ODHIAMBO, MILLIE GRACE AKOTH

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. On behalf of the IPU delegation in Kenya, I wish to congratulate our President. Kenya played a very significant role in ensuring that she was elected. Also on behalf of the Women of this Parliament, we are very proud when we see women Speakers. We are...

Thank you. I appreciate you, Hon. Speaker, because having served in the House, you understand that Members have needs in the constituencies. I want to ask a question which is similar to what the Member for Gichugu has raised. Mine is a policy issue. When the construction of a road...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I rise to support this Bill. I want to thank the Committee for coming up with a very comprehensive Bill. Cooperatives are very helpful and they provide a necessary economic boost, especially for Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) . These are areas that if...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. Even though I agree with Hon. Bowen that our communities are suffering because of people stealing all our transformers, it would be punitive to punish the person who hired out their vehicle. When you hire out your vehicle, the client does not tell you that...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. That is, however, discriminatory because the tallest men should be speaking before. But having said that, I thank Hon. Dr Lilian Gogo for bringing this before the House. Article 43 of our Constitution provides for the right to the highest attainable standard of health, including...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Unless, you speak in an American accent, you will not be allowed to speak. On behalf of the people of Suba North and Kenyans at large, I want to congratulate Hon. Huldah for this win. She is a Kenyan immigrant who went to the USA....

Yes. Do you have something to say? Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for acknowledging that I come from Suba North. The issues that Hon. Catherine Omanyo has raised affect my constituency very much, mainly because it borders Tanzania and Uganda at Remba, Ringiti and Mfangano Islands. The issue of harassment...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I wish to support the Bill with amendments. I will be very brief, just as the Bill is. I agree with Hon. Baya that the issues that we were dealing with earlier on were not considered as substantive business. The substantive business of the House...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker for giving me an opportunity. I want Hon. Members to benefit from the experience of senior people like me. I have seen Hon. Members were very keen on the previous Motion and when some of them did not get time, they left. Yeah. They do...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. It is actually divine that I got an opportunity to speak after my brother who is alleging that sciences are better than the arts. When I was in Form 2 and we were choosing subjects, I was one of the best science students. When we...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. What is out of order, Hon. Millie Odhiambo? Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Is Hon. Osoro in order to impute improper motive on me by inferring that I only follow candidates who are likely to win? I am a woman of principle....

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Chairman. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : What is your point of order, Hon. Millie? Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I just want to request that, to enable us to move fast, instead of reading out the amendment, could the Chairperson just...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. I also want to thank the Chairperson for adopting my proposed amendments to that clause. This proposed amendment is beneficial because it addresses cases like that of the woman who died due to botched beauty enhancement procedures. Moving forward, I hope there will be provisions...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : Order, Hon. Millie. Let me propose the question first before you speak. (Question of the amendment proposed) Hon. Millie, you may proceed. Hon. Temporary Chairman, allow me to address this matter now so that I do not need...

On a point of information. The Temporary Chairman (Hon. Omboko Milemba) : Hon. Kaluma, are you willing to be informed?

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Chairman. There is a Member who has asked off the record, whom I do not know, whether that is a magician or a herbalist. I did this at a master's level. We, as Africans, discredit ourselves sometimes on the knowledge we have on herbs which form...

Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. On my behalf and on behalf of the people of Suba North, I offer my condolences to the family, friends, relatives and the people of Alego Usonga on the demise of Hon. Oloo Aringo. Many people have spoken about his...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Yes, Whip of the Minority Party. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am wondering whether the Member is in order to make the comments that he has made about the Chairman of the Budget and Appropriations Committee, especially at a time when...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I am actually glad that one of the Members has talked about the framers of this Constitution. They are still alive and I am one of them. One of the things that we need to do is to go back to the legislative history of...

