Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

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• 13 May 2021 in National Assembly: I want to declare my interest because I do not have a child, and I have not gone through the process of assisted technology because of lack of a legal framework. That is why I am declaring my interest. Other than the court, I want to give my personal experience on this issue. I came to this Parliament when I was fairly young of a reproductive age. I did not even think much about whether I am having children or not. The first salvo that was thrown at me when I wanted to vie for a parliamentary seat was that ... view
• 13 May 2021 in National Assembly: had told me that he wanted to second this Bill has had triplets through assisted reproductive technology. That is the reality. However, not all the stories are rosy. When I brought this Bill, a young woman who is only 38 years old sent me a text message and told me that she had been divorced because she could not have children. I have even seen younger women aged 25 and 26 years who are being threatened with divorce because they have been married for two to three years, but they do not have children. I am here to say that ... view
• 13 May 2021 in National Assembly: gynaecologists who were in this House in the last Parliament, told me that this Bill is very vital. I have since become very educated on medical terms. They told me “when you talk of IVF, it is only one form of assisted reproduction. There are different forms of assisted reproduction. Hence, we should be looking at a wider level.” That is why we no longer refer to this as the IVF Bill but as Assisted Reproduction Technology Bill. We have since had a discussion with them. I will be proposing further amendments based on further research and practices that we ... view
• 13 May 2021 in National Assembly: biological connection to the child. Again, I will let Members decide whether they want that or they want to expand it. The other issue that it seeks to deal with which we have not included here but after further discussions I will bring via amendments, is the issue of national and international surrogacy. If you look at a country like the United States of America, in which a lot of states allow surrogacy, the price is very prohibitive. On the other hand, a country like Sweden is still grappling with the issue of surrogacy but for very interesting reasons. I ... view
• 13 May 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Deputy Speaker, I will stop at that and ask Hon. Peters Owino to second. Thank you. view
• 11 May 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I must confess that I have also not looked at the amendments. We are talking about public collections. Does it also include online collections that start impromptu? Are they subject to approvals? We are going to get into problems. Members will tell you that online collections start every one hour. Are they subject to the 21-day notice? We need to be more realistic? view
• 11 May 2021 in National Assembly: On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. view
• 11 May 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. I am always very diligent. I want to regret on missing this matter on public fundraisers that affects us as Members of Parliament. I am concerned by the fact that as we try to weed out people who abuse the public fundraising process, we might end up harming people with very genuine needs. During these COVID-19 times, when people have funerals, they do not have 21 days. Sometimes people get notices to join universities when bursaries are not there or The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified ... view
• 11 May 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman. If I am getting Hon. Oundo well then, the direction he is taking is not very good. In many countries when you give to society it should be counted when you are giving tax. This is because you are already doing service to the public. If you look at the amount of money, he is saying MPs give to the public and the tax they pay after giving is so much. Almost all your salary is going to the public and then you are taxed. That, tax should rather go direct to the public. ... view
• 6 May 2021 in National Assembly: On behalf of the people of Suba North and the women of Kenya, I vote yes. 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