Suba North MP Millie Odhiambo took her concerns about a grieving teenage girl all the way to the floor of Parliament, stopping short of naming her but leaving little doubt about who she meant.
Speaking in the National Assembly on November 4, 2026, Millie addressed what she described as a deeply troubling situation involving a young girl who lost her mother and has since been very active online.
The girl in question is Sky Victor, daughter of the late gospel singer Betty Bayo, whose recent social media activity has attracted significant public attention.
Sky had taken to social media following a court ruling that directed her and her brother Danny to move in with their biological father, Pastor Victor Kanyari.
Both children publicly expressed their reluctance to leave their stepfather, Hiram Gitau, also known as Tash, with whom they had been living.
Millie’s plea to the children’s department
Millie, speaking carefully in her capacity as a child rights advocate, chose not to mention Sky by name during her address, citing professional obligations.
She told the House she was particularly worried about the kind of content the girl was posting and the nature of comments she was receiving from the public.
”There’s a young girl that I’m very, very concerned about who lost her mother. She’s always on social media. The thing she’s talking about, it’s not good for her. And people, the kind of things people are commenting about her are not also useful for her. She may not notice now, but they’re not good for her personal development,” Millie said.
She called on the children’s department to look into the matter and urged Parliament to consider at what point young people should be allowed to engage freely on social media.
Millie acknowledged the move would not be popular but argued that protecting children sometimes means making difficult decisions.
Parliament debates social media regulation for kids
The MP framed her appeal within a broader conversation about the evolving capacities of children, noting that courts already consider a child’s level of maturity when handling matters affecting them.
She urged the House to adopt a similar approach when thinking about social media access for minors.
The video of her speech quickly spread online, drawing mixed reactions. Some Kenyans sympathised with Millie’s concern for Sky’s wellbeing, while others felt the MP’s energy would have been better directed at the child directly rather than on the parliamentary floor.
