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Toto was almost delivering: Millie Odhiambo recounts Gen Z’s invasion of Parliament
30th June, 2026 03:17 PM
Suba North Member of Parliament (MP) Millie Odhiambo has shared a chilling account of the day protesters breached Parliament during the Gen Z demonstrations in 2024, describing scenes of panic, confusion and fear inside the precincts.
Speaking about the events in a candid conversation with podcaster Chaxxy on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, the Suba North MP said the opposition lawmakers had opposed most of the proposed amendments before deciding to stage a walkout after failing to stop them.
“On that day was the invasion of parliament. I was in the house, and we opposed most of the amendments, and we did not succeed. When we saw we were not succeeding, we decided to march out,” Millie narrated.
Odhiambo recalled that as the opposition MPs were leaving Parliament to address the media, they received information that a young person had been shot outside the precincts.
“When we were marching out, we were going to give a presser, but on our way we were told a young person had been shot outside parliament,” she recalled.
Hooded people with guns
She said she then noticed a group of hooded people carrying guns, prompting her to turn back.
“Then I saw a group of hooded people with guns; because I was very vocal, I turned and went back not into the house but around the lounge, because I did not know who they were, and after a while I was informed that Parliament had been breached on the side of the Senate,” she said.
A short while later, she was informed that protesters had breached Parliament through the Senate side.
“I ran back into parliament and warned the other parliamentarians, and I told them to leave because parliament had been breached and the Gen Z who were coming in had been infiltrated and the other people who had come in who are not necessarily Gen Z, but I was chased; they told me I was trying to scare them. I remember I had run barefoot,” she added.
MPs scrambling to escape
Odhiambo said the situation quickly descended into chaos as MPs scrambled to escape.
“One of my colleagues fainted in the tunnel; there was Toto who was almost delivering; it was terrible,” she recalled.
She added that lawmakers employed different escape tactics to avoid the advancing crowds.
“Members tried to camouflage. People got into ambulances, people were picked up in choppers, and some members told me they ran into other buildings, and when they went, the watchman did not allow them in,” Millie narrated.
Emotional moments
One of the most emotional moments for her, she said, was encountering MPs living with disabilities who pleaded for help.
“I went back to pick up my bag at the launch and found some of the disabled members; that was my saddest moment in parliament because they asked me to help them, and I did not know what to do,” she said.
“They told me, Millie, they know you and they do not have issues with you, but the problem is there was infiltration, so I told them I do not think there is anybody who will attack a person with a disability. I told them I will just pray for you, but unfortunately I have to leave.”
She said she later encountered more MPs who had collapsed in the tunnel as panic gripped Parliament, adding that the invasion could have been avoided.
“That is when I ran and found others in the tunnel fainting; it was chaotic. It was a terrible day, but it could have been avoided,” she added.
