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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Thika Town, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Alice Ng’ang’a",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. When we hear some of these things, one would think they are watching a movie. Women were lined up just because of a natural thing that takes place in every woman. It is very sad that they were lined up and did what they did to them. What is so sad is that a woman subjected them to that act. Serious action needs to be taken. Wherever women are working, they need to be accorded respect and a conducive environment for them to work and be productive. But when someone does this, yet they are not sure who has done it, they punish the entire group, including even the woman who had put it there. If a proper facility existed, an act like that would not have happened. I do not think that was her first time experiencing menstrual periods. We always experience menstrual periods every month. It happens. It occurs every month and so, there is no news of menstrual periods at any given time. When you see such an act happening, it always happens that the company has not given them a facility where they can deposit them. When the company did not do that, the lady had to look for somewhere to put the sanitary towel. Or did they want her to put it in her bag and go home with it? It is very sad. Action needs to be taken for people to know that they need to treat women properly. Even if something like that happens, I need to educate the House; they need to know that we sometimes even leave the House not knowing that our menstrual periods will come on our way to work. It happens. What, then, are you supposed to do? To be chased out of work? Or should I leave Parliament because I am having my menstrual period? That is very sad. Proper action needs to be taken, and those people should be brought to book so that they can be an example to the rest of the companies not to treat women inhumanely. Thank you very much, Hon. Speaker."
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