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    "id": 1174464,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Madzayo",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Stewart Mwachiru Shadrack Madzayo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I beg to lay the following Petition Report on the Table of the Senate today, 7th June, 2022. With your kind permission, if you will allow me, I will make a few comments. This Petition concerns appropriate leave rights for women who miscarry and suffer stillbirths. The Petition was reported to the Senate on Tuesday, 15th February, 2022, by the Speaker of the Senate. One of the salient issues raised in the Petition is that Section 29 of the Employment Act provides for maternity and paternity leave. It does not provide for a definition of “maternity leave”. This has led to the practice that maternity leave is entitled to a woman who has given birth, including those who suffer from miscarriage and still births. Taking into consideration the phycological and physiological trauma that usually accompanies miscarriages and stillbirths, the Petitioner humbly prays that the Senate intervenes in the matter, with the view of introducing an amendment to the Employment Act; to make a provision for appropriate leave for women who miscarry or experience stillbirths. Pursuant to Standing Order No.232 (1) of the Second Schedule to the Standing Orders of the Senate, the Petition was committed to the Standing Committee on Labour and Social Welfare. During the Committee’s enquiry on the Petition, the Committee was not able to reach the petitioner to prosecute her Petition, as she had failed to provide her contacts. The matter was considered at a sitting held on Friday, 13th May, 2022."
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