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    "id": 34551,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/34551/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Eng. Gumbo",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 24,
        "legal_name": "Nicholas Gumbo",
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    "content": "Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, I beg to move the following Motion:- THAT, recognizing that menstruation for girls without access to sanitary towels is a major contributor to girls dropping out of school; recalling that according to the Ministry of Education and the Girl Child Network, Kenyan primary and secondary schools have at least 4.5 million girls between ages 15 to 25, at least three-fifths, or 2.7 million of whom miss four to five days of school per month due to lack of funds to purchase sanitary towels combined with inadequate sanitary facilities at their schools; conscious that these lost learning days each month impede their ability to compete in the classroom and leads to low self-esteem, higher drop-out rates resulting in lower future wages and diminished economic productivity; acknowledging that the right to education under the Constitution has a collateral obligation on the Government to avail uninterrupted access to education to all children irrespective of their gender; concerned that for many years little attention has been paid by the Government to the problem of interruption of learning by school going girls due to lack of sanitary towels during this critical moment; this House resolves that the Government immediately establish a department under the Ministry of Education to facilitate, coordinate, source and receive funds for and sustain a nationwide programme to distribute sanitary towels to all school going girls in primary and secondary schools in the country."
}