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    "id": 1555574,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Oketch Gicheru",
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    "content": "The fourth issue is on the menace of acquisition or access to sanitary towels. That should be Government initiatives. When we make Bills in this House, especially on issues that affect women, I want to encourage all female Senators in this House and Parliament in general. Once you have got an opportunity to enter a door, build on it. The truth is that we have a Government Act in place to provide sanitary towels to our female counterparts. I would like to refer to that Act. It is the Basic Education Act of 2017. Section 2(k) of it requires the Ministry of Education to provide free, sufficient and quality sanitary towels to our girls in school. This has been followed with budgetary allocations. There is a standard requirement to respond to this problem. It will be a mischaracterization of our country if we talk about lack of because the provision does exist. External people such as donors might think that the Government of Kenya has never done something like this when that Bill was passed in 2017. It requires that annually, women or girls in school must get nine packs. Section 2(k) is very specific. It states that all girls in our schools must get nine packs of pads per year. That translates to one pack per month. I would like to advise my sister, Sen. Gloria, to look at how we can improve on this, so that we have more. Currently, our girls get about seven pads."
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