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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Orwoba",
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    "content": "provision and access to menstrual hygiene products by requiring the Government to ring-fenced budgets for their purchase and distribution. Additionally, the Bill tackles the root cause, poverty, which is the most sustainable solution. To combat poverty, we aim to promote local manufacturers. We have a local company here, Flora, and every time there is a Government tender for the supply of sanitary pads, whether under the Ministry of Education or Gender, Culture, Arts and Heritage, you will notice that companies like Flora and Fimela and all the local manufacturers employ significantly more people during that period. Now, consider this, if I, as an individual, cannot access sanitary pads because I lack the money, providing me with a sustainable job in one of these factories solves that problem. In that case, there would be no need for donations because I would be able to afford the pads myself. This is one way of dealing with poverty. I agree with the concerns raised by many people online regarding the cost of sanitary pads. The only way to address this issue is to kill the unfair competition posed by products imported from unregulated markets. These imports, priced at as low as Kshs6 or Kshs7 per pack, are then sold on shelves at Kshs80 per pack, allowing importers to make significant profits. Meanwhile, we face recurring complaints about the substandard quality of these products, issues such as girls developing infections and the inability to properly dispose of them due to excessive plastic content. This Bill seeks to put an end to these practices. When people say, 'We are tired of your billboards; do something sustainable,' I want to assure them that this is precisely what I have been working on for the past two years. I am glad for this opportunity to clarify what this Bill targets to achieve. I have immense faith in the legislators who understand the intent of this initiative. The Bill aims to ensure the provision of sanitary towels to vulnerable girls in schools, as well as to girls and women under the care of our prison facilities. Furthermore, it seeks to tackle period poverty holistically by promoting homegrown solutions, fostering county-level engagement and implementing grassroots interventions. The grassroots level will guide us by highlighting that we are not going to---"
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