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    "id": 1249066,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ezekiel Machogu",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Education",
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        "legal_name": "Ezekiel Machogu Ombaki",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker. In the financial years 2017/2018 and 2018/2019, the Ministry of Education did not receive any money towards the provision of sanitary pads to girls in our schools. The programme was then domiciled in the Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs. I was unable to get the figures from that Ministry, but given time, because we have the one-Government approach, I can get the figures. From 2019 to 2022, the Ministry of Education received a total of Ksh1,585,816,000 for this programme. The breakdown per financial year is as follows. In Financial Year 2019/2020, we received Ksh375 million; in Financial Year 2020/2021, we received a total of Ksh470,480,000; in Financial Year 2021/2022, we received Ksh270,408,000; and in Financial Year 2022/2023, we received a total of Ksh470 million. The total received is Ksh1,585,816,000. The criteria we use in distributing sanitary pads to various counties in the country follows the enrolment of girls in Grades 6, 7 and 8, because it is at that age that we consider that girls need sanitary towels. I have given a breakdown of the quantities given out in terms of packets to every subcounty in Machakos. Members can look at the breakdown because we have given the figures for each subcounty in Machakos. This information is also available for other counties The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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