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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, the two things that I want to highlight when I move this Motion is, one, that there is something called period shaming. It is the culture we have inculcated and we have with many Senators in the House who think that menstruation is something that should not be talked about, be kept private and not seek pride in and celebrate for having been given powers to bring forth life. That it is something shameful. I heard in this House that it is disgraceful and disrespectful. It is because of that, that the culture of period shaming in this country has been pushed. The fact of the matter is that period poverty occurs because of the poverty levels. We have issues around the current provision in the Education (Amendment) Act. I have heard certain individuals saying that there is nothing new we are trying to legislate. However, I want to challenge legislators and lawyers to go and read the amendment that was slid into the Education Act. I want to ask them three questions. What is the frequency of provision of sanitary towels? What is the minimum budget allocation for these sanitary towels? Who stipulates which schools that get prioritized in terms of that piece of legislation? When it comes to procurement, I want to challenge the legislators and the lawyers out there, to tell me as much as we are following the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act, 2015 on getting these free sanitary towels, is it really pushing the local manufacturing industry? We have local manufacturers of Sanitary towels who have closed---"
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