Nairobi, Sept. 21 -- School girls from poor families in public primary schools in Nakuru County will soon receive free sanitary towels.
The assembly has passed a motion that compels Governor Lee Kinyanjui's administration to provide them with the vital products
The motion sponsored by Nominated MCA Isabella Makori from Subukia compels the county to come up with a comprehensive programme to reach all school-going girls in the county's 55 wards and supply them with quality sanitary towels.
Ms Makori noted that section 2 of the Basic Education Amendment Act of 2017 says the government should provide free, sufficient and quality sanitary towels to every girl registered under a public education institution and who has reached puberty.
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