Suba North Member of Parliament (MP) Millie Odhiambo is set to move a motion in parliament regulating the number of times a member can be nominated to either house of parliament.

In a statement posted on her Facebook account on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, according to the outspoken MP, multiple nominations have undermined the spirit of affirmative action.

According to Millie Odhiambo, who once enjoyed this opportunity of being nominated by the Orange Democratic Movement from 2007 to 2013 before the advent of the new constitution and also before being elected as Suba North representative.

 She argues that the nomination slots often offered to women, youths and marginalised groups were originally intended to act as a launching pad into the political scene such that, once offered, a member was to try in the next elective cycle to contest like other politicians.

Mabona argues that allowing a single member to enjoy the nomination repeatedly denies other people who deserve the chance to be locked out.

“I am bringing legislation limiting the times a person can be nominated for a seat. It defeats the purpose for which affirmative action was created if one person is nominated every election cycle. The nomination serves as a launching pad, and once or twice is enough. After that, please go for a competitive seat.” Mabona stated.

This comes days after embattled former senator Gloria Orwoba opened up that before the nomination slot was handed to her, her party leader William Ruto advised her to use the chance well so that in 2027 she could go for an elective seat.

The president, according to Orwoba, also warned her not to follow the trend where most leaders, after being awarded the nomination slot, again approach party heads for another term as nominated representatives.

She said that she took the advice, and this was the basis of her current ambitions to run for the Borabu parliamentary race.

Farouk’s suggestion

President Ruto’s aide, Farouk Kibet, on the other side, recently came out, offering a different perspective on the nomination slots, saying that they should all be preserved for people with disabilities only.

Farouk, who was speaking during a forum aimed at raising funds for PWDS in the Malava constituency, urged lawmakers who were present at that function to table a motion in parliament that was to see only people with disabilities considered for nomination slots.

“Mimi nataka sheria iwekwe kwamba nomination yote Kenya iwe ni senator, iwe ni mbunge, iwe ni MCAs, hakuna mtu mwenye afya mzuri anafaa kupatiwa nomination. Tupatie walemavu Kenya mzima,” he said.