ODHIAMBO, MILLIE GRACE AKOTH

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I just want to inform Senior Counsel Hon. Otiende Amolo that part of the reason why they are having problems is that the entire legal team was made up of men. There are no...

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) On a point of information, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) It was actually a point of information; not a point of order. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. (Dr) Rachael Nyamai) : I am obliged to ask Hon. Lillian Gogo whether she would like to be informed by Hon. Millie Odhiambo. Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North,...

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I can see the House is welcoming me. I am getting used to sitting in the position of the Leader of the Minority Party. I consulted you on the side on behalf of Hon. Otiende Amollo yesterday in relation to...

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Thank you for giving me this opportunity. I just want to acknowledge that you have said: “The one occupying”. Gen. Zs have already told us to occupy. Why can I not occupy the position of the Leader of the Minority Party if they can...

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker for your guidance. I stand with a lot of respect and concern about what you have said. I appreciate what you have said that we can refer to both the Bill and the Report of the Committee. However, one of...

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker for your guidance. I stand with a lot of respect and concern about what you have said. I appreciate what you have said that we can refer to both the Bill and the Report of the Committee. However, one of...

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I do not know whether you are giving me an opportunity to speak or to inform the Member. She has already sat down. Hon. Deputy Speaker I just saw your intervention. You can proceed to inform the House. Hon....

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity… (Hon. Rozaah Buyu consulted loudly) Hon. Deputy Speaker Hon. Rozaah, please, allow Hon. Millie Odhiambo to speak. Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, there is just a lot of excitement…

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. There is a lot of excitement concerning the on-going issues relating to the Finance Bill. As you 18th June 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 28 Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM)know, our party is having a Parliamentary Group Meeting. I...

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Hon. Deputy Speaker, you are helping him. Have you given him a chance or should I proceed? Hon. Deputy Speaker Allow Hon. Millie to prosecute her matter. Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I will proceed. As I have...

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) What is your point of order, Hon. Millie Odhiambo? Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. (Laughter)

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. The Temporary Speaker (Hon. Farah Maalim) What is your point of order, Hon. Millie Odhiambo? Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am sure you must have noted that we are...

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for this opportunity. I will be brief. I know that several Members have spoken to the amendments on the National Youth Authority Act. However, I wish to disagree with them. Hon. Sakaja brought the Bill due to the concern...

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I wish to support this Bill because, for many years, I have worked on the issue of equality. Equality is ensuring that everyone is at par, while equity is about bringing those left behind...

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker.

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I apologise to the Chairman of the Budget and appropriations Committee, who is also my Chairman. I do not want to interrupt him. However, Hon. Temporary Speaker, I do not think it is in order for Hon. Osoro to...

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Chairman. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : I have hardly read a clause, Hon. Millie. Is it on Clause 3? Please go ahead. 13th May 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 39 Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM)...

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I request the Chairman of the Committee to clarify the proposed amendment. From the current flooding, we have seen it is more effective where you have an intergovernmental framework on disaster management. It becomes problematic if counties and the...

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I know that it is a bit late in the day, but I encourage the Chairperson, if at a later date the Committee could reconsider and bring another body. I wish they had proposed an amendment. When we remove the inter-governmental...

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. As much as I do not oppose that proposed amendment, I request the Committee Chairman if he could consider adopting my amendment. This is because it seeks to include the Cabinet Secretary for gender. It is because of special...

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 14 of the Bill be amended in subclause (2) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (f) — Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, sorry I am not getting you....

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM)Sorry, Hon. Temporary Chairman.

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, maybe, the Chairman did not listen to me when I was moving. I said, many boards usually have problems because of clauses like this one. It has become good governance practice not to get permission from the chairperson. If a member...

Hon. Millie-Odhiambo Mabona (Suba North, ODM)Hon. Temporary Chairman, I wish to support the Chairperson. Part of the things that I have been telling you about is good governance practice. I think this is very good governance practice, and I hope most of the drafters can pick this one. Once you...

Hon. Millie-Odhiambo Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I beg to move: 13th May 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 49 Hon. Millie-Odhiambo Mabona (Suba North, ODM)THAT, Clause 24 of the Bill be amended in subclause (1) by deleting the words “or otherwise in writing from time to time”....

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, clause 35? The Temporary Chairman (Hon. David Ochieng’) : Yes. Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Do I really have an amendment on clause 35? Oh! Sorry Hon. Chairman. Let me check. Even when I am checking my own amendment, I...

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM Hon. Chair, I am not too sure whether the zebra approach is actually on the proposed… He talks about gender equity, which I really support. But the (b) which the Chair has graciously agreed to adopt is talking of the zebra approach for chair...

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 40 of the Bill be amended in sub clause (3) (h) (i) , by inserting the word “on” before the word “legislative” (Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah spoke off the record) (Laughter) Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North,...

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) You are not on the microphone.

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. You have said exactly what I wanted to. There are places that are prone to disasters and 13th May 2024 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES 56 Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM)others where they suddenly happen like what we saw recently....

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I beg to move: THAT, clause 56 of the Bill be amended in sub clause (2) by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (b) — “ (ba) establishment of designated public convergence zones in case of emergencies’...

Hon. Millie Odhiambo -Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Yes, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I wish to amend the schedule. However, in agreement with the Leader of the Majority Party, I will only move amendments (a) and (b) and drop part (c) which changes the architecture because we did not provide for it...

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Hon. Temporary Chairman, sometimes, I make many amendments. I made this particular one when I was airborne with one of the clerks. She told me that she now understands why I had so many amendments. While people were sleeping, I was moving my amendments...

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM)Thank you Hon. Temporary Chairman. I also want to commend the Leader of the Majority Party and Chairman of the Committee. I was telling the Leader of the Majority Party off record, but I now want to tell him on record, that he needs to...

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) On a point of order.

Hon. Millie Odhiambo-Mabona (Suba North, ODM) Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I wish to raise a concern regarding the National Disaster Risk Management Bill. My proposed amendments do not appear in the Order Paper and yet, I sent them about three weeks ago.