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    "speaker_name": "Mr. Balala",
    "speaker_title": "The Minister for Tourism",
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        "legal_name": "Najib Mohamed Balala",
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    "content": " Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I want to stand here and support this Motion. I want to assure you that earlier, there was an absence of Government Ministers. But now, the Government is fully represented by very senior Ministers. So, the Government fully supports this Motion. I want to congratulate Eng. Gumbo for bringing up this subject. This subject is not an issue for a girl or a boy; or a man or a woman. It is not an issue of gender. It is an issue of the population of Kenya that is affected. About 52 per cent of Kenya’s population is made up of women. We have to integrate women in our national development; and education is key. If majority of girls cannot afford sanitary towels in primary and secondary schools, then it is the responsibility of the Government to intervene. If the Government cannot intervene in issues like this which are sensitive to our own society, then it has no business being the Government. The Government has done a lot to support education; both for boys and girls and today, the Government has made an announcement formally that this issue of the girl child is very important and, particularly, on the issue of sanitary towels. The Prime Minister has raised this issue and has mentioned that it is critical. It needs to be addressed by the Government. I support the establishment of a department so that it can look at the co-ordination and delivery of those sanitary towels to the girl-child. I believe most of those children or girls who have been affected come from marginalized communities and semi-arid areas, where there is no infrastructure and effectiveness of service delivery. That is why it is important for us to also look at the marginalized areas and marginalized communities and educate them on how to use them. We should make sure that when they use them, they attend school. Mr. Temporary Deputy Speaker, Sir, I feel that this is an important Motion that has been brought here and we, in the Government, fully support it. With those few remarks, I beg to support."
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