre- existing condition. The facility should know about it for purposes of your blood donation. It is so that we do not go to a different level of again testing… The blood ...
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23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly:
On appoint of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker.
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23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. If Hon. Ochanda could kindly sit because that is the rule of the House.
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23 Jun 2021 in National Assembly:
Is my good friend and neighbour, Hon. Ochanda in order to mislead this House by suggesting or implying that the people who donate blood, do not incur cost? Every aspect has a hidden cost. The same way the Government incurs cost in cleaning that blood in order to give. When I leave my house to go to the hospital, the Government does not give me money. That is why Hon. Dennitah said, in the US, you are paid to donate. If I have actually bothered to volunteer and give my blood for free, why should the person I am giving ...
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9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to support the Petition. In doing so, I regret that the Law Society of Kenya that should have spearheaded this is currently in disarray and I call on my brother, Nelson Havi, to stay more focused, seek reconciliation with the secretariat because what is going on in the LSK has gone on for too long and is actually an embarrassment to us as lawyers. So, I call upon both factions to put aside their pride and seek reconciliation for the purposes of lawyers and the country as a whole.
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9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly:
Regional integration is the way to go. When we enhance regional integration in our East African bloc, it makes us more competitive vis-a-vis other blocs. One of the issues that was raised in the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) is regional integration. However, I want to caution that some of the things we need to look at very clearly, because this is a very serious issue, and because the court has even pronounced itself to it, we must speak to the issue of public participation, so that those who are practising across the border will tell us their experiences. That is ...
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9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly:
Finally, going in the direction we are going and borrowing from the fact of the work I have done in the past, in the region, one of the things as a country we must deal with in terms of breaking those barriers is the language barrier. You find a lot of people from Rwanda who speak English, but very few of us speak French. So even when we open our practice, there will be naturally an imbalance because they are able, even if we talk about translation. However, it makes it much easier and I know that because I always ...
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