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"speaker_name": "Kisii CWR, ODM",
"speaker_title": "Hon. (Ms.) Janet Ong’era",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker, for allowing me to also make a comment. While I appreciate what the Chairperson of the Departmental Committee on Education and Research has said, there is really an elephant in the room on the issue of sanitary towels. The manner in which they are distributed is extremely haphazard. Our girls are not getting them in time and they have even politicised it. When we distributed sanitary towels in 2018, when the County Woman Representatives were given a chance to patron the girls, we did it in a very orderly manner. The record is there for everybody to see in terms of numbers. Even teachers appreciated the manner in which it was done. As I speak, Kisii County, which I represent, has not received sanitary towels. In fact, I am being hit every other day as they think that perhaps it is me who has eaten the money for the sanitary towels. Hon. Speaker, you know I am clean on such issues. My history speaks for me. Hon. Speaker, it does not matter which Ministry is in charge of sanitary towels, whether it is the Ministry of Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs or the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. The patrons of the girl child, who are the 47 County Woman Representatives should be given a chance, so that they can also have their say on how sanitary pads are distributed. We have an interest to see that they actually reach the ultimate users. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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