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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Ms.) Nyasuna",
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        "legal_name": "Gladys Atieno Nyasuna",
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    "content": "concerned. This is because many of our facilities lack maternity equipment. Many mothers have to buy some of the materials needed. What is saddening for me is that the issue of the free sanitary towels programme has not featured anywhere in this programme. It has just fallen off the radar. If there is an area that I would like the Budget and Appropriations Committee to amend then it is this particular area. Bring back the free sanitary towels programme. It might be little money, but it makes a big difference in the lives of those girls who receive the sanitary towels. Today in the Departmental Committee on Labour and Social Welfare, we received elders led by one Chibule wa Tsuma, who I think was a former Member of Parliament. They were saying that in our social protection programmes in the constituencies’ social committees, they want the elders association to produce someone to sit in that committee on behalf of the elders. They said that they would like elders to also take care of their own interests. I am glad to see that the social protection programmes have been boosted. That is a good thing. I would also like to thank the Budget and Appropriations Committee for increasing money for the CDF and also for ensuring that the Affirmative Action Fund continues. It is a good thing and it has been done in good faith. We also want to promise that this Fund will not be in vain. We shall definitely see results. As I conclude, I want to agree with hon. Gichigi, who talked about the additional money being given to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission. We must see results for what we are giving money for."
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