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    "id": 1380473,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1380473/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Aisha Jumwa",
    "speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Gender, Culture, the Arts and Heritage",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 691,
        "legal_name": "Aisha Jumwa Katana",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. The mandate to transfer the implementation of sanitary towels project to public primary schools from the State Department for Basic Education to the State Department for Gender and Affirmative Action was communicated vide letter reference number RES1212/23/01 dated 12th September 2023. In December 2023, the Department received a sum of Ksh876 million from the National Treasury. Based on the data received from the State Department for Basic Education, 2,293,251 girls in public schools across the country will benefit from this programme. The Department started the procurement process in December 2023. The tender was advertised on 19th December 2023. Currently, the procurement process is at the final stage. Qualified bidders have signed contracts. Once procured, sanitary towels will be distributed to the county education offices. An implementation framework has been adopted whereby a multi-sectoral structure has been established right from the national to the county level. The acceptance committees will be established at points of delivery to ensure compliance and adherence to procurement laws. The first batch of sanitary towels is expected to be delivered by early April 2024. Upon delivery, the Office of Woman Representative will officially launch the towels. As regards matters of the 2021/2022 Financial Year, I request that the breakdown of the funds allocated and disbursed for the provision of sanitary pads from July 2022 to June 2023 be sought from the State Department for Basic Education, which was responsible for the implementation of the programme during the stated period. I submit."
}