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    "id": 744884,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/744884/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Oyugi",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Augostinho Neto Oyugi",
        "slug": "augostinho-neto-oyugi"
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    "content": "Clause 6 is fairly important with regard to having flexible working conditions and the manner of assignment of work, so that instead of having loss of man-hours, at least, the flexibility will give mothers a chance to work in a manner that is also psychologically good for them and for the children. Clause 7 of this Bill, which provides that there must be spaces where baby-changing facilities are provided for, is also good. The baby-changing facilities ought to be part and parcel of the lactation area. The lactation area should not just be for purposes of feeding, but they should also be safe spaces where you can, once or twice, prescribe to have caregivers. One of the things I am not seeing being taken care of in this Bill is the place for caregivers. Where are you going to have a lactating baby? Who takes care of the baby when the mother is at work? There ought to be an arrangement where there is both space for the mother and the caregivers. It ought to be one that looks in the overarching scenario of baby care which is not just about breastfeeding. You need to think about who takes care of the baby when the mother is at work because the baby cannot be alone in the lactation space. The general penalty that is prescribed in this Bill, though pegged at Kshs500,000 needs to be distinguished in terms of sections. I know general penalties cover all the sections but there is already a penalty that has been covered in Clause 4 of the Bill. Therefore, there ought to be other penalties that would not have been envisaged that we need to think about. All in all, it is a very good Bill. One, it is going to help in giving lactating mothers space. Two, most of the things that have been contained substantively in the Bill ought to be issues of regulations. Third and last, the space for caregivers needs to be taken into consideration so that we care for both lactating mothers and caregivers. I support the Bill."
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