MP Millie Odhiambo Causes Stir with ‘Donge’ Remark in Parliament
Legislator Millie Odhiambo on Tuesday left parliament in stitches when she punctuated her speech with the word ‘donge’
The law maker was clarifying a point before the housethat the former aide to the Prime Minister Caroli Omondi is not a Luo, but a native of Suba.
The house was left in stitches when Millie Odhiambo said ‘donge’ then was quick to defend her usage of the Luo word saying.
“Donge is an international word. It has been accepted into the dictionary” said Odhiambo as lawmakers, their political alienationsforgotten, all rolled with laughter.
The word ‘donge’ was made popular after a local television station aired a Kisumu man complaining about the election result. The man, Felix Ochii, even got interviewed later on television was even hosted at The Churchill Live Show.
Millie Odhiambo is the only female Member of Parliament from Nyanza. She won the Mbita parliamentary seat with a landslide.
Source- standardmedia.co.ke
About Millie Odhiambo
Millie Grace Akoth Odhiambo Mabona (born 1 November 1966) is a Kenyan politician. She originally trained as a lawyer, and has been a member of parliament since 2008. She was first nominated and later elected as a Member of Mbita Constituency, (now Suba North Constituency).
Odhiambo was born in 1966 in Homa Bay to Harrison Odhiambo and Damaris Auma Odhiambo.She is the fourth of eight children.[2] Her father Harrison Odhiambo died in 1973 in a boating accident, a moment that Odhiambo says helped spur her interest in politics.
Millie attended Homa Bay Primary School, St. Francis Girls Secondary School and Limuru Girls High School before she attended the University of Nairobi in 1986. She graduated in 1990 with a Bachelor of Laws degree.[4] She would later study in the United States, Sweden and Italy.
She began her career in the attorney general’s office practicing civil litigation before moving on to human rights law, with an emphasis on women and children. In 1999 she served as chairperson of Coalition on Violence Against Women-Kenya and from 2000 to 2008 was the founder and director of the CRADLE Children’s Foundation, an organization working to improve children’s rights in the legal system.
MP Millie Odhiambo Causes Stir with ‘Donge’ Remark in Parliament