Thank you. Give me an opportunity after the next person because I am still consulting Hon. Kajwang’. I thought we were still on the issue of the Senate and the National Assembly. You know, we traditionally come from the same area. We are consulting on something to do with the...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Yes, Whip of Minority Party. Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Actually, we were speaking about this matter earlier on. I, especially, encourage the Majority side to take this matter seriously. The chairs of committees are not doing their work and they are...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity. I wish to support the Report. However, I will be commenting on areas that I think the Committee could have done better. I grew up in a very small, but fairly cosmopolitan town. The majority of people in the town...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Whip of the Minority Party, what is out of order? Apologies to the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning. Please take your seat. That is the Standing Order. Hon. Temporary Speaker, my apologies. I have heard him repeat...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker, for giving me this opportunity and also for intimidating us with Kiswahili. I have no clue what you have said, but I trust you have said good things. Having said so, I thank the Mover for clarifying that this Bill....

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Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. That is not a point of information. He is seeking clarification. I can assure my brother that I passed the proficiency test for Kiswahili language that is spoken in Kenya, but not in Tanzania. Hon. Temporary Speaker has spoken Tanzanian Kiswahili. I can manage the...

Hon. Temporary Speaker, I do not mind being informed, only if you will compensate my time that has been taken by Hon.

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Indeed, I will not only donate Rig or be rigged to Rangwe Constituency, but I will also donate Rough Silk by Deborah Tendo, which is an amazing book. I thank Kenyans for their writing and storytelling culture and speaking the unspoken. I will donate the...

On a point of order, Hon. Temporary Speaker. Yes, Hon. Millie Odhiambo. What is your point of order? Sorry, Hon. Temporary

Hon. Speaker, I beg to lay the following Paper on the Table: Report on public views arising from public participation on the Motion on

Thank you Hon. Speaker for giving me this opportunity. I was just wondering if after speaking to the public participation, I could also just make my contribution. You have 15 minutes within which you have to speak to all those. Okay. Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I will try. Earlier on...

On a point of information. Order, Members. Yes, Hon. Millie. I do not know if Hon. Sunkuli has allowed me to inform him.

Hon. Speaker, I want to inform Hon. Sunkuli that those words are acceptable, as long as they are in quotes. In fact, people saying, “Kufa dereva, kufa makanga,” are the ones crucifying the Deputy President. By saying that "the makanga" should die, they are not referring to "the dereva.” People...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. Is the Hon. Chair, in order to purport to speak with authority over things he knows nothing about? He may be a surgeon, but he does not go through what we go through. So, he cannot be an authority on our bodies. For those of us...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. We are not finishing, Hon. (Dr) Pukose. We just want him to be better educated. I am bringing what is called the Family Reproductive Health Care Bill based on my personal experience with reproductive issues. When I was in the Office of the Attorney- General, I...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker. (Hon. Millie Odhiambo used Sign Language) Order! I was trying to use Sign Language but discovered that on this, I am the one with a disability. Other than that, I want to welcome the Kenya Association for the Deaf to Parliament which is led by Mr...

Thank you Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity. At the outset, I support this Motion. I served in the Pan African Parliament in the 12th Parliament. One of the reasons I support this Protocol is that it addresses some of the reasons for which I was not very...

On a point of order, Hon. Deputy Speaker. Hon. Odhiambo, what is your point of order? Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. With due respect to the Hon. Member. I sit in the Departmental Committee on Defence, Intelligence and Foreign Relations, and, indeed, this Committee gave a public notice for public...

On a point of information, Hon. Deputy Speaker.

Thank you, Hon. Member. I understand you, but I just wish to inform you on the reason I actually moved the Treaty Making and Ratification Act. Without this Act, you would not be debating. The Bill itself actually enables Parliament to debate the treaties. The way treaties are made or...

Thank you, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I support this Bill and thank Hon. KJ who is very passionate about technology. I normally accompany him to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) . He is usually our expert on technology that proudly showcases Kenyan excellence. I also wish to thank the Committee. I will...

Thank you, Hon. Speaker and Bwana Cabinet Secretary. I heard the CS speaking very well about nurturing talents. As a Member of Parliament for Suba North and as a child rights advocate, I want to raise the case of Clare Mary, who was identified and spent four months training for...

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 women and yet, there are brilliant...