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    "id": 1341484,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Kirinyaga County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Njeri Maina",
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    "content": "Education who indicated the need to have progressive consultations with the Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Gender and Affirmative Action. I want to confirm that more than 30 county women Members of the National Assembly had a sitting with the Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Gender and Affirmative Action, Hon. Aisha Jumwa, to discuss the issue of sanitary towels. When we were signing the Kenya Kwanza Women’s Charter, our Government promised to give free sanitary towels. In this day and age, sanitary towels are still a pressing concern for majority of girls in Kirinyaga County in parts of Mwea, Gichugu, Ndia and Kirinyaga Central. I am certain this is the same for many Members. As women representatives, we have exhausted our personal finances on ensuring that we buy sanitary towels so that girls can go back to school. I was addressing this Parliament last week and confirmed that we have not yet received our National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF) funds. In all honesty, we must be told by the Cabinet Secretary for Public Service Gender and Affirmative Action and the Cabinet Secretary for Education where the Ksh940 million for sanitary towels is. We need that money to buy sanitary towels as soon as yesterday. Periods are not something girls can say they want to do away with. It is not an option. They have periods every month. I want to urge this House to take that issue seriously and as a matter of urgency. Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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