Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona

All parliamentary appearances

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• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: My first issue is that everyone has agreed that it is a popular initiative under Article 257 of the Constitution. Is there an Executive Initiative? That is something I would like the Speaker to respond to whether there is an Executive Initiative. There has been a reference to an Executive Initiative. Does the Constitution, and not our conjecture, make a reference to an Executive Initiative? view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Secondly, is there a ranking of rights by positions? For instance, do I have a greater right to life than a fish monger in Rusinga Island? Is there ranking of rights in the Constitution and again not by my subjective thoughts? Constitutionally, is there a ranking of rights? Does the President have a greater right to life than I do? Does another citizen holding, either now or in the past, a senior political position has a higher ranking of rights than I do? view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Third, is on the issue of popular initiative, I seek your guidance that if during public participation people give different views, say during the period the promoters have gone around seeking views and we have 100 different views in regard to this, do we then take all their views and bring them to Parliament? Will there be a framing of 100 view questions? Who then becomes the promoter? Is it the 100 people with different views or the original promoters? In that sense, how do we deal with the issue that has emanated from the courts about public participation being ... view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: The other issue is, can a constitutional provision that has been moved by Kenyans, that Kenyans have desired, in itself be considered unconstitutional? Hon. Speaker, I hope you are getting me. view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Can a constitutional provision moved by Kenyans on their own be considered unconstitutional? view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Speaker, I can actually put it in three levels. One, can a proposed amendment be unconstitutional? view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: That is a different thing. However, once it is passed, can a constitutional provision be considered unconstitutional? I am not talking about where there is a clash. Can a substantive passing in the Constitution be unconstitutional? My other issue is that can Kenyans… Somebody is saying that lawyers are asking very strange issues. The Speaker is a lawyer. He understands me. It is not a House of lawyers, but a House of passing laws. I would want to encourage those who are worried... Let me not encourage. Hon. Speaker, I thank you. I can see my sister, Hon. Janet, who ... view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: practised in the Commonwealth. However, we told them that in the Commonwealth, people were not raping two-year olds. So, can we pass a sui generis system that recognises our realities? view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Finally, when there is an error that is noticed after the passage, how do we balance the role of Parliament vis-à-vis the constitutional interpretation role of the Supreme Court? view
• 28 Apr 2021 in National Assembly: Thank you, Hon. Speaker. view