Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

All parliamentary appearances

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• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker for finally giving me the opportunity. I have actually been waiting for a while from morning and I am very patient because the issues that I want to say are important to me and I came here to do legislative work. Having said so, I do support the report by the Budget Committee which I am a member. Moreover, I just want to say that I am very happy with the sentiments that were made by Hon. Duale- former Majority Leader especially raising the alarm over the rising debt ceiling in the country. The ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: need to do is understand and appreciate the circumstances under which we are operating as a country especially now. We are doing this budget at a very difficult time with COVID-19 ravaging the country and not just the country but the world. It has affected the economy both internally and externally. Therefore, I would hate to be the head of the Executive in this country at this time because we are dealing with very unpredictable and unprecedented scenario in modern history of human kind. Moreover, in making the budget at this time there are certain balances that have to be ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Moreover, that is why we are finding two to three weeks to the end of the financial year we are still bringing a supplementary budget. However, if we were realistic about what the country is facing then we would be making a budget unusual, but not budget as usual. If you look at this budget, it is budget as usual and not budget unusual. You can see that what we should be investing in right now is the challenges that the common Kenyans are dealing with. However, I also understand that the government had done that economic stimulus package and ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: One of the things that I have always said consistently, and I have said it even in my Committee and will continue saying it is that, when we are doing the Budget, it must also be realistic about Government policy. You can see at times there is a divergence between Government policy and our budget-making process. An example is a situation where we are putting in a lot of money to build institutions that would take care of children when Government policy is against institutionalization of children. I think the Government also needs to be cohesive in its own agenda ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: As a Committee, we were concerned about the issue of teachers and we had suggested hiring of more teachers because that is a challenge that we are facing as a country. I tried to pitch for an increase in tsetsefly management because a little money was put in. The issue of tsetseflies is a big challenge especially in my constituency. When the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Environment and Natural Resources was speaking, he raised the issue of human- wildlife conflict. He said he is going to bring amendments. I know the challenges that we are facing because every ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: I am happy that one of the things that has been put in even though I wish a lot more had been put in is issues to do with climate change and especially the increasing levels in Lake Victoria and other areas that are disrupting lives and causing floods. view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: So, I am happy, if it was not that we are dealing with very difficult times, I would have wished that we would have increased that Budget. One of the issues I would like to raise as a concern is the issue of the Blue Economy that the Government has put in a lot of money. I would be raising a Statement or a Question here that on the issue of the Blue Economy, we need to look at areas such as Lake Victoria. This is because - and I can see it is almost time - we need to ... view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker. view
• 9 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, I do not know whether the Hon. Member is in order to mislead this House. He has just said that women are advantaged because when they are applying for AGPO they have the backing of their husbands. He is misleading the House by presuming that all the women who are applying for AGPO are married and that their husbands are able. In what we call inter-sectionality, we have women who are disabled who are not married and others who are married with poor husbands. So, is he in order to mislead this House? view
• 8 Jun 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you Hon. Speaker. I just wanted to inform Hon. Kaunya and the Chair of the Committee that in 2014, I moved and this House passed the Victims Protection Act and it seeks to support victims like the ones he says who are poor and may not have the means to go for compensation in courts of law and there is a fund. For us as a House, our challenge is to ensure that we put money in the fund so that when the courts are dealing with the criminal matter, at the same time they can compensate poor victims. ... view