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    "id": 744889,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Onyura",
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    "speaker": {
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        "legal_name": "Michael Aringo Onyura",
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    "content": "Thank you, Hon. Deputy Speaker. I rise to support this Bill and congratulate Hon. Sabina for bringing it up. This is a very progressive Bill. Although it is coming up now, what it is proposing is not an entirely new practice. I remember when I used to work in the plantation industry, through Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBAs) with the employer and the trade unions, we used to have an arrangement where mothers were allowed to have ―nursing breaks‖ at intervals in order to breastfeed the young one. This is a very worthwhile investment. I hope that employers will support it and co-operate fully. The practice is bound to benefit our nation. Breastfeeding of children accrues a lot of advantages to a nation. For instance, the body immunity of children goes high and they are bound to enjoy general good health. Remember these are our future employees. Again, with breastfeeding, the bond between the mother and the child is enhanced. It has a lot of economic and health advantages. Breast milk is the most natural meal that our children can be given. This Bill will go a long way in enhancing the rights of the mother and children and their general welfare. Even as we improve the welfare of mother and child, we need to go a bit further and look even at improving the terms and conditions of service in certain areas. I have in mind something like the entitlement to maternity leave. I think if you compare with good practice in other countries, you will find that this is something that is taken very seriously. You will also find that there are countries which give maternity leave for as long as six months or even more. I think such countries have understood that it pays to invest in upbringing of the nation’s children."
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