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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Kubai Iringo",
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        "legal_name": "Cyprian Kubai Iringo",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker for giving me this opportunity to contribute to this Bill. First and foremost, I rise to support the Bill and congratulate the drafter of the Bill, Hon. Sabina Chege of Murang’a County. I know she came up with this one because she is a candidate to this effect. I fully agree with the Bill. We are told by medics that mothers should breastfeed children for many months. There are those mothers who breastfeed for over one year. Therefore, this basic right of a child should not be denied simply because the mother is working. Mothers should be given ample time to raise babies in a healthy way. Breastmilk is said to be the best food for a child during the first six months. However, there are jobs which are demanding and they block mothers from breastfeeding their children adequately. We know of mothers who are forced to go to work at night, say, nurses. In this regard, babies are denied their right to breast milk. So, providing for lactation spaces in premises for mothers to breastfeed their babies is something that will help a great deal. Indeed, mothers will have their privacy as they breastfeed their children. I want to believe that the spaces will be of high hygienic conditions. This is because the Bill spells out what a lactation room should have, for example, a fridge, wash basins, water, lockers and so on. It should also be well aerated. This Bill lacks something which I think Hon. Sabina will include during the Committee of the whole House. It does not provide for space for the caregivers. You cannot keep the baby alone in the lactation room. There must be somebody to take care of it. This Bill should also provide for that person who will be taking care of the baby when the mother is at work. We know there are mothers whose work places are near their homes or they work for shorter hours and then go home. It should be spelt out in the Bill how many lactation rooms an The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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