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    "id": 1166233,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1166233/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Nyamunga",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Rose Nyamunga Ogendo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir, for giving me an opportunity to support this Petition by Ms. Julia, who would like to have us amend Section 29 of the Employment Act. It is very unfortunate that such a thing exists. In fact, I think it is a very big oversight by Members of Parliament or even members of the public because this should have been brought to the attention of Parliament long time ago. Any time a woman is carrying a child, it is a very delicate and long process, such that if you end up having that pregnancy terminated or losing such a child, you become more traumatized than a woman who has given birth and has a baby. Even as the woman who delivered a baby recovers from the whole process of carrying the baby and delivery, the one who has lost a baby has double tragedy. I want support all my colleagues who have supported this amendment. It is important that we find a way of this Petition becoming a Motion and eventually into a Bill, so that it is done with a lot of speed because it is very traumatizing. I cannot overemphasize the trauma of going through the pregnancy, losing the child and then going back to work immediately. Every time you meet your colleagues, they will not know what you may have gone through. Everybody will be asking such a woman, ‘how is the baby?’ It is traumatizing. Such a woman should be given enough time to recover and go through the process of healing. The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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