Millie Odhiambo: I'm doing my heart's desire

Nominated MP Millie Odhiambo, 44, is happy she has achieved her desire to champion the cause of women and children. She spoke to Rhoydah Nyambane

I have walked closely in my mother’s footsteps and, I can say she has been my source of inspiration. I am the fourth child of Mama Damaris Odhiambo and the late Harrison Odhiambo, a former Member of the Nyanza Regional Assembly. He wanted to represent the people of Mbita in Parliament in 1974, unfortunately he died in a boat accident a year before the elections, leaving my mother with six children. At the time of his death, my mother was expecting. She was blessed with twins, and the family grew to eight.