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    "id": 1579498,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Laikipia County, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Jane Kagiri",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to raise concerns regarding Supplementary Estimates III. I sit in the Budget and Appropriations Committee. I am well aware that the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Social Protection submitted to our Budget and Appropriations Committee a request for reinstatement of Ksh500 million that was deducted from the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF) in the Second Supplementary Estimates. It leaves me wondering why the request was not honoured. Hon. Deputy Speaker, the NGAAF serves the vulnerable, including women, widows, People with Disabilities (PwDs), and needy students. When we do not make it a priority to service the NGAAF, I wonder if it is our people we are trying to stifle and weaken. Second, we have a challenge with the money meant for sanitary towels. Let me teach this House a little Biology. Our female students in schools have monthly periods. It is one year later, and we are still seeking money for sanitary towels for our students. I think it is a dishonour! I believe that in this House, everybody is related to a young girl in this country, either as an uncle, a father, a brother, or even a grandfather. Let us be sensitive to the needs of our girls. We owe them their money. Such money is required urgently. Roads are not a bigger priority than the health of our students, women, and children! Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker."
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