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    "id": 228556,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/228556/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Ms. Ndung'u",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 361,
        "legal_name": "Susanna Njoki Ndung'u",
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    "content": "Mr. Speaker, Sir, I beg to give notice of the following Motion:- A BILL TO AMEND EMPLOYMENT ACT THAT, in view of the reproductive and the productive role of women in the growth of the Kenyan economy, and noting that the Government is a signatory of the resolution of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) 1994; noting further that the Government committed itself to attaining the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); conscious that both women and children in this country suffer from serious postnatal health problems, this House grants leave to introduce a Bill for an Act of Parliament entitled the Employment (Amendment) Bill to amend the Employment Act, CAP. 226 of the Laws of Kenya, and the Regulations of Wages and Conditions of Employment Act, CAP. 229 of the laws of Kenya, in order to grant all women employees both in the public and in the private sectors three months mandatory paid maternity leave, excluding the annual leave and for male employees, four weeks paternity leave."
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