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    "id": 744907,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/744907/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Hon. Ochieng",
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    "speaker": {
        "id": 2955,
        "legal_name": "David Ouma Ochieng'",
        "slug": "david-ouma-ochieng"
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    "content": "will be moving amendments to ensure that this venerable Bill does not meet resistance in implementation because of the cost. I run a law firm with about 16 employees. In that law firm, I must provide those services! It may shock you that out of the 16 employees, 11 are ladies and so, I will be required to provide those kinds of services. Probably, I would change my mind and employ only men so that I do not have to provide those services. We must have Government contribution. It must facilitate employers to provide those facilities, either through tax exemption or tax refunds. It will be good to encourage people because this is something we are trying for the first time. It will be good to say, for example that, if as an employer you can prove that you have met the requirements under this Bill, and you have spent, for example, Kshs100,000, then you are tax-exempt to that extent. That would make the implementation of this Bill easier. I would want to talk to Hon. Sabina Chege to look at innovative ways through which implementing this Bill may not look punitive. Above all, what we may also need to do going forward is to continue with civic education to young mothers to understand that breastfeeding is a good thing to do, and that it helps our children grow well. I can only hope that we go back to what we used to be where a child grew normally, a child belonged to the community and it looked good when someone just removed their blouse and fed her baby without someone thinking it is mannerless. It is the best thing that happened to our children. All of us must encourage this. Finally, the new mothers will also have to be responsive to what we are trying to do. The frustrations of life would require that someone has to send their children from home to the place of work to be breastfed and then take them back to the house. It requires a two-way process where the mothers concerned must be very responsive. Even the fathers concerned should be responsible to the extent that they are able to go back home to bring the child to breastfeed. It is a two-way process. We will have to create awareness between both parents - It is a two-way process and it reduces medical bills. Currently, if you go to hospitals, it is all about allergies and very basic illnesses that could be cured. We are taking our children to physiotherapists. That should be avoided using breastfeeding. Our children are going through small diseases that could be avoided. If both parents take responsibility in this regard, I am sure this country will be much better off. Hon. Deputy Speaker, I support."
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