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    "id": 1340872,
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    "speaker_name": "Kajiado County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Leah Sankaire",
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    "content": " Thank you very much, Hon. Temporary Speaker. I take this opportunity to also add my voice to the same. The issue of sanitary towels is a national issue that we all need to see how we are going to work on it so that the sanitary towels can get to our girls. It is unfortunate that this is the third time or so, that we are raising this matter in Parliament. We have been raising it outside Parliament, we have gone to the corridors of the cabinet secretaries and the principal secretaries with no fruitful results. We have decided to bring this matter today before the House because for us, it is not just a girls’ issue, it is a national issue. The issue of sanitary towels does not only affect the girls, but also our families wholesomely. A girl missing school for three or four days every month simply because they cannot afford sanitary towels is not a small issue; it is a national issue that we need to discuss as Members of Parliament. When we passed the budget in this House, we appropriated Ksh940 million towards the purchase of sanitary towels for our girls and it is unfortunate that about four months down the line, the sanitary towels are not yet with us. Every single day, when we, the Women Representatives, go back home, we get calls from the village, head teachers, right, left and centre, telling us the number of girls who are staying at home because they cannot afford the sanitary towels and we have no answer because someone responsible on that is not doing their job. We are simply asking: Can the Ksh940 million be channelled to the Women Representatives so that they can procure these sanitary towels? They are conversant with their counties."
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