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    "speaker_name": "Hon. (Dr.) Nyikal",
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        "legal_name": "James Nyikal",
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    "content": "I like the flexibility that is required, the working times and the time provided for breastfeeding. It will be pointless to have a place set aside and there is no time also set aside for that. There is the issue of flexibility. Those of us who have had the opportunity to work with mothers know that they are very sensitive to what happens to the babies. That flexibility is important so that even between the allowed times, there may be occasional need for the mother to attend to the baby. Therefore, I think that flexibility is extremely important. The Hon. Member indicated that 40 minutes may be too long to breastfeed a baby. No, breastfeeding a baby is a process of bonding and feeling between the baby and the mother. People may not know that by the age of six months, in fact a baby may feel that the mother is not important and even refuse to breastfeed. So, it is not just pulling out the breast and putting it in the baby’s mouth. They need to interact and bond and then the feeding has the value that it should have. I am extremely happy with this Bill and I support it. The penalties that have been put in place are extremely important because we are not just going to put a law and leave it there. You cannot leave many things to the goodwill of employers and people. People have to know that if you do not look after our babies while their mothers are working in your institutions, you will pay for it. I support this Bill and we may make amendments when it comes to the Committee of the whole House, depending on when it will come and whether we shall all be here. We will definitely make amendments to actually make the Bill even better. With that, I support."
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